Sub Contractor Pack

2. PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR

 

NAME: FRD Homes Pty Ltd

ADDRESS: 67 Davenport Street

SUBURB: Southport       STATE: QLD        POSTCODE: 4215

ABN: 19 617 452 785         HIA MEMBER NUMBER: 1194146

LICENSE NUMBER: 15046435

CONTACT: 07 5512 4188

3. TRADE CONTRACTOR

4. In consideration of: 

 

(a) the trade contractor agreeing to quote for trade works whenever asked by the principal contractor; and
(b) the principal contractor agreeing to pay, on demand by the trade contractor, the sum of$1. the parties agree that the period trade contract conditions overleaf are deemed to be incorporated into each trade contract for a period of   12   months from the date of this agreement.

 

5. The trade contractor acknowledges and agrees that: 

 

(a) the principal contractor has not made any representation; and
(b) the trade contractor has not relied on any representation made by the principal contractor, as to the availability of work or the number of work orders that will be issued by the principal contractor. 

 

6. The parties agree that for each trade contract the scope of the trade works, the commencement and completion dates of the trade works and the price of trade works will be set out:

(a) in a quote from the trade contractor that is accepted by the principal contractor;
(b) in a work order issued by the principal contractor that is accepted by the trade contractor; or
(c) as otherwise evidenced in writing and signed by the parties.

 

7. The parties agree that this agreement does not form a contract to carry out work. The obligation to carry out work arises on the formation of a trade contract as described in paragraph 6 above. 

 

8. "Defects liablity period" in a trade contract means a period of  12  months from the practical completion of the work under the head contract.

9. INFORMATION TO BE COMPLETED BY THE TRADE CONTRACTOR

TRADE CONTRACTOR CONTACT DETAILS

Invoices may be posted, mailed, or emailed and will be processed as follows:

• Invoices must be received by no later than 4pm each Friday after works are 100% complete. Invoices must be emailed to accounts@frdhomes.com.au or posted to Accounts Payable, 67 Davenport Street, Southport Q 4215
• Payments of approved invoices will be on the Friday, 2 weeks after invoice submission
• Work must be completed prior to lodgement of the invoice and all works will be checked prior
• Received invoices are processed by an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) invoice processing system. This allows us to efficiently process the high volume of invoices we receive on an ongoing basis, but requires all information on each invoice to be correct
• Invoices must not exceed order value. Should a variation be issued to you, an invoice is to be submitted for the original amount, in line with the original purchase order amount and a separate invoice is to be issued including a copy of the new Purchase Order number. 
• Invoice with incorrect or incomplete Invoice numbers will be rejected and require re-issuing with the error rectified.
• Invoices lodged for works with no purchase order or incorrect/incomplete order number will be rejected and will be required to be reissued correctly.
• Your invoice must be a compliant “Tax Invoice” as per the Australian Tax Office guidelines
• All remittance advices will be emailed
• Completed subcontractor packs must be returned to our office prior to any payment being made
• All relevant licences, insurances and registrations required to undertake your role must be maintained and FRD Homes reserves the right to reject invoices if any of these critical documents are outstanding.
• All payments will be direct deposited to your nominated bank account
• It is requested that you do not send duplicate invoices unless otherwise requested by our team.

PERIOD TRADE CONTRACT CONDITIONS

 

1. TRADE WORKS
(a) The trade contractor must carry out and complete the trade works:
(i) in a proper, skillful and tradesperson like manner to the satisfaction of the principal contractor acting reasonably;
(ii) in accordance with the plans, the specifications and the law; and
(iii) at the reasonable times directed by the principal contractor.
(b) If the trade contractor discovers any inconsistency, ambiguity or discrepancy in or between the plans and the specifications, the trade contractor must immediately seek the principal contractor's direction as to the interpretation to be followed.
(c) The trade contractor must supply everything necessary to carry out the trade works.
(d) The trade contractor may employ or engage others to carry out some or all of the trade works. Use of sub-contractors does not relieve the trade contractor from liability under this trade contract.

2. VARIATIONS
(a) The trade contractor must not:
(i) make any changes to the trade works;
(ii) carry out any extra work; or
(iii) leave any detail of the trade works unfinished, unless so directed in writing by the principal contractor.
(b) The principal contractor may, by giving a written direction, require the trade contractor to carry out a variation, which is necessary for completion of the works under the head contract.
(c) The price of a variation is:
(i) that agreed by the parties; or
(ii) failing agreement, an amount determined by the principal contractor acting reasonably applying reasonable trade rates and prices and, where the variation involves additional work, an allowance for the trade contractor's profit, overheads and administrative costs.
(d) The contract price is to be adjusted by the price of a variation at the next payment.

