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Sub-Consultant Assessment

This is a general competency questionnaire to be completed as fully as possible. It may be necessary to provide additional information in relation to specific project work. This will be requested separately. 
Company Information
1.Contact Information(Required.)
2.Who is your project contact at Buttress?(Required.)
3.Please provide a list of any current projects that you are appointed by Buttress (for verification).(Required.)
4.How many offices does your company have and what are their locations?(Required.)
5.Please outline a list of services and/or design disciplines your company offers.(Required.)
6.How many staff does your company employ?(Required.)
7.Provide details, qualifications, and membership of professional organisations of Directors/Partners (for larger or multi office organisations it will be sufficient to outline memberships or for key who will be working with Buttress or alternatively relevant corporate memberships).(Required.)
8.Is the practice a corporate member of any professional institutions?(Required.)
9.If yes, give details.
Insurances
10.What is the current level of your company’s insurances?(Required.)
11.Please upload a copy of your Professional Indemnity Insurance certificate.
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12.Please provide your Professional Indemnity Insurance expiry date.
13.Please upload a copy of your Employers Liability Insurance certificate.
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14.Please upload a copy of your Public Liability Insurance certificate.
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15.Buttress will not accept any waiver of subrogation clause when appointing sub-consultants. Please confirm your acceptance of this provision.(Required.)
Health & Safety
16.Who has day-to-day responsibility for Health & Safety in your company?(Required.)
17.Please self-certify that your organisation has a Health & Safety Policy that complies with current legislative requirements, and that if requested, a copy can be provided.(Required.)
18.Do you have SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement) accreditation?(Required.)
19.If yes, please upload a copy of your SSIP accreditation.
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20.If no, please review the SSIP Assessment standard at (https://ssip.org.uk/ssip-core-criteria-threshold-standard/) and self-certify, by confirming below, that your organisation can achieve the standards outlined in the requirements and is able, if requested, to supply appropriate evidence in support.
CDM
21.Provide details of the arrangements your company has in place for discharging its duties under the current CDM regulations, and the arrangements for maintaining these procedures.(Required.)
22.Provide evidence of how you ensure your staff have the information, instruction, training and supervision they need to carry out their jobs in a way that secures health and safety. This may be part evidenced by an active CPD programme.(Required.)
23.How many of your professional staff have passed the Construction Health & Safety assessment (CITB Construction Skills Touch Screen Test)?(Required.)
24.Provide evidence of how you consult and engage to promote and develop effective measures to secure health, safety and welfare.(Required.)
25.As a duty holder, describe how you ensure any sub-consultants you employ are competent under CDM 2015.(Required.)
26.Provide details of how you manage hazard elimination and risk control.(Required.)
Quality Assurance
27.Does your company operate a documented Quality System to the following standard:
BS EN ISO 9001(Required.)
28.If Yes, please upload your BS EN ISO 9001 Certificate.
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29.If not, what procedures does your company have in place to ensure Quality Control (and provide evidence). Tick those that apply.(Required.)
30.What procedures does your Company have in place to ensure Customer Satisfaction?(Required.)
Environmental Management
31.Does your company operate an accredited documented Environmental System to the following standard:
BS EN ISO 14001(Required.)
32.If yes, please upload your BS EN ISO 14001 certificate.
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33.If not, what procedures does your company have in place to ensure the following (and provide evidence):(Required.)
34.Buttress operates an environmental policy compliant with ISO 14001 .

Please confirm that on any work undertaken as a sub-consultant to this practice you will comply with the relevant sections of this policy.(Required.)
35.Has your organisation been convicted of breaching environmental legislation, or had any notice served upon it, in the last three years by any environmental regulator or authority (including local authority)?(Required.)
Training & Skills Development
36.Do you have a process in place to ensure that you support skills, development and apprenticeships in line with PPN 14/15 and can provide evidence if requested?(Required.)
Social Value
37.Do you have a company social value policy?(Required.)
38.Please upload a copy of your social value policy.
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39.Would you be willing to support Buttress in delivering social value initiatives if demanded by specific project requirements?(Required.)
Experience
40.Give a brief synopsis of the range of work your practice regularly undertakes.

Please outline types of work with indication of typical construction values.(Required.)
41.You may attach company brochures / project data sheets if this illustrates the type of work completed.

If not, then please proceed to the next page.
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Declaration
42.I, the undersigned, confirm that the information provided on this form is accurate at the time of completion and that all supporting information is current.(Required.)
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