Contractor vs supplier - Revision history

Designing Buildings at 11:01, 17 July 2024

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	This catch all definition suggests that the term ‘supplier’ could be used to refer to contractors, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers and service providers.		This catch all definition suggests that the term ‘supplier’ could be used to refer to contractors, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers and service providers.

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	* Contractor.		* Contractor.

Designing Buildings at 08:06, 17 September 2020

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	* Works contractor.		* Works contractor.

−	[[Category:Roles_/_services]]	+	[[Category:DCN_Definition]] [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:Roles_/_services]]

Editor at 19:31, 12 November 2019

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	* Nominated supplier.		* Nominated supplier.
	* Procurement route.		* Procurement route.
		+	* Service provider.
	* Specialist contractors.		* Specialist contractors.
	* Specialist subcontractor.		* Specialist subcontractor.

Editor at 19:02, 14 October 2019

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	* Specialist contractors.		* Specialist contractors.
	* Specialist subcontractor.		* Specialist subcontractor.
		+	* Specialist supplier.
	* Sub-consultant.		* Sub-consultant.
	* Subcontractor.		* Subcontractor.

Editor at 12:50, 9 November 2018

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	* Domestic sub-contractor.		* Domestic sub-contractor.
	* Integrated supply team.		* Integrated supply team.
		+	* Main contract.
	* Main contractor.		* Main contractor.
	* Named sub-contractor.		* Named sub-contractor.

Editor at 14:25, 23 October 2018

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	In very broad terms, 'contractors' are organisations appointed by clients to complete construction works. However, this apparently straight-forward definition is complicated by the fact that contractors tend not to have all the trades or goods required to construct a building themselves. This means that they are likely to appoint a range of subcontractors and suppliers to help build the works for which they have been contracted.		In very broad terms, 'contractors' are organisations appointed by clients to complete construction works. However, this apparently straight-forward definition is complicated by the fact that contractors tend not to have all the trades or goods required to construct a building themselves. This means that they are likely to appoint a range of subcontractors and suppliers to help build the works for which they have been contracted.

−	Traditionally, ‘suppliers’ were considered to be organisations contracted to provide physical supplies such as goods, materials, plant and so on, either directly to the client or to the contractor or subcontractors.	+	Traditionally, ‘suppliers’ were considered to be organisations contracted to provide physical supplies such as goods, materials, plant, and so on, either directly to the client or to the contractor or subcontractors.

	However, this definition has become blurred by the increasing complexity of the construction supply chain and the emergence of practices such as off-site fabrication in which the provision of complex fabricated goods might include activities that would otherwise be classified as construction work, and the increasing outsourcing of operational contracts for the supply of services (rather than goods) to run completed developments.		However, this definition has become blurred by the increasing complexity of the construction supply chain and the emergence of practices such as off-site fabrication in which the provision of complex fabricated goods might include activities that would otherwise be classified as construction work, and the increasing outsourcing of operational contracts for the supply of services (rather than goods) to run completed developments.
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	A more simple distinction therefore might be that a contractor is contracted to complete construction works whilst a supplier is contracted to supply particular goods or services.		A more simple distinction therefore might be that a contractor is contracted to complete construction works whilst a supplier is contracted to supply particular goods or services.

−	However, the distinction has been further complicated by the UK government using the term ‘supplier’ to refer to any ‘…provider of services or goods either directly to the employer or to another supplier in a supply chain’ and suggesting that ‘...a tier 1 supplier can provide services to the project (for example, development of the project brief, architectural services, engineering services, construction management services), or can provide goods to the project (for example, constructed assets).’ (ref PAS 1192-2).	+	However, the distinction has been further complicated by the UK government using the term ‘supplier’ to refer to any ‘…provider of services or goods either directly to the employer or to another supplier in a supply chain’ and suggesting that ‘...a tier 1 supplier can provide services to the project (for example, development of the project brief, architectural services, engineering services, construction management services), or can provide goods to the project (for example, constructed assets)’ (ref. PAS 1192-2).

	This catch all definition suggests that the term ‘supplier’ could be used to refer to contractors, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers and service providers.		This catch all definition suggests that the term ‘supplier’ could be used to refer to contractors, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers and service providers.

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	* Contractor.		* Contractor.
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	* Supplier assessment.		* Supplier assessment.
	* Supplier selection.		* Supplier selection.
		+	* Supply.
	* Supply chain.		* Supply chain.
	* Supply chain management.		* Supply chain management.

Designing Buildings at 06:47, 25 June 2018

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	* Domestic sub-contractor.		* Domestic sub-contractor.
	* Integrated supply team.		* Integrated supply team.
		+	* Main contractor.
	* Named sub-contractor.		* Named sub-contractor.
	* Nominated sub-contractor.		* Nominated sub-contractor.

Designing Buildings at 05:42, 25 June 2018

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	* Nominated sub-contractor.		* Nominated sub-contractor.
	* Nominated supplier.		* Nominated supplier.
−	* PAS 1192-2.
	* Procurement route.		* Procurement route.
−	* Products v goods v materials.
	* Specialist contractors.		* Specialist contractors.
	* Specialist subcontractor.		* Specialist subcontractor.
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	* Supply chain management.		* Supply chain management.
	* Trade contractor.		* Trade contractor.
		+	* Types of contractor.
	* Works contractor.		* Works contractor.

	[[Category:Roles_/_services]]		[[Category:Roles_/_services]]

Editor at 13:25, 3 January 2018

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	* Contractor.		* Contractor.
	* Domestic sub-contractor.		* Domestic sub-contractor.
		+	* Integrated supply team.
	* Named sub-contractor.		* Named sub-contractor.
	* Nominated sub-contractor.		* Nominated sub-contractor.
−	* ~~Integrated supply team~~.	+	* Nominated supplier.
	* PAS 1192-2.		* PAS 1192-2.
	* Procurement route.		* Procurement route.

Editor at 13:34, 28 July 2017

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	* Subcontractor vs supplier.		* Subcontractor vs supplier.
	* Supplier.		* Supplier.
		+	* Supplier assessment.
	* Supplier selection.		* Supplier selection.
	* Supply chain.		* Supply chain.