3. ACCEPTANCE OF BASE WORK
(a) Unless sub-clause 3(b) applies, on commencing to carry out the trade works the trade contractor is:
(i) deemed to have accepted the base work as satisfactory; and
(ii) is not entitled to payment or compensation for additional work carried out as a result of unsatisfactory base work or for conditions which differ materially from those which should have been observed or anticipated by a prudent, competent and experienced contractor.
(b) On commencing to carry out the trade works:
(i) the trade contractor agrees and accepts the obligation to fully inspect and satisfy itself of the condition of the base works and all site conditions, risks, contingencies and other circumstances which might affect its carrying out of the trade works; and
(ii) if the trade contractor considers the base work(b) The trade contractor must not reproduce or use any plans or designs, in whole or in part, other than for the purpose of completing the trade works.

4. WARRANTIES
The trade contractor warrants that:
(a) the trade works will be carried out in a proper, skillful and tradesperson like manner and in accordance with the contract;
(b) materials supplied by it will be suitable, new and free of defects; and
(c) it holds all licences required to carry out the trade works.

5. DEFECTS LIABILITY PERIOD
(a) The trade contractor must, at its own cost, make good any work that does not conform with the requirements of this trade contract before the end of the defects liability period.
(b) The principal contractor may, in writing, direct the trade contractor to correct, remove or replace any non-conforming work before or during the defects liability period.
(c) If the trade contractor does not comply with such a direction, the principal contractor may have that work carried out by others and the cost is a debt due and payable by the trade contractor to the principal contractor.
(d) In addition to exercising other rights and remedies, the principal contractor may set-off such debt against a retention held and any amount due or which becomes payable to the trade contractor in connection with this trade contract.

6. INDEMNITY
(a) The trade contractor indemnifies the principal contractor against:
(i) loss or damage to property (including the trade works);
(ii) claims in respect of personal injury or death, arising out of, connected to or as a
consequence of the trade contractor:
(A) carrying out or failing to carry out the trade works; or
(B) breaching this trade contract;
(iii) any liability that the principal contractor may suffer or incur under a statutory
warranty in connection with the trade works.
(b) The indemnity given under this clause is reduced to the extent that the loss or damage resulted from any act or omission or the principal contractor or their agents.

7. INSURANCE
(a) The trade contractor must take out prior to commencing, and maintain until completion of the trade works, the following:
(i) workers compensation or any like insurance as required by law;
(ii) public liability insurance to an amount not less than $5,000,000; and
(iii) except as set out below personal accident and disability insurance providing cover at least equivalent to that provided to an employee under insurance referred to in sub-clause 7(a)(i).
(b) Sub-clause 7(a)(iii) does not apply where the trade contractor:
(i) does not personally carry out any part of the trade works on the site; or
(ii) establishes, to the principal contractor's satisfaction, that it is covered by workers compensation insurance taken out by the principal contractor.
(c) The trade contractor must, when asked by the principal contractor, produce evidence of the existence and currency of any insurances.

8. HEALTH AND SAFETY
(a) In carrying out the trade works, the trade contractor and its agents and employees must observe all relevant workplace health and safety laws.
(b) The trade contractor must, whenever carrying out the trade works, ensure that:
(i) no person (whether employed or not) is exposed to risk to their health and safety; and
(ii) the trade works are carried out using an appropriate safety management system.

9. DAMAGE AND SITE CLEANING
(a) The trade contractor is responsible for:
(i) any damage caused by the trade contractor and its agents or employees;
(ii) keeping the trade contractor's areas clean and tidy at all times; and
(iii) the removal of its tools, plant and equipment, and if required the removal of
debris and refuse, arising out of the trade works.
(b) If the trade contractor fails to comply with sub-clause 9(a) within a reasonable period after being so directed by the principal contractor, the principal contractor may rectify the noncompliance and this cost becomes a debt due and payable by the trade contractor to the principal contractor.

