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Use before relying on a critical supplier's production capability or delivery capacity. Apply when the proposed scope, manufacturing location or subcontracting arrangements are significant to project quality and schedule.
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Critical Supplier Technical Due Diligence
Assess supplier delivery capability from verifiable technical, capacity and quality evidence before reliance.
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Learning
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What it helps you decide
The review tests supplier assertions against relevant evidence. It exposes unavailable capacity, unsupported process capability and critical dependencies before a project bases procurement or construction sequencing on an unverified promise.
How to complete it
- Map each Capability requirement to Supplier evidence for the actual product and manufacturing site. Record Coverage limitations instead of relying solely on certification or marketing material.
- Assess Capacity constraints against existing commitments and required deliveries. Identify Subsupplier dependencies and distinguish demonstrated available resources from advertised theoretical production capacity.
- Record Verification performed, including actual visits or document reviews. Set Conditions before reliance and identify the Responsible reviewer for outstanding technical evidence or corrective action.
Who prepares and reviews it
A technical procurement or supplier-quality lead prepares it with discipline specialists and production planners. Commercial teams contribute commitments; competent reviewers assess technical reliance conditions, while award authority remains with the designated procurement decision makers.
A mistake to avoid
Assuming a corporate certificate demonstrates the capability of every production site can obscure whether the proposed facility and subcontractors actually cover the required processes.
Illustrative example
Illustrative example: a project considers a fabricator for a large structural-steel package. The review links required fabrication processes to actual facility records and identifies outsourced coating capacity as unconfirmed. Procurement obtains that evidence before deciding whether the proposed delivery profile is credible.
Document contents
- Document control and decision owner
- Evidence, scope and applicability
- Capability to scope mapping
- Capacity and dependencies
- Verification activities
- Reliance conditions
- Open points, competent review and decision
- Project records
- Preparation, review and approval
Required inputs
- Project / asset identity, assessment date, scope and authorized decision owner
- Verified source documents with exact revision and record locators
- Critical supply scope and required delivery profile
- Supplier capability evidence and facility information
- Relevant production and quality records
- Subcontracting dependencies and access limits
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