Tidewell holds every supplier contract to one standard

Four companies, four standards

Tidewell Energy builds and runs wind, solar and battery storage sites across the UK. Each of its four operating companies had its own contract templates and its own view of acceptable risk.

Suppliers noticed. They negotiated hardest with whichever company would give the most, and legal spent its time reconciling the differences.

One standard for the group

Legal agreed a single set of positions for the group and loaded it into Proviso. Every supplier contract, from turbine maintenance to site security, is now reviewed against the same standard.

Two days to sign

Procurement closes nine in ten supplier contracts within two days. Legal handles the rest, usually the large equipment contracts where the risk really sits.