NR NR/L2/SCO/302/01 ISSUE 1 PDF

This standard specifies the requirements for supplier qualification.

It applies to:

a) Network Rail employees contracting a supplier for safety critical works

b) Suppliers who fall under these categories:   

   1) suppliers who have triggered an audit due to product code selection (Rail Industry Commodity Classification List) and/or have otherwise indicated that they work or intend to work on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure;   

   2) organisations sponsoring individuals within the Sentinel Scheme;   

   3) Suppliers prioritised by Network Rail as:     

      i. principal contractors who may be, or are, working on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure as Principal Contractor;     

      ii. On-Track Plant Operations Scheme– those Suppliers operating on-track plant only in engineering possessions on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure and Network Rail projects.     

      iii. suppliers of non-railborne plant (including but not limited to demountable, civil engineering plant, portable transportable and mobile plant).

Purpose

This document seeks to mitigate the risks that suppliers import when working on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure and sets out the core management system and management process requirements for suppliers of products, works and services.