Panels

Every year the NWDA spends a significant amount on goods and services supplied by third parties. These range from basic products such as stationery, to highly technical equipment and services. We buy much of our goods and services from companies that have pre-qualified as being suitable to supply us.

To pre-qualify you must be able to meet our basic criteria:

• you must accept English law as the governing law of any contract and accept the jurisdiction of the English courts
• you must accept NWDA conditions of contract
• you must have a company policy statement covering the health and safety and environmental aspects of your operations. These statements must meet current legislative requirements.
• your company must have no convictions for offences relating to fraud, corruption, or other major breaches of the Companies Act.

You may also have to meet additional criteria depending on the particular goods or services that we need. These could include:

• details of your financial standing
• technical competence
• delivery record
• quality assurance procedures
• safety performance
• environmental performance
• capacity

We may also wish to inspect your facilities, examine samples of your work and take up references from your customers. Any information that you give us will be treated confidentially.

Opportunities to become members of these pre-qualified panels are listed on our Tenders page as and when a panel is being formed or renewed.