Diamond Supplier Recognition Program

Find out more about our Diamond certification program, awarding suppliers with outstanding operational performance and competitiveness.

The Bombardier Diamond Supplier program recognizes the outstanding performance of our suppliers across the organization.

The Diamond Supplier program aims to:

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Provide our suppliers with a clear and transparent definition of excellence and set expectations.
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Build a strong, long-term relationship with our suppliers.
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Recognize and reward suppliers’ achievements and excellence.
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Embolden our suppliers to grow, improve and innovate with Bombardier.

Diamond supplier criteria

Diamond suppliers should demonstrate sustained excellence across both operational performance and competitiveness criteria.

Operational performance criteria

✔ Quality

✔ On time delivery

Competitiveness criteria

✔ Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance (ESG)

✔ Financial

✔ General contractual compliance (IGS suppliers)

✔ Innovation and market access (Production suppliers)

✔ Responsiveness (Production and Aftermarket suppliers)

Benefits to suppliers

✔ Public recognition

✔ Preferential treatment

✔ Greater involvement and transparency

Who can apply

Suppliers can apply at their site level if the site meets the following eligibility criteria for the last 12 months:

Production suppliers 

✔ Annual spend ≥ $500K

✔ Minimum of three (3) deliveries per month

✔ Must have a valid Production contract with Bombardier

✔Must have completed the Resilinc Supply Chain Visibility (SCV) Assessment, if requested by Bombardier

✔Must have completed the substances declaration (AD-DSL), if requested by Bombardier

IGS suppliers 

✔ Annual spend ≥ $1M

✔ Must have a valid Service Agreement

Aftermarket suppliers 

✔ Annual spend ≥ $500K

✔ Minimum of three (3) deliveries per month

✔ Must have a valid aftermarket contract for parts support with Bombardier

✔ Must have completed the Resilinc Supply Chain Visibility (SCV) Assessment, if requested by Bombardier

✔ Must have completed the substances declaration (AD-DSL), if requested by Bombardier

Application Process

Any supplier interested in applying to this program should reach out to their Bombardier Procurement contact for more details. Bombardier renews the Diamond Supplier certification annually.

Note: Suppliers can submit their application starting from January 1st, 2023. The deadline for the application is March 17th, 2023. The evaluation will be based on a 12 (twelve) month period, starting from January 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2022.

Application forms

2023 applications are now closed.

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