Limpidus PE has been taking care of the cleaning of Votorantim Cimentos do Nordeste for the last year. over 18 years old and the level of requirement and dispute is required. very high, which adds value to winning this award. According to Deborah, "the level required quality is required. very high, with audits being monthly and in all of them, the minimum score is 9.45."

Suppliers are evaluated monthly and anyone who scores below this in any month loses their chance to compete for the prize of the year. "There are more than 11,000 Votorantim suppliers nationwide competing for this award, divided into 3 categories: Services, Materials and Inputs", explains Deborah.

In the SERVICES category, only 16 companies are chosen per year, for all 4 regions, North, Northeast, South and Southeast.

Limpidus PE won this award for the first time in 2016. Then again in 2019. On those 2 occasions, it was won the Bronze award. In 2020, having won again consecutively, the prize won was in Silver category. And now for another achievement  for the 3rd. consecutive year, the award was GOLD !!!

See below how Votorantim's award system works.

BRONZE is given to everyone who wins the award in the first year. 

If the supplier manages to win again the following year, they receive the SILVER award (which is what happened now in 2020) and if you manage to repeat the feat the following year and each consecutive year, you will receive the award annually GOLD. 

However, if you fail in any year, you start all over again! In addition to the honor of being awarded, If you win this prize, there will also be three additional benefits for the winner and the LIMPIDUS brand at a national. According to Votorantim's criteria, whoever receives the BRONZE award has priority in the following year in hiring, if you are tied with another company on a quote.

Those who receive SILVER, in addition to the benefits of Bronze, receive the "Last Call for Sourcing" distinction, which would be the right to be called and make one last negotiation on a quote. 

And for those who receive the GOLD Votorantim award, in addition to these advantages, they participate the following year in the "Suppliers Steering Committee", the supplier committee that defines contracting rules.

To understand how the average of 9.45%  is high, the grading criteria are based on the scale below:

High performance: Grade greater than 70% 

Low performance: Grade equal to or less than 70% 

Grade below 70% in 2 consecutive assessments.  Third consecutive low grade in the same year the supplier is deleted.