ACS
Actividades de Construcción y Servicios

Suppliers

In Group companies, the purchasing department manages the relationship with suppliers and contractors by means of specific systems for managing, classifying and approving them.

In carrying out this activity, ACS manages three types of suppliers:

1. Suppliers of materials and/or services defined by the client.
2. Suppliers of services or subcontractors contracted by the ACS Group.
3. Suppliers of materials contracted by the ACS Group.

In the first case, in which the ACS Group carries out a project in which the client defines the type of suppliers contractually, as well as the quantity and characteristics of the materials to be used, the Group companies, in general, obey these requirements. Even so, the ACS Group’s purchasing departments and suppliers have a control procedure established to verify the efficiency of the supplier designated by the client.

This contracting format, in which ACS has very little capability for managing the suppliers, is not watertight as, as mentioned in the section on clients in this report, the Company carries out feedback actions with the client. This means that, in cases in which the suppliers defined by the client have given problems or presented areas for improvement, the client will be notified of these and corrective measures will be promoted.

It is worth highlighting that, once the special features of the different markets in which the ACS Group is present have been considered, specific purchasing procedures are developed when necessary to increase competitiveness. For example, specific criteria have been developed for Oil and Gas in Industrial Services’ activities.

For the suppliers of services and materials which the ACS Group contracts, detailed management and control processes are defined. These have the following points in common in all the Group’s companies:

• There are specific standards and a system for management, classification and selection of suppliers and subcontractors.
• The level of compliance with these systems is assessed.
• Collaboration with suppliers is encouraged.
• Transparency is promoted in contractual relationships.