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DOR-2-DOR TERMS &
CONDITIONS OF
BUSINESS
All material is accepted for distribution or
printing and distribution subject only to the
following terms and conditions
1. GENERAL
In so far as the context admitsthese terms and
conditions are deemed to be incorporated into
any agreement entered into with DOR-2-DOR for
the provision of door to door leaflet
distribution services.
2. DEFINITIONS
Franchise - DOR-2-DOR is a franchise all
offices are independently owned and operated.
For the purposes of these terms and conditions
DOR-2-DOR refers to DOR-2-DOR(UK) or a single
independent franchisee where the name
DOR-2-DOR(UK) refers to the franchisor or head
office operation. DOR-2-DOR (UK) accepts no
responsibility for the conduct of its
franchisees although at all times it will
endeavour to ensure that franchisees provide
the highest quality service in accordance with
its internal operational manuals. DOR-2-DOR
(UK) will assist any client of a franchisee to
investigate a complaint regarding quality of
service or otherwise provided by a
franchisee.
Agreement - means the terms and
conditions set out hereunder
Client - means the individual firm or
limited company specified to who the Services
are to be provided
Services - means the Printed Material
and the services to be provided by DOR-2-DOR in
accordance with this Agreement (details of the
services as set out below)
User - means the individual firm or
limited company or other party as may be
specified below that is to use the Services
Bureau - means any third party which is
responsible to the Client and/or the User and
which is to assist Client and/or the User in
using the Services
Post People/Person - is the individual
that will carry out the distribution of the
material to the letterbox
Composite Town Areas - these are the
areas that DOR-2-DOR have defined as the main
conurbation of a town and subdivided into
Distribution Rounds
Distribution Rounds - these are the
area(s) that DOR-2-DOR has designed that the
Post Person will walk in the process of
delivering the material the average number of
households in a Distribution Round is
1,000.
3) ARRANGEMENTS
All arrangements made with DOR-2-DOR must be
made in writing before the commencement of the
distribution by first class post, fax or email,
verbal agreements may be accepted but will have
no validity in the event of a dispute.
Date of the agreement by DOR-2-DOR to
distribute the material is the date agreed with
the client for the material to commence
distribution to residential or business
letterboxes in the agreed area, the material
must be with DOR-2-DOR minimum of 5
working days or as otherwise agreed for
distribution to commence on the agreed
date.
The time that DOR-2-DOR takes to distribute the
material to the residential households in the
case of a Door Drop or business premises in the
case of a business drop will depend at all
times on the availability of DOR-2-DOR Post
Person to carry out the distribution. If a
specific start and completion date is required
these dates must be agreed before commencement
of the distribution
Material accepted for distribution by DOR-2-DOR
will normally be carried out by its own
distribution force. The distribution will be
delivered into DOR-2-DOR main conurbation or
large village distribution rounds. Maps of the
Main Conurbation or Large Village Distribution
Rounds are available from DOR-2-DOR (UK), the
local franchisee covering the required area or
from the DOR-2-DOR web site. DOR-2-DOR or its
franchisee outlet may agree from time to time
to deliver into a specific area other that a
predefined distribution round, however this
predefined area must be agreed in writing
before commencement of the distribution.
4) TYPES OF DISTRIBUTION
Shareplan Select; The distribution will
be carried out with an unspecified number of
other client leaflets which will as far as
possible will be of non competitive nature;
Clients leaflets will be distributed to
DOR-2-DOR Distribution Rounds nominated
specifically by the client
Shareplan Standard; The distribution
will be carried out with an unspecified number
of other client leaflets which will as far as
possible will be of non competitive nature;
Clients leaflets will be distributed to
DOR-2-DOR Composite Town Areas nominated
specifically by the client. The distribution
will be of a minimum of 10,000 delivery points,
the client will not normally nominate
individual DOR-2-DOR Distribution Rounds
Solus: The distribution will be carried
out with no other client leaflets but the solus
client material will normally be accompanied by
a DOR-2-DOR Delivery Audit Voucher (DAV)
backchecking leaflet at the discretion of
DOR-2-DOR. Distributions of this type will
normally be to client specified DOR-2-DOR
Distribution Rounds. Clients leaflets will be
distributed to DOR-2-DOR Composite Town Areas
normally nominated specifically by the
client.
