Sales Agreement - Equipment - District of Columbia

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EQUIPMENT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

(District of Columbia Transaction Worksheet)

This Equipment Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into as
of [__/__/____] by and between:

Item Seller Buyer
Legal name [________________________________] [________________________________]
Entity type and jurisdiction [________________________________] [________________________________]
Principal address [________________________________] [________________________________]
Commercial contact [________________________________] [________________________________]
Delivery / site contact [________________________________] [________________________________]
Notice contact [________________________________] [________________________________]

Each is a “Party” and together they are the “Parties.” Seller agrees to sell,
and Buyer agrees to purchase, only the Equipment identified in signed Exhibit A
on the terms completed below.

1. Use and Classification Gate

Do not sign until counsel completes this classification. Attach specialized
terms for every selected category.

Question Answer Required addendum / review
Private business-to-business sale? [____] [____]
New, used, refurbished, prototype, or demonstration equipment? [____] [____]
Seller is manufacturer, dealer, distributor, broker, or end user? [____] [____]
Installation, commissioning, training, maintenance, or other services included? [____] [____]
Embedded or separately licensed software, data, or cloud access included? [____] [____]
Seller financing, deferred payment, retained interest, or lease-like structure? [____] [____]
Certificate of title, registration, permit, or public record involved? [____] [____]
Equipment attached or to be attached to real property? [____] [____]
Consumer, public-sector, nonprofit, or specially regulated buyer or use? [____] [____]
Medical, hazardous, controlled, defense, food, transport, energy, communications, or other regulated equipment? [____] [____]
Interstate or international shipment, export, import, customs, or sanctions issue? [____] [____]
Existing lien, lease, consignment, security interest, or third-party right? [____] [____]

Counsel approving classification: [________________________________]

Technical / tax / lien reviewers: [________________________________]

2. Agreement Documents and Priority

The following signed documents form part of this Agreement:

Exhibit Subject Attached and complete?
A Equipment, condition, included items, and exclusions ☐
B Price, tax, invoice, payment, and financing ☐
C Delivery, packing, rigging, site, title, and risk ☐
D Inspection, testing, installation, and acceptance ☐
E Warranties, service, spare parts, and recalls ☐
F Software, data, intellectual property, and security ☐
G Liens, payoff, insurance, indemnity, and liability ☐
H Compliance, notices, change, termination, and disputes ☐

Order of priority for a conflict: [________________________________]. A document
controls only the subject it expressly addresses. A quotation, purchase order,
portal term, invoice, acknowledgment, manual, advertisement, sample, or oral
statement is included only if a signed document identifies it.

3. Equipment and Condition Record

Exhibit A must identify each commercial unit separately when delivery,
inspection, payment, acceptance, warranty, or remedies may differ.

Item Required detail
Manufacturer, model, year, serial / asset number [________________________________]
New / used / refurbished / prototype status [________________________________]
Current location and operating status [________________________________]
Hours, cycles, mileage, production count, or usage [________________________________]
Components, tooling, accessories, spares, and manuals included [________________________________]
Software, firmware, credentials, subscriptions, and licenses included [________________________________]
Known damage, wear, repair, modification, recall, and missing item [________________________________]
Inspection and maintenance history available [________________________________]
Certificate, permit, registration, approval, or calibration record [________________________________]
Items and rights expressly excluded [________________________________]

Seller's ownership interest and any third-party interest are stated only in
Exhibit A or G. No “free and clear” statement applies unless the lien and title
review supports it.

4. Price, Tax, Invoice, and Payment

Commercial item Agreed term
Equipment price $[________________________________]
Installation / service price $[________________________________]
Packing, freight, rigging, and storage $[________________________________]
Other charge $[________________________________]
Currency [________________________________]
Deposit $[____] due [____]
Delivery milestone $[____] due [____]
Acceptance milestone $[____] due [____]
Retainage / final payment $[____] due [____]
Invoice delivery and required data [________________________________]
Good-faith dispute process [________________________________]
Late charge, if counsel approved [NONE / FORMULA IN EXHIBIT B]

Exhibit B must allocate sales, use, personal-property, excise, customs, income,
withholding, and other taxes after transaction-specific review. This Agreement
states no tax classification, rate, exemption, filing duty, or late-charge
ceiling.

