Buyers and suppliers saved over £68 Million in 2023 by using SSIP to reduce occupational health and safety assessment duplication across projects. Do you need an SSIP Certificate? SSIP don’t carry out assessments directly – our members do.

Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) is the mutual recognition scheme for occupational health and safety standards. It operates as an umbrella organisation that encompasses assessment schemes with the common goal of reducing duplication and costs for both suppliers and buyers.

By accepting an SSIP assessment certificate, you can use your resources for essential activity such as making project-specific health and safety enquiries. We currently ask additional questions over and above those asked by SSIP schemes.

SSIP, which stands for Safety Schemes in Procurement, is the only recognised standard for Health and Safety (H&S) in the UK. Certification with SSIP members is designed to reduce duplication in occupational H&S assessments, saving …

If you’re invited to complete an assessment by a non-SSIP member, you can help by providing a copy of your certificate to demonstrate compliance and advising the buyer to visit the SSIP website for more information.

When a contractor is SSIP certified, it means their health and safety management processes have been evaluated and meet the HSE backed, SSIP Core Criteria. This certification helps businesses avoid undergoing multiple assessments when they are bidding for work, reducing cost, saving time and simplifying procurement processes.

Avetta Assessed provides assessments for the SSIP certified categories as indicated and holding a certificate with Avetta Ltd: Avetta Assessed ensures a supplier benefits from two-way mutual recognition with all other SSIP registered member schemes.

If you have been advised you need to have a ‘SSIP Assessment’ you will need to contact one of our Registered Members or Certification Body Members. These members carry out either a ‘desktop’ audit or an audit against ISO 45001 using the SSIP Core Criteria as …

Filter members by their certified SSIP Categories and CDM Dutyholder roles to find the scheme that best aligns with your individual needs.

The following Core Criteria relate to SSIP Approved (non-construction organisations) and CDM Duty-holders under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013 (ROI) and the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.