Procurement - KPIs

Performance summary 2009/10

KPI, milestone or target	Performance
Where practicable to make payment within 30 days of receiving the invoice.
Use the balanced performance scorecard to measure performance and provide regular feedback to all major suppliers.
Use the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database as a means of standardising an integral area of our pre-qualification assessment. Use the ‘verify’ system to maintain an up to date measure of top supplier performance against the categories of financial, health and safety and environmental performance.
100% of our major suppliers to be screened for performance against financial, health and safety and environment factors.
To ensure that goods and services are procured from sustainable sources, contracts are awarded following a tender process which takes into consideration service, price and environmental performance.
Complete a detailed sustainability assessment of key suppliers.

KPI, milestone or target
Where practicable make payment within 30 days of receiving the invoice.
Use the balanced performance scorecard to measure performance and provide regular feedback to all major suppliers.
Use the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database as a means of standardising an integral area of our pre-qualification assessment. Use the ‘verify’ system to maintain an up to date measure of top supplier performance against the categories of financial, health and safety and environmental performance.
100% of our major suppliers to be screened for performance against financial, health and safety and environment factors.
To ensure that goods and services are procured from sustainable sources, contracts are awarded following a tender process which takes into consideration service, price and environmental performance.
Complete a detailed sustainability assessment of key suppliers.
Publish an annual sustainability assessment of key suppliers.