1. Complete an application form
The first step to register or qualify your business on UVDB is to complete an application form.
Choose from three service options:
UVDBstandard - pre-qualify for contracts
Pre-qualify your business to all major UK utility organisations that have billions of pounds worth of spend. Provide your detailed information once and then just maintain it. Save time and effort associated with the completion of repetitive pre-qualification documents. |
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UVDBshowcase - be seen
UVDBshowcase allows you access to UVDBstandard, and in addition showcase your latest products and services in an area dedicated to the Utilities Sector.
- Marketing information - give further details of your company’s capabilities outside the confines of the UVDB questionnaire
- Add logos, photos and customer testimonials and quotes.
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UVDBnotice
Do you need to be informed of relevant contract opportunities in the UK and Europe?
There are thousands of opportunities published every year and UVDBnotice enables you to target the ones appropriate to your company by specifying commodity codes (CPV codes), keywords and countries of interest. UVDBnotice includes access to UVDBstandard and UVDBshowcase.
Email notifications of contract notices that are published in the Official Journal -relevant to your business. Give you access to a search facility and a database of thousands of contract opportunities, as published on the OJEU. Automatically filter potential contracts based upon your company’s capabilities. |
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2. Complete questionnaire
On receipt of your application and payment you will be given access to the on-line questionnaire for completion. The questionnaire collects information regarding your business to enable members of the UVDB service to consider your business for potential or continued work. The type of information required is given below:
- Financial & Legal
- Quality
- Health & Safety
- Environmental
- Professional & Technical
- Insurance
- Product & Service specific questions
Your business can demonstrate its capabilities by selecting one or more of the extensive industry product/service categories (product codes) available, that best match your area of business.
3. Submission & evaluation of questionnaire
Upon receipt of your completed questionnaire Achilles will perform various quality checks on the information provided. If there are any concerns these will be flagged and you will need to revisit the questionnaire. On passing the quality procedure the questionnaire details will be published to the live UVDB supplier management system. The data is then visible to all subscribing manufacturers.
4. Registration/Qualification on UVDB
Your questionnaire will be shown on the UVDB portal for all members of the service to have access to when sourcing and selecting suppliers against the product codes that you have registered or qualified for. You are advised to regularly review your questionnaire and ensure that the information available to members is kept up-to-date. This will ensure your business doesn’t miss any relevant contract opportunities.
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