B12 Does the organisation have, or is it seeking, certification under International, European, British or other quality standards (e.g. BS5750, BS EN ISO 9000 etc)? State the relevant quality standards.
B13 Enclose copies of the written statement (as required by section 2(3) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and regulation 4 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992) (or EU member state equivalent) of the Relevant Organisation's
• General policy on health and safety at work
• Allocation of organisational responsibilities at work
• Adopted preventive and protective measures, such as safety codes of practice and safety instructions, relevant to the type of projects proposed, and its adopted arrangements for the effective planning, control, monitoring and review of these preventive and protective measures.
B14 State the name and status of the person responsible for the implementation of the organisation's Health and Safety policy.
B15 Give brief details of safety audits and inspections carried out in similar activities to this Project, including details of frequency, whether records are kept and who is responsible for any remedial action.
B16 State (and provide brief details if necessary) whether any Prohibition Notices or Improvement Notices (or EU equivalent) have been served on the organisation or any of its directors/managers in the last three years with respect to health and safety or fire safety issues in relation to PFI / PPP type projects, building projects and facilities management contracts or similar activities.
B17 State the number of fatal accidents and major injury accidents (requiring immediate notification to the relevant Health and Safety enforcing authority) which have occurred to (a) the organisation's employees over the past three years arising from the conduct of activities similar to those covered by PFI / PPP type projects, building projects or similar activities; (b) people other than its employees (e.g. members of the public) over the past three years arising from the conduct of such activities.
B18 State whether there is or will be an environmental policy and/or "green" policy for any service likely to be provided in the proposed Project. If so, please state which part of the service the policy relates to.
B19 Please state whether the Relevant Organisation operates an Environmental Management System (EMS) and if so, whether the EMS meets the standards in BS7750, ISO14001, EMAS or equivalent.