Supplier Purchase Agreement (Retailer Buying Goods for Resale)

A retailer-friendly agreement for buying goods for resale – orders, prices and payment, delivery and acceptance, quality and compliance warranties, product safety and labelling, returns of faulty stock, recalls, insurance, liability, ethical sourcing and termination.

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Retail & e-commerce

Supplier Purchase Agreement (Retailer Buying Goods for Resale)

About this document

What it’s for

When you buy stock for resale you take on legal responsibilities to your customers. A written supply agreement makes sure your supplier stands behind the quality and safety of what they sell you, deals with faulty stock and recalls, and gives you the information you need to sell lawfully. Without it, the supplier’s own standard terms usually apply – and they favour the supplier.

When to use it

  • When setting up a regular supplier of goods for resale
  • When importing goods or buying own-brand products from a manufacturer
  • When renegotiating terms with an existing supplier

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Definitions
  2. Orders
  3. Price and payment
  4. Delivery
  5. Quality and compliance
  6. Rejection and faulty goods
  7. Product safety and recall
  8. Ethical sourcing and sustainability
  9. Intellectual property
  10. Indemnity and insurance
  11. Limitation of liability
  12. Term and termination
  13. Confidentiality and data
  14. General

Also included

  • Schedule 1 – Goods and Specification
  • Schedule 2 – Prices and commercial terms
  • Schedule 3 – Supplier code of conduct

How to complete it

  • Fill in the products, prices and delivery terms in the schedules
  • Agree the compliance and documentation the supplier must provide
  • Make sure purchase orders refer to this agreement so it overrides the supplier’s terms

Key points to check

  • If the supplier is outside the UK, you will be the importer – with product safety and customs responsibilities – and enforcing the agreement may be harder
  • Check the supplier’s insurance and financial stability for important lines

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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