Review six qualification areas
Business and contact
Confirm the legal entity, invoicing entity, operating address, responsible contact and registered business scope.
Actual supply scope
Separate product families supplied directly, sourced, bundled or excluded. Do not infer factory status from a broad catalog.
Catalog and reference data
Check how part numbers connect to vehicle, engine, destination market, profile, dimensions and supersession history.
Product-level documents
Request the drawing, specification, material, test or certificate evidence required for the exact reference, with its scope and revision visible.
Sample and change process
Define what the sample approves, who accepts it and how later changes to product, marking, package or source will be communicated.
Commercial and delivery terms
Compare quantity, packaging, price basis, lead time, delivery term, approval cost and replenishment conditions on the same product scope.
Match the evidence to the decision
Registration details, legal and invoicing names, address and accountable contact.
Identity does not prove factory ownership, product availability or capacity.
Current family and reference list with exclusions, source role and destination coverage.
A family page does not prove every variant, fitment or kit configuration.
Issuer, holder, site, standard, product or activity scope, issue date, expiry and revision.
A valid document applies only within its stated scope and period.
Source number, application, catalog source, physical checks and unresolved differences.
A candidate match is not final fitment approval.
Quoted reference, contents, quantity, package, Incoterm, currency, validity and lead-time basis.
Price comparisons are meaningful only when the supplied scope is equivalent.
Build a pre-quotation scorecard
- Record every answer as confirmed, conditional, open or not applicable.
- Name the file or link that supports each important conclusion.
- Give application and product evidence more weight than presentation quality.
- Separate belt-only, component-kit and water-pump-inclusive scopes.
- Assign an owner and acceptance criterion for samples and documents.
- Retain the approved baseline for replenishment and change review.
Send comparable request lines
Use one row per source reference so application, technical, commercial and approval requirements remain reviewable. Attach supporting filenames or document links without treating missing evidence as confirmed.
DNK confirms availability, evidence, branding, quantity and delivery terms against the actual reference list and RFQ; this checklist is not a universal capability statement.