Supplier prequalification categories
- Legal entity and contracting role
- Manufacturing-resource relationship and capacity evidence
- Relevant quality, HSE and financial information
- Project, technical and delivery references with authenticity status
For EPC, contractors and procurement
Defined Scope, Interfaces and Delivery Evidence for Procurement
Answer first
A useful supplier review separates factory supply, project engineering, local work, logistics, inspections and handover obligations before price comparison.
Scope and exclusion matrix
- Design responsibility and local professional interfaces
- BOM or BOQ availability rules and revision basis
- Factory supply, packing, freight and Incoterms
- Foundations, installation, licensed trades, testing and authority fees
Design freeze and change control
- Employer requirements and document hierarchy
- Comment, approval and revision workflow
- Mock-up, sample and first-article gates
- Commercial and programme treatment of post-freeze changes
Quality and inspection
- ITP hold and witness points
- Incoming material, in-process and final inspection records
- FAT or mock-up requirements where relevant
- NCR, corrective action, release and packing records
Commercial and defect questions
- Payment security and release conditions
- Product versus installation defect boundaries
- Warranty holder, exclusions, spares and response process
- Insurance, continuity and controlled document access
Continue by project market
Start with the available project facts
Unknown early-stage information can be marked as not known. The review will identify the next useful inputs.