7.4 Purchasing
7.4 Purchasing
7.4 Purchasing
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Purchasing Procedure Date: 15/04/2013
PSC-OP-7.4
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1. Procedures
1.1. The Needs Request form no. (F-01/PSC-OP-7.4) is issued whenever any department requests
any kind of items which is checked by the storekeeper for the availability of the requested
items at the warehouse.
1.2. If the requested items are not found at the warehouse, the storekeeper issues the Purchasing
Requisition form no. (F-02/PSC-OP-7.4) reviewed by department head for its adequacy
obtaining the approval of the factory manager or construction head.
1.3. Afterwards the Purchasing requisition is sent to the Purchasing department where the
requisition contents shall be entered to the computer to proceed in purchasing the requested
items.
1.4. Purchasing coordinator issues the Purchase Order (PO) form no. (F-04/PSC-OP-7.4) to the
selected supplier ( If required or for purchasing through the mail) stating all the data related to
the items as well as any general or special conditions and requirements and any kind of
documents to be supplied with the material, also any penalties for the delay through the
supply process approved by the Managing Director.
1.5. Purchaser is responsible for requesting the quotations from the company approved suppliers’
according to the quality and delivery requirements stated in the requisition, where the
purchasing department must collect at least 3 offers from the suppliers.
1.6. For rule of obtaining 3 offers prior each purchasing process, it has an exception in case of sole
agents and vendors - and clients’ recommended vendors-, or for purchase orders whose values
do not exceed 3000 L.E. unless for materials whose criticality identified by the project/site
manager.
1.7. Afterwards all the collected quotations are listed in Quotations Evaluation Sheets form no. (F-
03/PSC-OP-7.4) comparing all the quotations together and selecting the best offer and stating
the justification of the best offer from the best quality to the cheapest price with good
payment and delivery conditions approved by the purchasing head.
1.8. The coordination between the purchasing department and the suppliers has to be established
in the form of follow-up of the required material to insure the delivery time regarding the
items delivery dates where the (site or project)/factory manager shall be updated with these
co-ordinations results.
1.9. Any delay of the material if occurred to be checked with the dept. who requested it to see the
impact of this delay also any discrepancy in the received material.
1.10. As soon as the inspection status of the required material is accepted, the invoice of the
material to be issued to the account dept. to start preparing the payment for the supplier.
1.11. Verification at subcontractor’s premises is done by the company representative for some
items, according to what specified in PO, however, in some cases according to contracts
agreements the customer can verify that subcontractor’s products are satisfied
1.12. The suppliers/subcontractors selection criteria have to be based upon their experiences and
specialization in the requested material where the acceptance criteria will include but not
limited to:
The market share and other jobs with a company,
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Purchasing Procedure Date: 15/04/2013
PSC-OP-7.4
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2. Forms
2.1. Needs Request (F-01/PSC-OP-7.4)
2.2. Purchasing Requisition (F-02/PSC-OP-7.4)
2.3. Quotations Evaluation Sheet (F-03/PSC-OP-7.4)
2.4. Purchase Order (F-04/PSC-OP-7.4)
2.5. Approved List of subcontractors/Suppliers (F-05/PSC-OP-7.4)
2.6. Supplier Evaluation (F-06/PSC-OP-7.4)
2.7. Subcontractor Evaluation (F-07/PSC-OP-7.4)
2.8. Suppliers/subcontractors Aggregated Evaluations (F-08/PSC-OP-7.4)