Common use of Accepting and Declining Orders Clause in Contracts

Accepting and Declining Orders. Following receipt of a Purchase Order, the Supplier shall promptly and in any event within three (3) Working Days acknowledge receipt of this work and either notifies ConstructionSkills that it declines or accepts the work. If the Supplier: notifies ConstructionSkills that it declines to accept the Order; or the time-limit referred to in clause 5.4 has expired, then the offer from ConstructionSkills to the Supplier shall lapse and ConstructionSkills may offer the work to the Framework Supplier that submitted the next most economically advantageous tender in accordance with the relevant award criteria. The Supplier, in agreeing to accept any Purchase Order pursuant to Clause 5.4 above, shall enter a Call-Off Contract with ConstructionSkills for the provision of those Services referred to in that Purchase Order.