5. Closing, Title, Liens, and Financing

Closing item Selected term / evidence
Closing date and location [________________________________]
Bill of sale or transfer document [________________________________]
Title / registration transfer [________________________________]
Possession or control transfer [________________________________]
Title-transfer event [________________________________]
Existing liens and payoff amounts [________________________________]
Lien releases and delivery timing [________________________________]
Permitted continuing interests [________________________________]
Direct lienholder payment [________________________________]
Seller financing / security documents [________________________________]
Filing, search, continuation, or termination responsibility [________________________________]

This Agreement does not itself guarantee perfection, priority, release, title
recordation, or third-party effectiveness. Exhibit G must identify each separate
document and filing required for the chosen structure.

6. Delivery, Packing, Site, and Risk

Exhibit C must coordinate the physical movement and the selected commercial
allocation.

Item Agreed term
Shipment point and destination [________________________________]
Required delivery date / window [________________________________]
Carrier selection and contracting Party [________________________________]
Packing, preservation, labeling, and loading [________________________________]
Freight, unloading, rigging, crane, escort, and storage [________________________________]
Site access, utilities, foundation, permits, and readiness [________________________________]
Partial delivery and separate-unit treatment [________________________________]
Transit and storage insurance [________________________________]
Exact risk-of-loss transfer event [________________________________]
Delivery evidence and authorized signer [________________________________]
Delay, damage, shortage, and failed-delivery procedure [________________________________]

A trade term applies only if Exhibit C identifies its complete term, named
place, published version, and agreed variations. Do not combine a shipment term,
destination term, and inconsistent risk-transfer sentence.

7. Inspection, Testing, Installation, and Acceptance

Stage Procedure Deadline / trigger Evidence Consequence
Pre-shipment inspection [____] [____] [____] [____]
Delivery condition check [____] [____] [____] [____]
Installation / commissioning [____] [____] [____] [____]
Site acceptance test [____] [____] [____] [____]
Latent-defect process [____] [____] [____] [____]
Reinspection after correction [____] [____] [____] [____]

Exhibit D must define Specifications, sample size, test method, tolerances,
qualified personnel, calibration, access, safety, data, pass/fail criteria, and
the person authorized to sign an acceptance or rejection record.

Select the treatment of each failed unit:

☐ Correction and reinspection

☐ Replacement

☐ Price adjustment

☐ Return and refund

☐ Acceptance with reservation stated in writing

☐ Other: [________________________________]

Silence, payment, possession, use, installation, resale, modification, and
failure to inspect have only the effect stated in Exhibit D after counsel
review. This Agreement supplies no automatic deemed-acceptance rule.

8. Warranties, Service, and Product Events

Exhibit E must state every express warranty and any disclaimer or modification
of other terms after the transaction is classified.

Warranty / risk Coverage Duration / trigger Evidence Remedy
Description and Specifications [____] [____] [____] [____]
Title and authority to transfer [____] [____] [____] [____]
Condition and workmanship [____] [____] [____] [____]
Performance / capacity [____] [____] [____] [____]
Compliance, permits, and labels [____] [____] [____] [____]
Software, data, and security [____] [____] [____] [____]
Intellectual-property allegation [____] [____] [____] [____]
Spare parts and service support [____] [____] [____] [____]

Exhibit E must also allocate notice, investigation, stop-use, correction,
recall, field action, regulator, customer communication, transport, disposal,
and cost responsibility for a safety or conformity event.

