@ Patrick 14:46 Oct 22, 2020
Not at all, this is perfectly standard usage in commercial EN! "XXX is not required to supply the conveyor belt, as it will be provided by the customer, to be fitted by (presumably) XXX"
The only thing that is unclear, but does not concern us here, is whether the fitting is to be performed by XXX (along with the other things they are supplying), or if in fact the fitting is to be performed by some other third party. 'Free issue' is a term specifically used in this way, instead of the more simplistic 'provided by', to indicate that the customer 'issues' the item in question (free of charge, naturally) in order for the contractor (usually supplying other items) to fit it for them; so it is only 'providing' for the purposes of then having it installed by the contractor; thus such items may be delivered to the work site, for example, at an early stage for incorporation into the installation, long ebfore the customer moves in with all their other property. Note to that 'free issue' quite often means that the articles are not necessarily new — they may well be something the customer is already using, that just need to be incorporated into some new installations. |