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SSIP:
Safety Schemes in Procurement

SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement) streamlines the health and safety assessment process for contractors and service providers. It ensures that businesses meet consistent safety standards, making it easier for them to demonstrate compliance and for clients to verify their commitment to maintaining a safe working environment.

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What is SSIP?

SSIP Certification with IMSM, saves you the most cherished of resources – time and money.

SSIP, or Safety Schemes in Procurement, functions as a collective organisation that unites diverse health and safety schemes. It’s important to note that SSIP is not an accreditation but rather a certification process. Upon undergoing an evaluation by a member of the SSIP Forum, a business can attain an SSIP certificate.

Becoming SSIP Verified

If you have been advised to join a pre-qualification scheme or are thinking of being assessed to help ensure that you are meeting basic health and safety standards, then contacting an SSIP Forum member is a very sensible first step. It’s an extremely convenient, effective, and affordable way to manage your ISO transition.

While some clients still complete these stage 1 assessments in-house, many now simply ask contractors to supply a valid and up-to-date certificate issued by an SSIP Member Scheme. As such, an SSIP Member Scheme certificate will be recognised by many clients within the construction industry, councils, and government bodies. In addition, it will also be recognised by other SSIP Member Schemes offering two-way recognition, meaning that you would not have to complete full health and safety assessment questionnaires for such schemes.

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The Benefits of SSIP

1. Health and Safety Commitment
SSIP certification showcases a genuine dedication to health and safety, providing clear evidence of this commitment to collaborators and clients.
4. Streamlines Health and Safety Credentials
Achieving SSIP certification simplifies the process of demonstrating health and safety compliance, offering a credible way to showcase your safe working environment.
2. Standardised Approach for Clients
Certification ensures a standardised health and safety approach, giving clients confidence that all service providers meet consistent core safety criteria.
5. Reduces Duplication in Pre-qualification
SSIP helps reduce the duplication and frustration of multiple pre-qualification schemes, making it easier for contractors to focus on growth.
3. Validated by Qualified Professionals
Safety Schemes in Procurement assessments are validated by qualified professionals, enhancing the credibility and reliability of your health and safety practices.
6. Cost and Time Efficiency
IMSM’s support helps reduce the costs and time required for health and safety assessments, enabling faster progress and maximising opportunities for business recognition.

Prosure360 & IMSM

Achieving SSIP

If you hold an ISO 45001 certification through IMSM and require an SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement) Member Scheme certificate, IMSM can support you to stage 1 without additional audits.

IMSM works closely with Prosure360 to help businesses attain SSIP certification, including Republic of Ireland Duty Holder Categories like SSIP Approved IE, Contractor, and PSCS. This enables clients with operations in both the UK and Ireland to distinguish between service providers, while Irish-only businesses can also benefit from Prosure360 to select the most suitable SSIP certification for their needs.

There are only a handful of SSIP-approved providers who can offer this, so Prosure360 is unique because it can deliver the SSIP, specific to the IE market.

How do Prosure360 and IMSM help contractors and consultants achieve SSIP?

With Prosure360, you can set bespoke questions with our pre-qualified assessment, set around the SSIP core criteria. This gives you the insight needed to make an informed choice about the suppliers and contractors you work with.

Industry pre-qualification schemes can cause duplication and hinder business growth. Prosure360 reduces the costs and time required for health and safety assessments, streamlining the process and allowing businesses to complete fewer assessments. This approach also provides greater exposure and recognition through an SSIP Member Scheme certificate.

We have found that the scheme offers a fast, efficient, and cost-effective way of demonstrating your health and safety competence and gaining a nationally recognised health and safety certificate from a SSIP Member Scheme.

Our Benefits

Why choose IMSM?

Simple: We make it simple. Since 1994, we've helped businesses achieve ISO certification, with over 150 experts worldwide and 15,000+ clients trusting us to implement their ISOs. We've proven to be experts at handling the logistical heavy lifting, saving your company valuable time.

With a transparent fixed fee, flexible approach, and real-time access to updates, documentation, and an array of other features through IMSMLoop, we collaborate with your organisation to make any ISO implementation as straightforward and beneficial as possible.

Fast and straight forward process

IMSM will support your pre-qualification through the assessment process, providing on-site and telephone support. Many applications pass the first time, but if, for any reason, you do not meet the criteria, we will provide guidance on exactly what additional information is required.

Prosure360 will reassess your application at no further costs, provided the additional information is provided promptly.

Experienced ISO Consultants

How can ISO Specialists help your business?

Getting started with ISO certification might seem daunting; this is often the reason why businesses enlist the help of an ISO consultant. For 30 years, we've supported and guided organisations like yours through certification. Our experienced consultants take the lead on auditing your business, helping you use the results to enhance your quality management system. If necessary, there is also plenty of room for training.

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SSIP: Frequently Asked Questions

What are the benefits of becoming Prosure360 verified?
Once approved by Prosure360, your certificate should be recognised by other SSIP member schemes (who offer mutual recognition) as adequate proof of meeting the stage 1 core criteria, subject to completing their own verification process. It allows you to demonstrate your health and safety competence to clients increasing your chances of getting onto their preferred supplier list for tenders. You can also proudly display the Prosure360 verified logo on your letterheads, publicity, and vehicles – showing your clients that you are committed to health and safety.
Why do I need to demonstrate my core stage 1 health and safety competence?
Clients with duties under CDM 2007 must satisfy themselves that the businesses they engage or appoint are competent. This means that they must make reasonable enquiries to check that the organisation or individual has an appropriate health and safety management system in place and is competent to do the relevant work.
How can you find out more information about Prosure360?
Discover more about Prosure360 or get in touch with their team directly. Achieving the SSIP certificate not only signifies a standardised approach to health and safety but it also allows organisations to show their commitment to maintaining quality standards across the board. Start your journey with Prosure360 and IMSM today!

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“We decided to use IMSM to help and support us through the process. We were fairly new to this as a company and to have a company like IMSM guiding us through the requirements saved us time and gave us the confidence to present to the external auditors, knowing we had everything covered”

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Will Gardner, Head of QHSE & Operational Improvement
Pall-Ex Limited

"Our IMSM Assessor put in a lot of time and effort; they did a really good job for us, helping to organise what we had here. We had a lot of the pieces in place, they just weren’t put together, which IMSM helped us to do. We have a system in place now and we continually follow up on everything. “

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