If you receive a consignment of goods, either by a single delivery or partial deliveries, if any of the items are faulty and the others are acceptable, you can hold on to the goods that are alright, but reject the bad ones. Formal acceptance will not be until the actions, stipulated in the contract documentation, have been successfully completed. Here, the signing of a delivery note is simply acknowledging that the goods/services have been received. Within the contract there may be a requirement, for example, to commission the goods and complete acceptance tests prior to formally accepting them. If you are unsure, check with your Head of Procurement.
tell the supplier that you are accepting them.There are a number of points that are important. Normally whenever goods are delivered and a delivery note signed, the signature signifies that the goods/services have been accepted and hence, the performance of the contract completed.
