Supplier Certainty™
From uncertainty to predictable delivery.
Prequalification tells you who may work. Supplier Certainty tells you who will deliver.
- supplier categories
- 3
- supplier categories
- Certainty modules
- 12
- Certainty modules
- gate for notice to proceed
- L4
- gate for notice to proceed
The model
Three supplier categories. Twelve Certainty modules.
Every supplier is assessed on the same twelve modules - with 85 criteria written for each category. Select a category to see what is examined and which modules are gated.
CATEGORY · TC
Trade contractors
Mechanical, electrical, process and specialist contractors mobilising crews, supervision and their own procurement to site.
- criteria
- 52
- criteria
- modules
- 12
- modules
- gated at L4
- 5
- gated at L4
What decides delivery
- Crews and supervision sized to the histogram
- Contractor-procured equipment ordered against need dates
- Proven productivity and look-ahead discipline
- Interfaces owned and dated
Gated at Level 4 for notice to proceed
- SAFSafety
- WRKWorkforce
- PRGProgramme
- PRDProductivity
- IFMInterface management
All twelve modules are assessed for every category. The five gated for trade contractors are shown in navy.
Gated Assessed
- DES · 01
Design
Design capacity against the submittal schedule, BIM commitments and constructability input.
4 criteria - SAF · 02 GATE · L4
Safety
Safety system, lagging and leading indicators, competent persons and lower-tier flow-down.
5 criteria - WRK · 03 GATE · L4
Workforce
Histogram cover, sourcing plan, concurrent commitments, supervision depth and industrial relations.
6 criteria - LOG · 04
Logistics
Contractor-procured equipment ordered against need dates, tier-2 supply, expediting and site logistics.
5 criteria - OSM · 05
Off-site manufacturing
Factory capacity, module-to-site interfaces and factory schedule integration.
3 criteria - PRG · 06 GATE · L4
Programme
Schedule quality, milestones mapped to the master schedule and weekly constraint removal.
3 criteria - PRD · 07 GATE · L4
Productivity
Proven unit rates, work packaging, weekly productivity measurement and field tools.
4 criteria - QUA · 08
Quality
Quality plan and hold points, non-conformance, sector protocols and turnover packages.
4 criteria - IFM · 09 GATE · L4
Interface management
Interfaces identified, owned and dated, coordination capacity and digital handover.
5 criteria - SUP · 10
Support
Executive sponsorship, financial capacity and distress signals, and the lower-tier subcontract map.
6 criteria - TRN · 11
Training
Competence matrix, protocol training, certification currency and supervisor development.
4 criteria - CMP · 12
Compliance & resilience
Information security, responsible sourcing, insurance and bonding.
3 criteria
Supplier Certainty assessment
How certain is your programme?
Start with a confidential conversation. We will scope the packages, suppliers and need dates that matter most - and the evidence your notice-to-proceed decision needs.