10. PAYMENT
(a) The principal contractor may require from the trade contractor, as a precondition to payment:
(i) a signed statutory declaration that all its subcontractors and employees have been paid all amounts then due for work under this trade contract;
(ii) an appropriate statutory declaration regarding payment of all workers compensation premiums and payroll tax in connection with the trade works.
(b) Any payment, other than a final payment, by the principal contractor to the trade contractor is payment on account only and is not evidence of the value of work or that work has been satisfactorily carried out.

11. EXTENSION OF TIME
The trade contractor is entitled to an extension of time to complete the trade works as determined by the principal contractor acting reasonably if:
(a) the trade works are delayed by:
(i) an act, default or omission of the principal contractor beyond the control of the trade contractor; or
(ii) the execution of a variation directed pursuant to sub-clause2(b); or
(iii) an unforeseeable act, event or circumstance which was beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the trade contractor, which by the exercise of reasonable diligence the trade contractor was unable to prevent and for which the
principal contractor has received an extension of time under the head contract; and
(b) the trade contractor gives the principal contractor written notice claiming the
extension of time as soon as possible but no more than 5 days of the cause occurring.

12. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH INDUSTRIAL LAWS
A party or its agent must not support an industrial organisation to:
(a) participate in any form of unauthorised industrial action or secondary boycott that affects the trade works; or
(b) except as required by law, demand or force any other person carrying out work on the site to:
(i) join a union;
(ii) make contributions to a specified superannuation fund; or
(iii) make payments for redundancy or long service leave into a specified fund.

13. DEFAULT
A party is in default of this trade contract if it:
(a) is in substantial breach of this trade contract;
(b) becomes insolvent, bankrupt or makes an assignment of that party's estate for the benefit of creditors;
(c) makes an arrangement or composition with its creditors; or
(d) being a company, goes into liquidation.

14. SUSPENSION
(a) If work under the head contract has been suspended, the principal contractor may, by giving written notice to the trade contractor, immediately suspend the trade works.
(b) If the principal contractor fails to make payment to the trade contractor as required by this trade contract, the trade contractor may suspend the
trade works where and to the extent permitted by the relevant Security of Payment legislation.

15. ENDING THIS TRADE CONTRACT
If a party remains in default 3 working days after the other party has given it written notice requiring the default to be remedied then, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies, the other party may, by giving a further written notice,
end this trade contract.

16. HEAD CONTRACT ENDED
If the head contract is ended for any reason, the principal contractor may, by giving written notice to the trade contractor, end this trade contract and the trade contractor is:
(a) entitled to be paid for work carried out prior and up to the date of termination plus reasonable costs incurred attributable to the termination; but
(b) not entitled to make any claim for loss of profit.

17. ADMINISTRATION
The trade contractor or its representative must:
(a) attend site meetings if called on to do so;
(b) observe all directions given by the principal contractor under this trade contract; and
(c) co-operate with all workers and other contractors on the site.

18. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
(a) Intellectual property rights in any plans or designs supplied by the principal contractor to the trade contractor remains with the principal contractor.

19. DEFINITIONS
In this trade contract:
"base work" means the site conditions including work carried out by others on or over which the trade contractor is to carry out the trade works; "head contract" means the contract between the principal contractor and its client which
includes the trade works as part of its scope of work; "intellectual property rights" means any patent, registered design, trademark or name, copyright or other protected right; "Security of Payment legislation" means the security of payment Acts in force as at 1 October 2016 in the following Australian jurisdictions or its
equivalent, updated, amended or replacement legislation:
(a) New South Wales: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment
Act 1999;
(b) Victoria: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payments Act 2002;
(c) Queensland: Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017;
(d) Western Australia: Western Australia Construction Contracts Act 2004;
(e) Northern Territory: Northern Territory Construction Contracts (Security of
Payments) Act 2004;
(f) Tasmania: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009;
(g) South Australia: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009;
(h) Australian Capital Territory: Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2009; "site" means the address in the Schedule where the works under the head contract are carried out; "trade contract" means this agreement between the principal contractor and the trade contractor; "trade works" means the work to be carried out by the trade contractor as described in the Schedule;
"variation" means to vary the scope of the trade works described in the Schedule by:
(a) carrying out additional work;
(b) omitting any part of the trade works; or
(c) changing the scope of the trade works.s are unsatisfactory or conditions at the
site prevent it from commencing the trade works, then it must immediately give the principal contractor written notice. The principal contractor agrees to promptly give the trade contractor a written instruction concerning the time for commencement of the trade works.