Solusplus: The distribution will be
carried out with an pre agreed number of other
as far as possible non competitive client
leaflets and the Solusplus client material will
normally be accompanied by a DOR-2-DOR Delivery
Audit Voucher (DAV) backchecking leaflet at the
discretion of DOR-2-DOR. Distributions of this
type will normally be to client specified
DOR-2-DOR Distribution Rounds
Village Shareplan: The distribution will
be carried out to village locations (locations
normally of 1,000 households or less) normally
on a solus basis but at the discretion of
DOR-2-DOR with an unspecified number of other
client leaflets which will normally be of a non
competitive nature DOR-2-DOR will at its own
discretion also include a Delivery Audit
Voucher (DAV)
Time sensitive material - The client
must advise prior to quotation if the material
is dated or time sensitive, such material may
be subject to a surcharge. If DOR-2-DOR are not
advised at the time of the quotation if the
material is dated or time sensitive DOR-2-DOR
do not accept responsibilty for late delivered
material.
5) PRICE
Price is the rate quoted for carrying out the
distribution taking into consideration the size
and weight of the material and the length of
time agreed for the distribution to be carried
out. The price quoted in writing will be held
good for 30 days from the date of the
quotation.
6) NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
The number of households or Delivery Points in
each DOR-2-DOR delivery round has been
calculated using postcode information from the
Royal Mail Postal Address File (PAF) file. The
number of Delivery Points however has been
rounded up to achieve a maximum level of
penetration.
7) LEVEL OF PENETRATION
In the defined area of a DOR-2-DOR Distribution
Round or other agreed distribution area
DOR-2-DOR will use its best endeavours to
achieve 100 percent coverage to delivery points
in the defined area. However due to the
logistics of delivering unaddressed material
and the location of delivery points the
DOR-2-DOR Post Person may not always be able to
find all delivery Points or letterboxes in the
defined area, therefore the level of
penetration of the distribution may be less
than 100%. In all circumstances DOR-2-DOR
cannot guarantee to reach every letterbox in
the defined area but it will carry out its best
endeavours to reach the maximum level of
penetration. DOR-2-DOR will only at its
discretion deliver to shops and business
premises in the Distribution Round
8) CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE DELIVERY MIGHT NOT
TAKE PLACE
It is emphasised that there are number of
specific reasons why an individual property
might not receive an item;
i) The material is unaddressed and therefore
the DOR-2-DOR Post Person may not realise that
they have not delivered to a specific
property.
ii) The property in question may not have a
letterbox or the letterbox may not be in the
front door of the property
iii) If the property is multi occupancy ie a
converted house or block of flats it may not be
possible to gain access to all separate
occupancies in the residence. Sometimes due to
security at the building it may not be possible
to gain access to deliver any unaddressed
material.
iv) If there is a warning of a dog at the
premises DOR-2-DOR and or its deliverer will at
its discretion not attempt to deliver to the
property
vi) If there is a notice at the property
advising that the resident or residents do not
wish to receive unaddressed material or the
resident has written to DOR-2-DOR or the Door
Drop Preference Service (DPS) to the effect
that they do not require unaddressed material
to be delivered we will not deliver to that
address.
vii) delivery will not normally be made to
obviously empty or derelict properties or where
the access to the premises may be hazardous to
the safety of the Post Person
9) SURPLUSES AND SHORTFALLS
The number of leaflets supplied to DOR-2-DOR
will be checked for accuracy using an
electronic counting device. If there is
insufficient material to complete the area
required the client will be advised. If there
quantity of the material is greater than the
amount need to complete the area nominated by
the client the excess material will be retained
and the client given the option to collect the
surplus material at his cost or to nominate
suitable addition areas where the materiel can
be distributed to.
