1. Submit the qualification package
Email company details, quality certifications, export registration status, insurance certificates, and W-9 or W-8 to the supplier mailbox. Include the product lines and the OEMs you are authorized to distribute.
Suppliers
Become an approved supplier
Ironvale buys through OEMs and their authorized distributors. Grey-market sourcing is prohibited by our supplier code.
How the process works
2. Screening and due diligence
We screen beneficial ownership, restricted party status, and prior enforcement action. Agents and intermediaries are subject to anti-corruption due diligence before appointment.
3. Approval and onboarding
Approved suppliers receive a vendor code, purchase order terms, packaging and marking requirements, and documentation expectations for certificates of conformance.
4. Performance review
On-time delivery, documentation accuracy, and nonconformance history are reviewed on a scheduled basis. Repeated documentation failures suspend approved status.
Requirements
- Quality system: ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent; AS9120 for aviation spares distribution
- Export: DDTC registration where the supplier handles USML articles or technical data
- Authorized channel evidence: OEM authorization letter or franchised distributor status
- Insurance: general liability and cargo cover, certificates on file
- Certificates of conformance with every shipment, including lot and serial data where applicable
- Counterfeit avoidance procedure; AS6081 testing where parts originate outside franchised channels
- Acceptance of DFARS 252.204-7012 flowdown where the supplier handles controlled unclassified information