Service Suppliers Approval
Service supplier approval is to assess and approve a service supplier, to ensure the supplier has enough capability to evaluate that the products have such quality as required by Rules for the Classification and Construction of Seagoing Ships and other rules of BKI.
Service Suppliers
Documents/Data to be submitted
- Outline of the firms intended to be approved (e.g. location, history, organisation and management structure, including subsidiaries to be included in the approval/certification, number of employees, main services and their actual records, etc.)
- List of nominated agents, subsidiaries and subcontractors
- Experience of the company in the specific service area
- For categories of Service Suppliers that require authorization from manufacturers, manufacturer’s documentary evidence that the Service Supplier has been authorized or licensed to service the particular makes and models of equipment for which approval is sought shall be provided.
- List of operators/technicians/inspectors documenting name, training and experience within the relevant service area, qualifications according to recognised national, international or industry standards, as relevant
- Training programmes for operators/technicians/inspectors
- Description of equipment used for the particular service for which approval is sought (measuring equipment, outline of workshops and facilities for storing materials and parts, a list of orders to the subcontractors, etc.)
- A guide for operators of such equipment
- Outline (including description of service conditions or service regions) of the relevant service
- Quality manual and its supplementary documents, or documented procedures (work procedures, verification procedures, recording and reporting procedures, training procedures, control procedures of measuring equipment, etc.)
- Documented procedures for communication with the crew prior to commencing work, so that it is safe to decommission the equipment being maintained, and to provide a safe system of work in place.
- Checklists of the relevant services and reporting formats to BKI
- Copies of approval certificates issued by competent organizations or other classification societies, if any.
- Information on the other activities which may present a conflict of interest.
- Record of customer claims and of corrective actions requested by certification bodies
- Other documents deemed necessary by the BKI.
