Service 01
Vendor Registration & Onboarding
Getting your workshop onto the vendor lists that matter — the right units, the right item categories, and paperwork that survives technical scrutiny.
Capability is rarely the reason an application stalls.
Most engineering SMEs approaching a PSU or a large private buyer for the first time have the plant, the cranage and the manpower to supply. What they do not have is a map of how that buyer's registration actually works — which unit purchases their item, which category codes it sits under, and what evidence the vendor questionnaire expects behind each claim.
Registration is also not the finish line. A vendor code with no follow-up produces nothing at all.
Where it goes wrong
Applications sent to the wrong unit, or against a category the works cannot substantiate.
Capability held in fragments — machinery lists without capacities, welders without current qualification records.
Clarification emails unanswered for weeks, and the file quietly goes cold.
Registration achieved, then no follow-up — so no enquiries ever arrive.
We run the registration as a project, not an errand
Buyer & category mapping
Which units and buying organisations purchase your item, and which registration categories your works can genuinely substantiate — established before a single form is raised.
Document readiness
Statutory, technical, quality and financial papers assembled into one coherent registration set, in the format the buyer asks for rather than the format you happen to hold.
Capability substantiation
Machinery and capacity schedules, testing and inspection facilities, welder qualifications with WPS and PQR, and past supply records — presented as evidence, not assertion.
Filing & clarifications
Unit-wise submission with technical annexures, then handling every clarification and query until the application reaches a decision.
Assessment visit preparation
Where the buyer inspects the works, we prepare the shop, the records and the people who will answer questions on the day.
Onboarding & enquiry follow-up
Portal and vendor-code formalities completed, then active follow-up so the registration produces enquiries instead of sitting dormant.
Registration is the door. Enquiries are the point.
We treat approval as the start of the relationship — category expansion, enquiry tracking and repeat supply, not a certificate in a drawer.
How an engagement runs
01
Capability review
A working session on your plant, processes, items and existing supply record.
02
Target list
Units and categories worth applying for, in priority order, with the gaps named.
03
Document assembly
The registration set built and checked against the buyer's stated requirements.
04
Submission
Unit-wise filing with technical annexures and a record of what went where.
05
Clarifications & assessment
Queries answered, works prepared if a capability visit is called.
06
Onboarding & follow-up
Vendor code formalities, then enquiry follow-up and category expansion.
Timelines depend entirely on the buyer's own cycle and are not within our control — we do not quote registration durations.
Tangible documents, not advice in a meeting
Everything assembled stays with you and is reusable for the next buyer — the second registration is always faster than the first.
Exact requirements vary by buyer, unit and item category. The set above is the working baseline.
Engineering businesses ready to supply, but not yet on the list
SAB provides registration and tendering assistance to vendors pursuing work with organisations such as BHEL, NTPC, IOCL, Indian Railways, Adani, L&T, Andritz and Tuna Envirotech. No partnership, approval, authorisation or employment relationship with any of these organisations is implied.
Asked before starting
Can you guarantee registration?
No, and nobody honestly can. Approval rests with the buyer's own committee and assessment process. What we control is that your application is complete, accurate, correctly targeted and properly followed up.
Do we need ISO certification first?
It depends on the buyer and the item category. Some categories require specific certification or approvals; many do not. We tell you what your target categories actually ask for before you spend money on it.
We have no PSU supply history. Is it worth applying?
Often yes — private industrial supply records, job-work for larger fabricators and your own plant capability all count as evidence. We assess this honestly at the capability review and will say if a category is out of reach for now.
Do you handle more than one buyer at a time?
Yes. Once the core registration set exists it can be adapted for further buyers and additional categories, which is why the second and third applications move faster.
Who deals with the buyer — you or us?
Either, as you prefer. We can correspond on your behalf or prepare everything for your team to send. Technical questions about your shop are always answered with your engineers involved.
Send your item list. We will map the buyers.
Tell us what you make and the plant behind it. We will come back with the units and categories worth pursuing — and say plainly if registration is premature.