Accreditations

Over the year’s local authority health and safety and procurement professionals, with the support of the Health and Safety Executive, have developed the Contractor Health and Safety assessment scheme (CHAS). The scheme is available for use by any public and private sector organizations to use when short listing contractors, suppliers and consultants (companies) who apply to work for them. It provides information about the health and safety part of their application.

Companies apply to join the scheme so everyone knows they meet acceptable standards of health and safety compliance. Clients from both the public and private sectors are users of the scheme and our database.

UVDB Verify is a standardised Safety, Health, Environment and Quality assessment run by Achilles on behalf of subscribing utilities and suppliers and contractors.

Focused primarily on business critical contracts with a high emphasis on SHEQ, the scheme provides an opportunity for suppliers and contractors to demonstrate their capability through a single standardised process.

Through the consultative procedure, working with an independent assessor and culminating in an on-site visit, companies will provide a comprehensive insight into their business in these key areas. At the end of the process, the Executive Summaries, Scores and Full Reports are made available via Achilles.com to the subscribing members.