CONTRACT US
RIEN FCA PRIVATE LIMITED is a globally operating company with its domicile in Bangalore City, India. The Company is a venture promoted to providing specialised solutions to global developers and investors. The core business of the company is in providing technical and commercial advisory to creating assets in the line of power generation, waste to energy, energy and other select markets. The company acts a bridge in the clients reaching access to strong market data for making informed decisions in investing to develop major utility scale assets in the locations of choice.
RIEN offers both solutions in research and data formation and viability study alongside a specialised packaging that allows RIEN to be contracted in also establishing the asset/s as a turnkey integration company.
GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
RIEN accepts orders for services and solutions in market study, viability study, data collection and developing business plans and action plans ranging from general study to study and formation of value and supply chain requirements for both investors and developers alike.
The pricing policies are based on man hours, man days and technical and commercial expertise integrated to achieving the requisite data construct and execution support where needed.
RIEN quotes are tailor made to each client requirement and is based on multi factors such as geographic, demographic, transportation, logistics and also critically included is the elaborate data collection requisite to creating the best optimisation of information to be made available. Owing that RIEN also packages integrated establishment support it is also essential that information and data collected is viable for RIEN to also establish such asset/s in the case of being contracted so.
RIEN FCA PRIVATE LIMITED contracts and agreements are not performance related as it employs market data collection and viability studies and is not related to final performance results. The payments to RIEN are made on fully non refundable conditions as they do not involve any performance criteria.
RIEN FCA PRIVATE LIMITED do not offer any form of financial advisory or securities advisory and do not manage or provide any form of investment advisory to any Client.
RIEN FCA hosts the right to employ the services of any market expertise company in the technical, technological, commercial space and such companies maybe sub-contracted under our master contract agreement/s.
1. DEFINITIONS
In these General Terms and Conditions, the following definitions are applicable: “Client” means the organisation or company with whom the Contract is entered into;
“Confidential Information” means any information related to the Engagement disclosed by the Client to the Consultant and by the Consultant to the Client, respectively, either directly or indirectly. Confidential Information may include, by way of example but without limitation, products, specifications, formulae, equipment, formulas, models, employee interviews, records, quality monitoring schemes/programs, training materials, business strategies, customer lists, know-how, drawings, pricing information, inventions, ideas, and other information, or its potential use, that is owned by or in possession of the Client and the Consultant, respectively;.
“Consultant” means.;
The user of these Terms and Conditions;
“Contract” means the services contract between the Client and the Consultant which defines the scope of the Engagement and the services to be rendered by the Consultant, as well as the fee schedule for said services. More specifically, the Contract shall consist of the Purchase Order [Purchase of Services and Solutions; Intellectual Property], these Terms and Conditions and any other documents (or parts thereof) specified in the Purchase Order;
“the Engagement” means any agreement, in whatever form, reached between the Consultant and the Client pursuant to which the Consultant agrees to render services to the Client in exchange for a fee plus costs;
“Force Majeure” means any cause beyond the reasonable control of the affected party, including, but not limited to, any act of God, war, riots, acts of the public enemy, fires, strikes, labour disputes, accidents, or any act in consequence of compliance with any order of any government or governmental authority;
“Project” means the services to be provided by the Consultant to the Client as specified in the Purchase Order;
“Purchase Order” means the document (i) setting out the services to be
provided by the Consultant to the Client and (ii) listing any documents and the like
to be provided by the Client to the Consultant such that the Consultant may perform the Project;
“Subcontractor” means either an affiliate or subsidiary of the Consultant, or an independent contractor, respectively, which is qualified to perform the applicable services as contemplated by the Engagement and the Contract, and has been contracted by the Consultant accordingly, as evidenced by an agreement in writing.
2. GENERAL
2.1 These General Terms and Conditions govern the provision of all services from or on behalf of the Consultant to the Client and apply to all legal relationships between the Consultant and the Client.
