Title Page

  • Company Name

  • Trading Name

  • Main address for all correspondence
  • Registered address if different from above
  • Telephone Number (including prefix)

  • Main Contact Details

  • Email Address

Accounting and Financial Information

  • Company Registration Number

  • Date of Registration

  • VAT Number

  • D-U-N-S Number

  • Company status

  • Years Trading

  • Purchase Order Currency

  • Payment Terms

  • Trading Currency

  • Please provide Banking details (Bank Name, A/c Name, Sort Code and A/c Number) on letter headed paper, signed by a company director

  • Is your organisation registered as a Contractor/Subcontractor for the purposes of the HMRC Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) if applicable

  • Please advise your unique tax reference (UTR) number. If you are a Sole Trader please advise your National Insurance Number

  • If you are CIS registered please indicate if your business is classed as Gross or Net

  • Are you a Parent Company or Subsidiary?

  • Subsidiary Trading Names

  • Parent Company Trading Name

  • Parent Company Registered Address
  • Please provide the annual turnover of your organisation for each of your last 3 financial years

Contact Details

  • Please list the names of all Directors, Partners and Associates

  • Position

  • Name

  • Position

  • Sales/Orders Contact Name

  • Email Address

  • Telephone/Fax Number

  • Mobile Number

  • Office Address
  • Finance/Accounts Contact Name

  • Email

  • Telephone/Fax Number

  • Mobile Number

  • Office Address

SEDEX and Compliance information

  • Are you member of SEDEX?

  • Please upload the following documents:

  • Environmental Policy

  • Anti-Bribery and business ethics policy

  • Health and Safety Policy

  • Statement or Policy regarding ESG

  • Statement or Policy regarding ModernSlavery

  • Please initiate a SEDEX relationship with Howdens Joinery (ZC286463753)

  • What is your company membership number (ZC reference)?

  • Please advise any operational sites that supply services or product to Howdens Joinery

  • Have you had a SMETA audit in last 3 years?

  • Please advise a date as to when this will be done

Please confirm the receipt and acceptance of the following documentation

  • Howdens Joinery Anti-Bribery & Corruption statement received and accepted

  • Howdens Joinery Modern Slavery statement received and accepted

  • Howdens Supplier Code of Conduct received and signed

  • Howdens Joinery Technical & Quality Protocol Document signed

  • Howdens Joinery Packaging & Palletisation document received and accepted

Timber Regulations

  • Completed Trader or Operator form?

  • UKTR or EUTR

  • Product Claim under FSC or PEFC

  • What percentage Claim (e.g. 70% PEFC)

  • Certificate Number

Financial Checks - In addition to internal checks we will run a credit report on your company

  • Please provide the latest set of Financial Accounts

  • Date of accounts

  • Please advise when these will be sent

  • Are you (the supplier) or any Parent Company/Subsidiary filing or have filed for insolvency in the last 12 months

  • Name of company which filed or is filing

  • Date filed or began filing

Documentation

  • Howdens Joinery Terms & Conditions received

  • Have they been signed and returned?

  • Please advise why

  • NDA Signed

  • Related to which products

Risk & Compliance

  • Does your Company hold a Employers Liability Insurance?

  • Insurer

  • Policy Number

  • Expirery Date

  • Cover Value £

  • Does your Company hold a Public Liability Insurance ?

  • Insurer

  • Policy Number

  • Expiry Date

  • Cove Value

  • Please upload the certificate

  • Does your Company hold a Product Liability Insurance?

  • Does your Company hold a Professional Indemnity Insurance?

  • Does your company have a recruitment policy/procedure that ensures your employees have the right to work in the UK in compliance with the Asylum and Imimgration Act 1996

  • Is your Company registered as a "Data Controller" with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988?

  • Please state a date of registration and registration number

  • Does your Company hold a UKAS recognised information security management certification e.g. BS/EN/ISO 27001:2005 or equivalent?

Service Operations and Quality

  • Please select the best description of your business type

  • What are principal activities of your Company?

  • State your Company's experience in delivering the same or similar service or product to that required or in which you are expressing an interest

  • Has your company ever suffered a deduction of liquidated damages, or had any payment withheld for non-performance or alleged non-performance, or had any default provisions within a contract invoked against it in respect of any contract within the last 3 years?

