The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) has opened registration for the 2012-2015 Supplier of Choice contract period. Interested businesses are asked to register online at www.newsightholdercontract.com. In the webinar, the DTC outlines both its mandatory requirements for businesses considering registration and what to expect from the forthcoming Contract Proposal Questionnaire (CPQ) process.

To launch the registration phase, the DTC is holding two webinars today (at 9 GMT and 16.00 GMT). The two sessions are open to interested parties online via www.newsightholdercontract.com.

The deadline for registering interest in becoming a DTC Sightholder is Monday, April 18 (23:59 BST).Those registered businesses that meet the mandatory registration criteria will be invited to complete and submit a CPQ between May 3 and July 7, 2011.

DTC CEO Varda Shine said: “Living up to diamonds is central to the way in which the DTC and our partner DTCs in Namibia and Botswana do business. For the new SoC contract period, we are seeking diamantaires that operate to the highest professional standards and are best able to add sustainable value to, and drive demand for, the rough diamonds we sell."