Introduction to

Safety Schemes in Procurement

Key Questions

Who is registered with a 3rd party H&S assessment scheme e.g. CHAS, Safe Contractor, Safe Mark, SMAS, Altius, Eurosafe, etc etc?

Who is registered with more than one scheme? Who wants the hassle and

cost of registering more than once?

Who has heard of SSIP?

Supplier confusion

Buyer confusion

Suppliers’ Cost

£ £ £ £+ + +

Additional Cost = ££££

Suppliers’ Time

4hrs + + +

= Waste of time

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Why can’t we just have 1 scheme?

Common Sense Would Say

SSIP

Currently ~33 scheme members

All assessed to Appendix 4 of the ACoP of CDM 2007

Mutual recognition between different schemes to a Stage 1 assessment level

By joining JUST 1 of these schemes you can demonstrate H&S competence to Stage 1

SSIP

£

The choice is yours

1x form1x fee1x registration to keep up to date

NO FEE

NO REGISTRATION

NO INPUT OF YOUR TIME

How It Works

SSIP

HSE Say…..

• Initiated thought process

• Active Supporter

• HSE recognise SSIP schemes satisfy the requirements of stage one

• HSE encourages Clients to accept a valid accreditation from any of the SSIP schemes

http://www.ssip.org.uk/hse-view.html

Mutual Benefit

Buyer

Constructionline commitment

• Reducing Duplication Mission

– Lobbying on your behalf

• Education & Promotion

– Actively promoting SSIP

• We set an example by accepting an accreditation from an SSIP scheme in place of Constructionline’s H&S appendix

• Launch of Acclaim Accreditation; our new optional health and safety scheme which falls under the SSIP umbrella

What you can do

Buyers: accept H&S accreditations from schemes under the SSIP umbrella and

communicate to your supply chain

Suppliers: You have a voice, if a buyer isn’t accepting SSIP - ask them why and

let us know!

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Remember

• It exists

• It makes sense

• So use it to your advantage

Any questions?

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