  • Please provide details

  • Has your Company ever had a contract terminated or your employment determined under the terms of the contract?

  • Please provide details

  • Has your Company ever not had a contract renewed for failure to perform to the terms of a contract?

  • Please provide details

  • Are your quality management systems for the manufacture and/or supply of goods or services certified to ISO 9001?

  • Are other quality systems/processes in place in your organisation?

  • Please provide details

  • Please explain how you manage quality within your organisation

  • Please list membership of any relevant professional or trade bodies, details of any operators licences and any relevant certification held

  • Has your company ever carried out work or supplied goods for any Howdens Joinery business?

  • Please provide details

  • Do you intend to utilise the services of sub-contractor(s) in order to fulfil the contract?

  • Please provide details

ESG

Social Responsibility

  • Does your Company publish a "slavery and human trafficking statement" as required by the Modern Slavery Act 2015?

  • Please describe your organisations approach to dealing with Modern Slavery and ensuring compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015?

Health and Safety

  • Is your Company certified to ISO 45001?

  • Who is responsible for safety management within your company?

  • What source of competent safety advice do you use in compliance with the management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999 -regulation 7 (Include details of experience and qualifications)

  • How do you monitor and record the effectiveness of your safety management?

  • How do you assess the arrangements of sub contractors for their compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act?

  • Please upload a written Health and Safety Policy Statement

  • What is your process and procedures for the investigation and reporting of accidents and dangerous occurrences (you should include here details of any near-miss reporting)

  • Please provide figures for all Accidents/Incidents and Injuries for the last three years

  • Is your company accredited by any of the following SSIP?

  • Please provide details of any prosecutions, Prohibition Notices or Improvement Notices served on the company by the Health and Safety Executive in the last 3 years

Environmental Impact

  • Does your Company have ISO 14001?

  • Do you have a nominated person within environmental responsibility?

  • Please provide name and contact details

  • Does your company have a formal written and authorised environmental policy?

  • Do you have a documented Environmental Management System?

  • Please tick a box that best describes your company's environmental management system

  • It has effective management processes and procedures to manage the significant environmental impacts of our business

  • It defines the significant environmental impacts of our business but only has plans for the introduction of effective management processes and procedures

  • It only identifies the environmental impacts of our business

  • None of the above

  • Do you measure and control the significant environmental impacts of your business?

  • Do you set environmental continuous improvement targets?

  • Do you proactively review and maintain compliance with environmental legislation?

  • Have your employees undergone, and do they continue to receive, appropriate environmental training?

  • Do you consider the environmental performance of your supply chain?

Factories & Supply

Production Information

  • Number of Factories within Group/Portfolio

  • Number of these which will supply Howdens Joinery

  • Annual Volume produced

  • Unit of measure (pieces/m2/etc.)

  • Percentage of product which is exported?

  • Current Capacity

  • Unit of measure (pieces/m2/etc.)

  • Current Free Capacity (excluding Howdens potential NPI)

  • HJ potential percentage of total capacity

  • Number of Key customers (>5% of your total capacity)

  • Largest Customers percentage of capacity

  • Current Turnover

  • Howdens Joinery potential percentage of Turnover

  • Please define your main 5 product capabilities

Production Branding

  • Is the product Howdens Joinery will be buying branded

  • What % are branded

  • Are the branded products licensed to be sold in the; UK, Europe and Northern Ireland? (select all which apply)

  • Are the branded products licensed to be sold in the; UK, Europe and Northern Ireland? (select all which apply)

  • Factory Information
  • Factory Name

  • Address
  • Age
  • What are your shutdowns periods including Bank/Public holiday?

  • Type of Goods produced

  • Percentage of Group capacity

  • Total Factory Capacity

  • Unit of measure (pieces/m2/etc.)

  • Average Spare Capcity

  • Does this factory have any reoccurring Peak production times

  • Please give dates

  • Spare Capacity at Factory Peak

  • Percentage of products supplied to HJ from this factory

  • Percentage of spare capacity on lines which produce product supplied to Howdens Joinery

  • What is the Standard Lead time of HJ product from this factory (Days)

  • What is the lead time at factory peak trading times (Days)

Delivery Information

  • What are you standard delivery terms?

