Team E – Contracting for Safety

Overview

This objective of this workshop is to assist in the understanding of the contractual / contracting activities and how they support the safety argument e.g. ensuring contracts deliver compliance solutions. This workshop also considers the implications of working with Off the Shelf options and items from overseas

Task

You are required to complete the following three tasks:

• Assessing what safety activities you may wish to outsource
• Understanding where safety related elements typically resides with a contract
• Considering the pros and cons of different procurement options

Contracting Safety Work

Review the activities listed below and decide which:

• Could be contracted, in its entirety, to an organisation that works outside the project team
• Could NOT be contracted, in its entirety, to an organisation that works outside the project team

Add the activities below into Padlet (you can copy these one by one or type them in), and position them under the appropriate column and, where relevant, add notes to the explain the pros and cons of your decision.

[Hint: a sample layout can be found here]

Commercial / Technical Requirements

Discuss the difference between Commercial and Technical content of a contract, and update the Padlet below by identifying where the follow elements of a contract might feature (Commercial and/or Technical Section). You can copy and paste in the elements or type them in my hand. Where relevant, update the tabs with any notes to justify your decision.