This form allows for the critical assessment of your suppliers - considering their continuity arrangements and capabilities and allowing an overall continuity score to be added to each supplier.

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Further Reading

Further guidance on business continuity and supplier management:

• Backup, Business Continuity and ICT Recovery
• Purchasing and Supplier Management
• Emergency Preparedness

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Supplier Continuity Appraisal Template

A supplier continuity appraisal for assessing the business continuity arrangements of a supplier and scoring the risk of relying on them. It gathers the supplier continuity management assessment, scores their arrangements, and rates the continuity risk based on how critical and replaceable the service is.

ISO 22301 and good continuity practice expect reliance on suppliers for critical functions to be understood and managed. This form gives you a consistent way to appraise a supplier continuity capability, score it and record the risk.

Built for ISO 22301 and Supply-Chain Resilience

The form covers what a supplier continuity appraisal needs:

• The supplier, the locations and services covered by the appraisal
• A continuity management assessment scored across arrangements, plans, testing, roles and dependencies
• A supplier continuity risk rating based on how critical, replaceable and reliable the supplier is
• A summary of the risk, existing controls, whether risks are acceptable and any actions recommended

What's Included in this Supplier Continuity Appraisal

The form is set out so a supplier can be appraised and scored in one place:

• Supplier details - company name, completed by, position, date, and the locations and services covered
• Continuity management assessment - scored questions on continuity arrangements, documented plans, testing, roles and responsibilities, critical functions and third-party reliance
• Continuity risk rating - how critical the service is, how difficult it is to switch supplier and how secure and reliable the supplier is
• Review and summary - the assessment rating total, third-party checks, a summary of risk and controls, acceptability and recommended actions

Who Needs a Supplier Continuity Appraisal?

Any organisation that depends on suppliers for critical products or services and needs to know how resilient they are. It suits smaller businesses assessing their supply chain without a dedicated procurement or continuity team, and anyone maintaining a business continuity management system aligned with ISO 22301 or a quality system under ISO 9001.

Included in the ISO 22301 Business Continuity Toolkit

This form is part of the ISO 22301 Business Continuity Toolkit - the plans, registers, forms and guidance for running a business continuity management system in one download - and is included in every alphaZ ISO toolkit that covers business continuity.

Pairs with the Business Critical Function Appraisal

Appraising suppliers works alongside understanding your own critical functions, so it pairs with the F-Q92 Business Critical Function Appraisal, which assesses the impact of losing a function and the continuity arrangements it needs.