No warranty disclaimer is effective merely because this template prints one.
Counsel must draft the final wording and presentation for the actual goods,
parties, bargaining record, written warranty, and mandatory law.

9. Software, Data, and Intellectual Property

Equipment ownership does not automatically transfer embedded software,
accounts, data, documentation, updates, subscriptions, cloud access, passwords,
or intellectual-property rights. Exhibit F must identify:

Item Owner / licensor Right granted Restrictions Fees / term Exit treatment
Embedded software / firmware [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Separate application or cloud service [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Operational / telemetry data [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Manuals, drawings, and technical files [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Buyer / site information [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

Before regulated or personal data is processed, attach a role, purpose,
security, incident, retention, deletion, and transfer schedule approved for the
actual data and systems.

10. Compliance and Operational Responsibility

Review area Applies? Responsible Party Current source / standard Evidence / control
Product safety, warnings, manuals, and recalls [____] [____] [____] [____]
Site, building, electrical, environmental, or operating permit [____] [____] [____] [____]
Professional or operator credential and training [____] [____] [____] [____]
Hazardous material, waste, emissions, or disposal [____] [____] [____] [____]
Accessibility, employment, monitoring, or workplace use [____] [____] [____] [____]
Export, import, sanctions, customs, and origin [____] [____] [____] [____]
Consumer, public procurement, grant, or funding condition [____] [____] [____] [____]
Industry-specific rule [____] [____] [____] [____]

No blanket promise to comply with “all laws” substitutes for identifying the
Party, activity, location, equipment, rule, control, and evidence involved.

11. Default, Termination, and Transition

Event Notice Cure / response Suspension or termination Equipment / payment consequence
Nonpayment [____] [____] [____] [____]
Delivery failure [____] [____] [____] [____]
Nonconformity / failed test [____] [____] [____] [____]
Unsafe or unlawful performance [____] [____] [____] [____]
Insolvency or credit concern [____] [____] [____] [____]
Other material breach [____] [____] [____] [____]

Coordinate cancellation, return, repossession, resale, refund, setoff,
acceleration, storage, transition, and survival with title, risk, acceptance,
financing, warranty, and nonwaivable law. No remedy is cumulative or automatic
unless Exhibit H states the intended relationship after counsel review.

12. Indemnity, Insurance, and Liability

Risk category Responsible Party Defense control Settlement consent Insurance Cap / exclusion treatment
Injury or property damage [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Title or lien claim [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Product or regulatory claim [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Intellectual-property claim [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Software, data, or security event [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Delivery, site, or service claim [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]
Direct contract loss [____] [____] [____] [____] [____]

No indemnity, defense duty, liability cap, damages exclusion, warranty remedy,
insurance requirement, attorney-fee award, injunction, or force-majeure excuse
is automatic. Counsel must review the complete allocation in Exhibit G or H.

13. Dispute and General Terms

Issue Selected term
Governing law District of Columbia, subject to classification and conflicts review
Negotiation / escalation [________________________________]
Mediation [________________________________]
Arbitration institution, rules, seat, scope, and court-relief route [________________________________]
Judicial forum, venue, and jurisdiction [________________________________]
Jury treatment [________________________________]
Provisional relief and security [________________________________]
Attorney fees and costs [________________________________]
Notices and effective delivery events [________________________________]
Assignment and change of control [________________________________]
Amendment, waiver, severability, and priority [________________________________]
Counterparts and signature method [________________________________]
Survival by obligation [________________________________]

No arbitration agreement or exclusion, jury waiver, exclusive forum,
prevailing-party fee, electronic-signature-as-original rule, or preset notice-
receipt date applies unless stated in a completed, counsel-approved selection.

14. Signatures

The Parties confirm that Exhibits A through H are complete or intentionally
marked not applicable.

Seller Buyer
By: __________________________ By: __________________________
Name: [____________________] Name: [____________________]
Title: [____________________] Title: [____________________]
Date: [__/__/____] Date: [__/__/____]

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