  • If delivered, what is your standard method of transport

  • Do you have a transport agreement/preferred courier, or do you spot buy freight?

  • Is there a faster alternative shipping method, if so what

  • Is there an option for Howdens Joinery to collect?

  • Does the Factory/Supplier have all the relevant Export Licenses?

  • Do you deliver with mixed or full loads of the same item?

  • Do you have any special delivery constraints?

  • Please describe

  • What is the delivery method?

  • Is there anything our Logistics should be aware of (handball, etc)?

Business Strategy, Security of Supply & Cyber Security

Business Strategy

  • Please describe your organisations Senior leadership team and succession plan

  • What are your goals in the short/medium term?

  • What are your goals in the long term?

Growth

  • What is your YOY growth percentage (Pieces/m2/etc)

  • What is your target average YoY growth (Pieces/m2/etc) over the next 5 years

  • What is your YoY growth percentage (Turnover)

  • What is your target average YoY growth (Turnover) over the next 5 years

  • What is your YoY growth percentage (Capacity)

  • What is your target average YoY growth (Capacity) over the next 5 years

  • What is your growth percentage (Staff)

  • What is your target average YoY growth (Staff) over the next 5 years

  • Have you got any planned investments and if so what in?

Security of Supply

  • Who is responsible for Business Continuity Management within your Company?

  • Does your company have a DR/Business Continuity Plan?

  • Please enclose a copy of your plan

  • How frequently is this plan reviewed and when is the next review scheduled?

  • Does your Company test Business Continuity Plan annually?

  • What is a maximum recovery time (in days)?

  • What is the average age of equipment/machinery used for products supplied to Howdens (years)?

  • Do you have any capacity restraints?

  • Please describe

  • What percentage uplift in production can be achieved with notice of 1 Week

  • What percentage uplift in production can be achieved with notice of 1 Month

  • What percentage uplift in production can be achieved with notice of 3 Months

Raw Materials & T2 Suppliers

  • How many suppliers do you rely on for Howdens Joinery product?

  • Where are the main suppliers for Howdens Joinery product located?

  • Do you validate you suppliers?

  • Please describe the validation process of your suppliers?

  • What is the longest lead time of any supplier for Howdens Joinery product (days)

  • How many suppliers are the sole supplier of a material used in Howdens Joinery Product

Legal

  • Has your organisation (either parent or any subsidiary) been subject to any criminal investigations in the last 12 months relating to;

  • Have any of your suppliers been subject to any criminal investigations in the last 12 months relating to;

Cyber Security

  • Do you have a documented Security Policy, which is fully supported by the Board and signed by an appropriate Director assuming responsibility?

  • Are your employees trained on Cyber Security and is this refreshed on an annual basis?

  • Do you have dedicated resource to review and manage Security? Do Senior Management / Board have site of the Security Risks facing your organisation? If so, how often are they reviewed and discussed?

  • Do you align your Security controls to any industry specific control framework, i.e. NIST / ISO27001 / COBIT?

  • Are you externally Audited to any Security Standard for conformance, for example SOC2?

  • Do you assess and measure your key suppliers for their approach to Cyber Security and their ability to manage Cyber Risk?

  • Are any systems or solutions used to support Howdens externally facing, for example a web-site with log-in access? If so, are these Penetration Tested on an annual basis?

  • "Do you undertake regular (weekly) Vulnerability Scanning of your Network, Environment and Applications?

  • If so, do you act upon the reported risks?"

  • Do you deploy any anti-Malware measures on your end-points (Servers / Devices), for example do you have Anti-Virus installed or use any EDR solutions?

  • Do you deploy Network Segregation measures across your estate, i.e. is the IT network supporting your IT capabilities for your manufacturing lines segregated from your office environment?

  • Are your firewall rulesets reviewed on a regular basis?

  • Where employees remotely log-into your systems, do you deploy Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) measures to strengthen the security controls?

  • Do you have a Password Policy?

  • Please select most applicable statement:

  • Policy covers password complexity (Character types/Numbers/Letters/upper lower case, etc.

  • Policy covers log-in attemps

  • Policy covers lockout following failed log0ins attempts

  • Do you scan your solution code through the development phase (prior to release) to ensure that there no issues built-in through design and build?

  • Do you build to a recognised standard such as OWASP?"

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