Become a UK Power Networks Supplier

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Working with us

Our 'Working with UK Power Networks' document below should be reviewed by existing and potential suppliers or partners to understand the approach we take to business ethics. It also clarifies the standards and behaviours we expect to be adopted by our supply chain. We expect our suppliers to go beyond minimum legal requirements and seek to continually improve and innovate. We will only do business with suppliers who share our values and do business ethically. We will work to assist our supply chain to meet our expectations as far as possible.

For more information, download our document below.

 

Download Working with UK Power Networks PDF

Supply Chain Engagement

We strive to be the best performing Distribution Network Operator (DNO). This is supported by our vision to be an employer of choice, a respected and trusted corporate citizen, and to do so in a sustainable, cost-efficient way. Our vision is informed by the world we live in and the constant engagement we have with our stakeholders, which in turn informs and shapes our strategy for our next regulatory period (RIIO-ED2) and beyond.

Our supply chain plays a critical role in helping us deliver our obligations and commitments to our customers. We have therefore created an e-book to further engage with our entire supply chain, both prospective and existing. The purpose of this book is to highlight future challenges which we may face and turn them into opportunities for us all. Our e-book outlines what RIIO-ED2 means for the supply chain in the future and provides a forum for you to help inform our business strategy.

Have a read of our Supply Chain Engagement e-book and provide us with feedback on our Code of Conduct by answering a quick set of questions at the end. Please email ED2supplychain@ukpowernetworks.co.uk if have any questions.

Read our Supply Chain Engagement e-book

Joining our supply chain

We utilise the Achilles Utility Vendor Database.

Pre-qualifications for suppliers

Pre-qualification ensures that suppliers of goods, works and services meet our required levels of health, safety, environment, quality, CDM capability, ethical, diversity and inclusiveness, commercial and financial stability standards.

All suppliers working for us must be registered with Achilles as a minimum standard of pre-qualification. RISQS is accepted in place of Achilles for suppliers working within our Rail businesses.

Suppliers undertaking “High Risk” activities on our behalf must comply with the our Pre-qualification and Approval Procedure before commencing any work. If you undertake high risk activities you must also undergo the Achilles Verify audit.

All procurement activities represent a degree of risk to us. Risk is categorised into three categories – High, Medium or Low – as shown below

All suppliers undertaking High Risk activity must complete our pre-qualification procedure and have a contract in place before any work commences.

High Risk

Includes but is not limited to:

• Potentially dangerous activities e.g. working at height, on an electrical network, working in confined spaces
• Activities working ‘on or near the network’
• Working on UK Power Networks’ Assets
• Suppliers where a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Environmental risk is identified
• Where UK Power Networks accounts for 50% or more a contractor’s turnover
• Designers/project managers who are accessing the UK Power Networks electrical sites
• Suppliers who install equipment and general contractors
• Suppliers who have access to UK Power Networks critical IT infrastructure, systems or information.

Medium Risk

• Any supplier that does not have a Health & Safety Risk within its scope of work but still presents a commercial risk to UK Power Networks.

Low Risk

• Any supplier undertaking activities that pose little or no risk commercially and do not pose any Health & Safety Risk to UK Power Networks.

If you have any further queries relating to the pre-qualification process or working with UK Power Networks please contact us via the following email address;- Supplier.Management@ukpowernetworks.co.uk.

Invoices

We are happy to accept electronic submission of invoices to support efficiency of the payment process for suppliers.

For supplier names starting A to E or 0 to 9 please email invoices to APAtoE@ukpowernetworks.co.uk
For supplier names starting F to N please email invoices to APFtoN@ukpowernetworks.co.uk
For supplier names starting O to Z please email invoices to APOtoZ@ukpowernetworks.co.uk

We would ask that suppliers follow these simple rules to help us process the invoice:

1. All documents sent to us must be a PDF or Tiff document type. No other formats are valid.
2. Each invoice must be on a separate attachment. There can be multiple pages within each invoice and include supporting documents if required but multiple invoices on one attachment will not work.
3. More than one attachment per email is acceptable.
4. Only invoices are to be attached. Any statements or follow-ups must be sent on a separate email.
5. To avoid duplication no paper copies of invoices should be sent.

If you have any questions please call us on 0330 041 6960.