2.2 Nonexclusive Relationship. Nothing contained in this Contract shall obligate Purchaser or its Affiliates to order Products from Supplier in any portion or amount or prevent Purchaser or its Affiliates from procuring Products from any other suppliers. Supplier shall exercise all commercially reasonable efforts to enter into Purchase Orders requested by Purchaser.
2.3 Purchase Orders.
(A) To order Products under this Contract, Purchaser and Supplier shall enter into a Purchase Order. Each Purchase Order is subject to the terms and conditions of this Contract. The Purchase Order shall be either in substantially the form included in the sample provided in Exhibit A – Type of Products and Sample Purchase Order Form or in the electronic form of requests for Products initiated by Purchaser and agreed to between the Parties.
(B) This Contract and each Purchase Order shall be deemed a separate contract between the Party named as Purchaser in the applicable Purchase Order and Supplier. The rights, obligations and liability under any Purchase Order extend only to the respective Purchaser named in such Purchase Order and Supplier. Purchase Orders may only originate from the Country for use in the Country.
2.4 Timing.
(A) Supplier shall deliver the Products by the Required Delivery Date. Supplier may deliver the Products prior to the Required Delivery Date if approved by Purchaser in writing.
(B) Supplier shall immediately notify the Purchaser named in the Purchase Order if Supplier believes that it will be unable to meet the Required Delivery Date or perform any Off-Site Services on dates scheduled. This notice shall be given to Purchaser as soon as Supplier has reason to believe that it will be unable to meet the Required Delivery Date or perform any Off-Site Services, but in no event later than forty-eight hours from the time Supplier first has cause to believe that delivery or performance may be delayed. Supplier’s notice shall include the length of the forecasted delay and Supplier’s proposed plan for mitigating the delay in order to meet the Required Delivery Date or other dates scheduled.
(C) Time is of the essence with respect to provisions of this Contract that specify a time for Supplier’s performance and Supplier must meet these timing requirements at its own cost. By entering into a Purchase Order, Supplier agrees that the timeframes for delivering the Products and for performing any Off-Site Services connected with these Products are reasonable for all periods of time provided in this Contract and the applicable Purchase Order.
(D) In addition to any other rights and remedies that Purchaser may have for Supplier’s failure to deliver Products by the Required Delivery Date or perform Off-Site Services by dates scheduled and subject to Section 12.10, Purchaser may recover any damages against Supplier in an amount equal to Purchaser’s direct costs and expenses arising from Supplier’s failure to deliver by the Required Delivery Date or perform by dates scheduled. These costs and expenses include costs to complete the delivery (by Purchaser through another supplier) and include time spent by Purchaser (or one acting on its behalf) to perform expediting, surveillance or engineering to facilitate delivery. Purchaser may offset the amount of these damages from any payment due Supplier under the applicable Purchase Order.