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1. Contractor occupational health and safety (OHS) management

system elements

A systematic approach is required to integrate health and safety requirements into contract management
activities effectively and to fulfil obligations in relation to health and safety.

There are three important stages in the contracting process.

Contract Determining OHS tender and contract requirements

and
specification Ensuring that appropriate health and safety requirements are incorporated
into the contract, conditions of tender and the specification documents.
Include requirements which tenderers may not otherwise be aware of, such
as ongoing occupation by the Principal, access and egress restrictions,
time limits for certain activities, and the presence of asbestos containing
materials, soil contamination or other harmful materials.

Tender Evaluating tenderer OHS capabilities and systems

evaluation
Establishing a systematic approach to evaluating tenderers health and
safety capabilities and resources. Note, Ministerial Directions under the
Project Development and Construction Management Act require OHS to
be a key selection criteria for selection of contractors. This task may be
simplified, if the tenderer has an accredited OHS management system, the
most common being an AS 4801 OHS management system, or Victorian
WorkCover SafetyMap system. Tenderers may also have systems pre-
qualified by the Victorian, Construction Supplier Register (CSR) or for
tenderers active on commonwealth government projects, the
commonwealth equivalent. Note that contract specific requirements may
not have been incorporated into a management system at tender stage.

Contract Monitoring & supervising contractor OHS performance

management
Ensuring that contractor health and safety performance is adequately
managed and monitored for the duration of the contract. The emphasis
during the contract stage should be on confirming the preventative and
pro-active and corrective OHS management by the contractor.

Elements of the contractor OHS management system.