2.2 These General Terms and Conditions supersede any and all prior oral and written quotations, communications, agreements and understandings of the parties and shall apply in preference to and supersede any and all terms and conditions of any order placed by the Client and any other terms and conditions submitted by the Client. Failure of the Consultant to object to terms and conditions set by the Client shall in no event be construed as an acceptance of any terms and conditions of the Client. Neither the Consultant’s commencement of performance nor the Consultant’s delivery of services shall be deemed or constituted as acceptance of any of the Client’s terms and conditions. Any communication or conduct of the Client which confirms an agreement for the provision of services by the Consultant, as well as acceptance by the Client of any provision of services from the Consultant shall constitute an unqualified acceptance by the Client of these General Terms and Conditions.
2.3 By contracting on the basis of these General Terms and Conditions, the Client agrees to the applicability thereof in respect of future agreements between itself and the Consultant, even if this is not expressly stated.
3. PERFORMANCE OF THE PROJECT
3.1 The Consultant shall determine the manner in which and the person by whom the Engagement will be carried out, taking into account, as far as is feasible, the reasonable requests expressed by the Client.
3.2 The Consultant shall complete the Project with reasonable skill, care and diligence in accordance with the Contract.
3.3 The Client hereby accepts that the time schedule allocated for the performance of an Engagement may be subject to change in case of amendment to the Engagement and/or the services to be provided thereunder after conclusion of the Engagement.
3.4 In case of any change of circumstances under which the Engagement is to be performed which cannot be attributed to the Consultant, the Consultant may make any such amendments to the Engagement as it deems necessary to adhere to the agreed quality standard and specifications. Any costs arising from or related to this change of circumstances will be fully borne by the client.
3.5 The Consultant may, at its discretion and, where possible, in consultation with the Client, replace the person or persons charged with performing the Engagement, if
and in so far as the Consultant believes that such replacement would benefit the performance of the Engagement.
3.6 The Consultant shall provide the Client with such reports of his work on the Project at such intervals and in such form as the Client may from time to time require. The Client has the right to notify the Consultant that it wishes to modify its requirements in relation to the Project. Such modifications shall not enter into effect until the parties have agreed on the consequences thereof such as to the Contract fee and the completion date of the Project.
4. SUBCONTRACTORS
The Consultant shall be free to involve Subcontractors, availing of specific expertise, in the performance of the Project, provided that the Consultant shall have these third parties enter into confidentiality obligations similar to the confidentiality obligations applicable to the Consultant. If requested by the Client, the Consultant shall identify these Subcontractors, specifying in each case their specific expertise.
5. CLIENT’S OBLIGATION
5.1 The Client shall at all times duly make available to the Consultant all information and documents that the Consultant deems necessary to be able to carry out the Engagement correctly, in the specified form and manner. Also, the Client shall provide all cooperation required for the proper and timely performance of the Engagement.
5.2 The Client guarantees that Consultant’s employees can at all times work under safe conditions, in accordance with the relevant health and safety regulations and environmental rules, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Consultant against all loss, expense or damage arising from or relating to this guaranty by the Client.
5.3 The Client shall duly inform the Consultant of any facts and circumstances that may be relevant in connection with the execution of the Engagement.
5.4 Furthermore, the Client shall guarantee the correctness, completeness and reliability of any information provided to the Consultant.
6. FEES AND EXPENSES
6.1 The Client shall pay to the Consultant fees at the rate specified in the Purchase
Order. The rates are fixed on a case to case basis and are subject to costings and pricing based on a various range of technical, technological and commercial requirements to fulfil each project.
6.2 Unless otherwise stated in the Contract, the Consultant shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Client for all traveling and lodging expenses reasonably and properly incurred by him in the performance of his duties hereunder subject to production of such evidence thereof as the Client may reasonably require.
6.3 Unless otherwise stated in the Contract, payment will be made within thirty (30) days of receipt of an invoice, submitted monthly in arrears, for work completed. Payment shall be into the bank account mentioned in the invoice.
