Tools for suppliers

This section summarises the tools we use to ensure optimum collaboration. These are resources and platforms that support sourcing and invoicing.

General Terms and Conditions of Purchase:

Access to Mercell Source to Contract:
Mercell Source to Contract is the secure environment that NS uses for its tender activities. Are you looking for a published tender? Then go to TenderNed or TED. If you are interested in a tender, you can register via Mercell Source to Contract.

You need a profile to log in. After creating your profile, you only need your email address and password to log in on Mercell Source-To-Contract.

The tender platform:
Public departments (commissioning authorities) publish national or European tenders on TenderNed. NS also publishes tenders on this website. Contractors can also view information about the proposed contracts via this website.
https://www.tenderned.nl/

Tenders Electronic Daily (TED):
This website is the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. All European Union government contracts that exceed a specific value are published here.
http:/www.ted.europa.eu

Dun & Bradstreet:
You require a D-U-N-S number to do business with NS. If you do not yet have this number, you can request it via Dun & Bradstreet’s website.
http:/www.dnb-nederland.nl

Or find the D-U-N-S number of your company here: http://europe.dnb.com/find-my-DUNS/

Digitally signing of documents
As a modern organisation NS Procurement has decided to switch to digitally signing documents (such as contracts) instead of physically signing them. This makes the signature process safer, faster, and more environmentally friendly.

Safer, because physical documents can’t end up lost, or in the hands of the wrong person. Faster, because the printing and scanning of documents now becomes obsolete. And better for the environment because the use of paper and ink isn’t required.

Sending purchase order and invoice:
NS uses the Ariba Business Network to send purchase orders and receive invoices. You need an account for this. How to request an account you can find in the menu at the top right of this page under the heading SAP Ariba.

Electronic catalogues:
NS, together with suppliers, is making more and more electronic catalogs available to simplify the ordering process. Click here for more information about catalogues.