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Supplier Questionnaire
if you’ve been invited to join STS as one of our suppliers, please download the Supplier Questionnaire and return this to us at your earliest convenience.
Health and Safety
Nobody should get hurt or made unwell by what we do, our purpose is to serve our clients and customers, building a lasting water legacy whilst doing so. Please see below our H&S updates, ensuring we all work towards reaching our goal zero.
Health and Safety Bulletins
Selection and Awards Process
Severn Trent Services prides itself on having a diverse range of suppliers that are able to react and deliver high quality goods, works and services to our large customer base located across the United Kingdom.
Our supply chain covers many product and service categories ranging from PPE & Workwear, Chemicals, Water and Waste Water Network Services, Tankering and Grounds Maintenance, Sampling Analysis and Engineering Construction projects to just name a few.
STS prides itself on continuously striving to exceed its customer’s expectations and is built on a 360 degree learning platform where mutual trust and co-operation is key. This ensures both STS and its partnering suppliers are continuously learning together to further improve our duty to our customers. Where possible, we employ long term framework agreements with many of our suppliers using both NEC3 and bespoke contracts. This enables us to build an excellent working relationship between ourselves and selected suppliers.
A range of factors are considered when onboarding any new supplier and these include:
- Quality of products & services
- Cost of products & services
- H&S track record of the supplier which includes no. of Near Misses, LTI’s, RIDDOR’S and H&S policy
- Risk Assessment and Method Statements compliance
- Financial stability of the supplier
- Insurance cover levels
- Defects track record
- Compliance with tender process
- Pre-qualifying questionnaire
- Business Continuity Contingency Plan and other relevant procedures and processes
The above list is not exhaustive and other factors are also considered. The above requirements are tailored to suit the value and scale of the goods, works or services being supplied.
Should you wish to discuss upcoming tenders and other procurement queries then please feel free to contact us at: service.manager@stservices.co.uk.
Insurance Requirements
To ensure safety and stability for our employees, suppliers and contractors – it’s key that our suppliers have the correct insurance coverages in place. Below you’ll find STS Insurance Cover and also our Insurance Requirements for existing/new suppliers.
Payment Application Process
We aim to certify Payment Applications and issue Payment Due Certificate to our suppliers within 15 days. STS understands the importance of being paid on time, which is why we ensure we always follow the Payment Application process.
