Framework (2nd Generation) for the provision of Health and Safety Training, Consultancy and Advisory Services to the Public Sector.

Description

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989 covered occupational health and safety for all workers and all places of work. The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, which repealed and replaced the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 1989, was brought in to make further provision for the safety, health and welfare of persons at work. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 anyone at work who is responsible for directing workers while at work and organising work activities has health and safety responsibilities for those workers. Every employer is required to carry out a risk assessment for the workplace which should identify any hazards present in the workplace, assess the risks arising from such hazards and identify the steps to be taken to deal with any risks. The Act places a general duty to 'ensure so far as is reasonably practicable the health, safety and welfare at work of all their employees'. Employers must comply with the Act – they must provide and maintain safety equipment and safe systems of work. They must control the key risk areas for their employees, their customers and the public who may be affected by what they do in the workplace. To this end the Contracting Authority wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Health and Safety Training and Consultancy for all Civil Service and Public Sector bodies to enable them to be compliant under the 2005 Act.