Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP)

More choice for buyers, less expense for suppliers

SSIP acts as an umbrella organisation to facilitate mutual recognition between H&S assessment schemes so suppliers don't have to join multiple schemes. A valid accreditation from any of the SSIP forum member schemes demonstrates that Suppliers have met Stage 1 of the Core Criteria negating the need for any further evidence at this stage.

Constructionline accepts a health & safety accreditation certificate from any SSIP scheme in place our own health & safety questionnaire. Current SSIP members include; CHAS, Exor, SMAS, Altius VA, Eurosafe UK Ltd, BCSA, APS, HVCA , BSI and Safe Contractor. Download the full list

For buyers

Why limit your choice of suppliers to a single scheme? As a buyer, adopting SSIP can help you access more suppliers assessed to the CDM2007 Health & Safety standard. At present, there are nearly 8,000 Constructionline suppliers who have been assessed by one SSIP member or another - and as usual, access to the database is free to buyers.

By recognising SSIP, you can be reassured that the assesment standards are endorsed by the HSE, and that all SSIP schemes have been independently audited.

For suppliers

A huge problem for contractors is the need to be assessed by numerous pre-qualification schemes. This is a wasteful and frustrating process for many contractors and it puts significant costs onto businesses that are trying to improve health and safety. So, by becoming health & safety assessed by an SSIP scheme you have satisfied the criteria for all other SSIP members' schemes - saving you from having to pay multiple assessment fees.