How to Review Spare-Parts End-of-Life and Last-Time-Buy in a Supply Contract

October 2026. Elin runs ops at a 17-person UK washer brand. Brno builds the machines. They carry Elin's name.

The packet — the draft you will sign — looks calm. Spare parts by reasonable endeavours. A reasonable period after the last shipment. A last-time buy at list price.

For example, the minimum order is 200 units per part number. Service demand is about 40 motors a year. Door seals are about 90. The series motor price is £48.

A last-time buy in the clause is not a spare-parts window. Reasonable endeavours names no year. First run: 1,800 machines, about £410,000, Birmingham, GB market.

The washer rule is in Schedule 9 (2026). Named parts: 10 years after the last unit is placed on the market. English law. Courts of England and Wales.

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How to set the spare-parts years after the last shipment?

Do write a number of years, a start event, and the part numbers. Do not treat reasonable endeavours as a window. A typical mistake is hearing a reasonable period as ten years.

Clause 11 has four sentences. None states a year. None names the motor, the board, or the door seal. The start words are after the last shipment.

Last shipment of the goods is not the date the last unit is placed on the market. In practice, those dates drift. Production can end in Brno while machines still sit in Birmingham.

Named parts must be available for 10 years after the last unit of the model is placed on the market. The list includes the motor, printed circuit boards, door seals, and firmware. Delivery is within 15 working days, except an unregistered repairer on the longer list.

That duty can sit on the manufacturer, the authorised representative, or the importer. Brno's sentence does not move Elin's seat.

User instructions must state the spare-parts period. See Schedule 9, paragraph 19 (2026). Clause 11 states none. The leaflet states 7 years.

Which three dates does the end-of-life notice need?

Do split three dates. Do not treat written notice as a clock. The problem is a right you can miss because nobody named a day.

Date one is notice length. How many days before the last order, in writing, to a named person. Clause 11 says on written notice and gives no count.

Date two is the last day a purchase order will be accepted. PCNShark (checklist) says finish the order before that day, including service demand.

Date three is the last shipment. JESD48B (2026) states 6 months from notice to place final orders, and 12 months to final shipments.

Law Insider (2026) shows a 12-month notice in one sample, and 60 days in others. One sample allows an order below the minimum. Do not paste them.

If the fight is a claim brought too late, read the late-claims bar. Do not rerun that clock here. This hunt is whether the part still has to exist.

What to mark: quantity cap, minimum order, and price?

Do mark a cap, a waiver, and a price formula on one row. Do not sign an open list price. The risk is five years of motors in one order.

About 40 motors a year against a minimum of 200 is roughly five years of stock.

The floor is 200 units per part number. You cannot force a waiver unless the clause says so. Negotiate it, or price the 200 on purpose.

Price on this draft is then-current list price. The list is not in the packet. Slack's aside is about 2.4 times the £48 series price. That is not a formula a finance person can invoice.

MEMA model terms (2023) uses the end-of-production price plus special packaging, adjusted yearly. US auto model, not English law.

Which file moves if the factory stops supplying?

Do name a file, a trigger, and the sub-tier. Do not treat confidential drawings as the end of the story. A hidden gap is the unique motor.

Drawings, software, and firmware stay confidential. That is not a free assignment of IP. Someone still needs a file they can open.

The motor is a unique Brno winding. The board is single-source. Demand Brno's own supplier notice, with days left to order.

Write the trigger: missed delivery, insolvency, or a dead unique part. A registered repairer is due a disassembly map and firmware steps within one working day. Or name a second source. A clause that binds only Brno does not bind the winder.

When to line the warranty up against the parts window?

Do line three clocks on one row. Do not let a 12-month warranty stand in for spare parts. The problem shows up when the remedy is repair and the motor is gone.

Clause 9 runs 12 months from delivery. The remedy is repair or replacement of the machine. A repair with no motor is a sentence.

Field failures do not stop when the 12-month warranty ends. Line that year against the 7-year leaflet and the 10-year list. Clause 11 has no number.

When to keep the clause, rewrite it, or walk?

Keep only if years, dates, price, and the repair file are filled, including the sub-tier.

Parts must exist for the 12-month remedy, and for the leaflet period you will live with. A full row is the success bar. It is not a green light.

Rewrite if the draft still says reasonable endeavours, written notice with no days, list price, and 200 units. Strike the minimum unless you have costed the 200-motor buy.

Walk if the leaflet is already printing 7 years, drawings are locked, and Friday is the signature on 1,800 machines. A blank row is the sentence that pauses that signature.

Before you sign, use the checklist. Escalate a blank price. Verify the repair file. Notice, then last order, then last shipment, then the service years.

JEDEC J-STD-048 (2025) says J-STD-048A, December 2025, supersedes JESD48. Do not treat the older PDF as the current text if you have not opened it.