6.4 Tax, where applicable, shall be shown separately on all invoices.
6.5 Any extra costs arising from or related to any delays in the completion of the Engagement stemming from the failure of the Client to duly make available to the Consultant the requested information and documentation, shall be fully borne by the Client.
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All results generated by the Consultant in the Project, including reports, other documents and materials, shall become the property of the Client. The Consultant shall provide all reasonable assistance such that the Client may apply for patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights in respect of these results.
8. CONFIDENTIALITY
8.1 The Consultant shall keep secret and not disclose and shall procure that his employees keep secret and not disclose any Confidential Information obtained by him during the performance of the Project. The foregoing shall not
apply to information which (i) is or becomes part of the public domain without fault
on the part of the Consultant; (ii) was already known by the Consultant, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, at the time of disclosure by the Client; (iii) is lawfully acquired by the Consultant from a third party on a non-confidential basis;
or (iv) the Consultant is required to disclose pursuant to any law, lawful governmental, quasi-governmental or judicial order.
8.2 Except with the prior written permission of the Consultant, the Client shall not publish or otherwise make available the contents of proposals, reports, presentations, memos, or other communications by the Consultant, unless these have been provided with the intention of providing third parties with the information set out therein. Furthermore, the Client shall not disclose any of the Consultant’s methods and work strategies without the Consultant’s written permission.
8.3 The provisions of this Article 8 shall apply during the term of the Contract and for a period of five (5) years thereafter.
9. WARRANTIES, LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 The Consultant, and any person/entity put forward by the Consultant to perform the Project, shall not be liable if the services provided or the results generated by him in the Project are not absolutely correct, nor does the Consultant, or any person put forward by the Consultant to perform the Project, warrant, either expressed or implied, that the performance by him of the Project will not infringe upon intellectual property rights of any third party.
10. TERM AND TERMINATION
10.1 Any times or dates set forth in the Contract for provision or completion by the Consultant of the services under the Project are estimates only and shall never be considered of the essence. Furthermore, the parties hereby acknowledge that the time schedule set out for the performance of the Engagement may change during the course of said performance. In no event shall the Consultant be liable for any delay in providing these services.
10.2 If the Client issues a termination notice, the Client shall be obliged to pay the Consultant a compensation equal to the agreed fees apportioned to the services already rendered by the Consultant, plus any additional costs incurred by the Consultant as a result of said early termination.
10.4 In case the Consultant cannot be reasonably expected to complete the works due to unforeseen circumstances, the Consultant may unilaterally terminate the Contract and the Engagement. The Client shall be liable for payment of an amount corresponding to the fees due for services already performed, while being entitled to
receive the (preliminary) results of the services already performed, without the Client being entitled to derive any rights therefrom.
11. INDEPENDANCY
The Consultant shall perform the Contract as an independent contractor and shall not
be the servant or agent of the Client.
13. OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
13.1 The Consultant shall carry out his obligations under the Contract in a manner
that conforms to relevant legal requirements.
13.2 Without prejudice to the generality of Article 13.1, in carrying out his obligations under the Contract the Consultant shall comply with relevant requirements contained in or having effect under current legislation relating to health, safety and welfare at work.
14. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
14.1 All disputes which cannot be settled amicably shall be referred to the applicable courts in Bangalore, India, and the parties consent to the jurisdiction of the courts there.
14.2 The Contract is governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Bangalore City, Karnataka, India.
ENGAGEMENT
Commercial Advisory & Consultancy
Market Viability Study
Market Data Collection
Costing and Pricing Study
Land Identification and Geographic Viability Study
Technical Advisory & Consultancy
Value Chain Study & Implementation
Supply Chain Study & Implementation
Basic Design & Engineering Integration
Layout Study and Implementations
Technology Study and Integration Implementation
The list of services is non-exhaustive as RIEN FCA hosts a global network of integrated management solutions for developers, investors and contracting corporations, individuals and entities.