S04 · Import Go / No-Go Pack

Know the full import cost and risk before you commit.

An equipment quotation already exists and you need the landed cost, importer responsibilities, documentation gaps, timeline and risks before commitment.

Selected contextIndustrial Machinery & Automation · Original situation: Control delivery through site acceptance and handover.

Timing
5–10 working days
Commercial basis
€900–€2,500
Engagement model
Fixed-fee pre-commitment review
Begin with
Supplier quotation, technical file, destination, Incoterm, intended use, site requirements and decision deadline.
Finish with
Go / conditional-go / no-go recommendation

Buying context · Industrial Machinery & Automation

A foreign supplier quotation exists, but scope exclusions, Incoterm exposure, conformity evidence, landed cost and site obligations are not yet reconciled.

When production depends on a machine, control layer or retrofit decision that crosses engineering, procurement and acceptance.

Start with this context
Decision to unlock
Is the quotation a go, conditional go or no-go once the complete route to the operating site is visible?
Decision owners
Procurement / Project · Engineering · Finance / CAPEX · Logistics / Customs / Conformity
Industry in focus
Industrial Machinery & Automation
Evidence for approval
Quotation review, document-gap register, landed-cost model, logistics and importer route, responsibility map and written decision.
Terms already in the requirement
Incoterm · importer of record · HS classification · customs value · landed cost · conformity dossier · scope exclusions · responsibility matrix

Decision file

What you receive for the decision

Preview the decision file before you commission the work.

01

Supplier and quotation risk review

02

Preliminary conformity and document-gap register

03

Landed-cost model, logistics route and responsibility map

04

Go / conditional-go / no-go recommendation

Four controlled decisions

Move only when the evidence supports the next decision.

Normalize supplier price into landed cost and a complete importer/site responsibility map.

01

Review the offer and supplier

UI reviews the offer, technical file, origin, destination, Incoterm and operating intent.

Decision-ready outputSupplier and quotation risk review
02

Expose compliance gaps

We expose documentation, conformity, customs, logistics, site and responsibility gaps before commitment.

Decision-ready outputPreliminary conformity and document-gap register
03

Build the landed-cost route

You receive the real delivered-cost model, route, risks and written decision.

Decision-ready outputLanded-cost model, logistics route and responsibility map
04

Decide before commitment

The client imports with UI coordination, UI quotes contracted supply, or the import stops.

Decision-ready outputGo / conditional-go / no-go recommendation

Commission only the missing decision

Three commitments. One decision at a time.

Review, execution and final decision remain visibly separate. The client imports with UI coordination, UI quotes contracted supply, or the import stops.

I01

Test the quoted scope

What this phase buys

Supplier and quotation risk review

Commercial basisFixed quotation and evidence review · priced after file checkSend the offer for review
I02

Expose the complete route

What this phase buys

Preliminary conformity and document-gap register · Landed-cost model, logistics route and responsibility map

Commercial basis€900–€2,500 · fixed import decision packCommission the Go / No-Go pack
I03

Execute the approved import route

What this phase buys

The approved import decision becomes a controlled release-to-site, logistics, site-interface, SAT and handover assignment.

Commercial basisExecution quoted separately under S06 or as contracted Product supplyPlan delivery to operation

Minimum useful evidence

Send what already exists.

A complete technical or commercial file is not required. Missing evidence becomes an explicit part of the first review.

01

Equipment / product and intended use

What to include

Describe what is being purchased, its duty and where or how it will operate

02

Seller, manufacturer and dispatch country

What to include

Name each party and the country from which the goods will ship

03

Importer, customs representative, EORI and intended customs procedure

What to include

Name the importing entity and representative; add EORI and the intended procedure if known

04

Origin and customs classification

What to include

Country of origin, CN/TARIC/HS code and origin evidence if available

05

Quoted Incoterms® rule, named place and edition

What to include

e.g. FCA Shanghai, Incoterms® 2020

06

Final destination / site

What to include

City and country

07

Quotation value and logistics basis

What to include

Currency, transport, insurance, package mass and dimensions if known

08

What is included or excluded in the quotation?

What to include

Describe delivery, documents, installation and commissioning scope

09

Installation and operating interfaces

What to include

Handling, utilities, permits, installation, commissioning and SAT limits

Start the Go / No-Go review

Execution boundary

Keep responsibility visible.

The decision includes the route to operation, not only freight and duty arithmetic.

01

Formal customs, legal and conformity conclusions require the appropriately appointed specialists and authorities.

02

No technical, commercial or delivery conclusion is presented as confirmed without traceable evidence.

03

The client retains approval of scope, supplier commitment, regulated decisions and final acceptance.

Start with the decision in front of you

Start the Go / No-Go review.

The assistant preserves this service context, identifies missing evidence and prepares the preliminary brief.