10) ACCEPTANCE SUBJECT TO THE BRITISH CODES
OF ADVERTISING
All material is accepted for distribution only
on the basis that it meets the conditions of
the British Codes of Advertising. DOR-2-DOR
will not accept any material of a sexual,
salacious or racist nature. All offerings made
by the advertiser should be morally and legally
acceptable. DOR-2-DOR retains the right to
refuse any material for distribution that it
considers unacceptable or inappropriate.
11) PAYMENT
Payment is to made to DOR-2-DOR(UK) or its
franchisee(s) on receipt of invoice (or prior
to receipt, where the agreed cost has been
stated). DOR-2-DOR or its franchisee do not
provide credit terms for the provision of
leaflet distribution services or printing.
Payment is expected from the client on the
basis that DOR-2-DOR or its franchisee has
provided a reliable leaflet distribution
service and payment must not be withheld
subject to the level of response or number of
enquiries received to the campaign or the
leaflet distribution.
12) SECURITY OF MATERIAL
The material for distribution by DOR-2-DOR will
be held in a secure and dry location whilst the
distribution is carried out. The storage of the
material however should be insured by the
client company in the event the insurers of
DOR-2-DOR or its franchisee refuse to pay on
any individual claim for loss or damage to
material made by DOR-2-DOR or its franchisee on
their insurers. DOR-2-DOR (UK) will not be held
responsible in any way for the security or
otherwise of material held by its franchisees
on behalf of their client(s)
13) CANCELLATION
The client may cancel the contract or any part
of the contract anytime before the commencement
of the distribution of the material providing
the material is still in the possession of the
DOR-2-DOR office where the distribution was
being organised. However if the material has
been transferred to the Post Person(s) who has
been allocated to carry out the distribution
then that contract or part of that contract
cannot be cancelled and the material will be
distributed. Where a cancellation is accepted
by DOR-2-DOR the material must be collected by
the client from the office to which it has been
sent or a transport charge will be made for
returning the material to the client. All
monies paid by the client to DOR-2-DOR for
the distribution of the material will be
refunded less a cancellation charge of 10% of
the contract value. If it becomes necessary for
DOR-2-DOR to cancel a contract for any reason
the material will be returned to the clients
premises at the cost of DOR-2-DOR and a full
refund of monies paid in respect of that
contract. DOR-2-DOR reserves the right to
cancel any contract with reasonable notice.
14) INDEMNITY
The client shall indemnify and keep indemnified
DOR-2-DOR from and against any and all
liability loss claims demand costs or expenses
of any kind whatsoever which it shall at any
time suffer or incur
15) FORCE MAJEURE
Notwithstanding anything herein contained
neither party shall be under any liability to
the other ins respect of any failure to perform
or delay in performing any of its obligations
hereunder which is due to any cause whatsoever
nature beyond its reasonable control and no
such failure or delay shall be deemed for any
purpose to be a breach of the Agreement
16) ASSIGNMENT AND SUBCONTRACTING
The rights granted to the Client hereunder are
personal to it and the Client shall not assign
or grant any rights in respect of or otherwise
deal in the same DOR-2-DOR shall be entitled to
assign or sub-contract the provision of the
Services (or any part thereof) to any third
party and reference in the terms and conditions
to DOR-2-DOR shall be deemed to include to such
assignee or subcontractor
17) WAIVER
Failure or delay by either party to enforce any
of the provisions of the agreement shall not
operate as a waiver of any of its rights
hereunder or operate so as to bar the exercise
or enforcement thereof at any time or time
18) SEVERENCE
The agreement is severable in that if any
provision is determined to be illegal or
unenforceable by any court of competent
jurisdiction such provision shall be deemed to
have been deleted without affecting the
remaining provisions of the agreement
19 LAW
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with English law
and the parties hereto agree that the English
Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
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