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NHS Blood & Transplant

NHSBT1317/S/SP External Auditors (Management Systems)

Business ServicesCPV 79400000
ValueValue not published
Awarded4 Dec 2019
Published4 Nov 2019
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

The brief

NHSBT has a requirement for third party auditing of its management systems, which currently include ISO22301 Business Continuity - NHSBT is currently certified to this standard.

OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series.

NHSBT is currently in compliance with this system and is going through migration to ISO45001 with a plan to gain certification by January 2021.

Two out of three Audit days will have been completed by 1st April 2020.

ISO14001, 2015 NHSBT is currently certified to this standard The successful supplier will be required to be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and will have the authority to recommend to the appropriate awarding body following audit that NHSBT should be certificated against the relevant standard and ensure issue of the relevant certificates

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

NHSBT is currently in compliance with this

NHSBT is currently in compliance with this system and is going through migration to ISO45001 with a plan to gain certification by January 2021.

02

The successful supplier will be required

The successful supplier will be required to be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and will have the authority to recommend to the appropriate awarding body following audit that NHSBT should be certificated against the relevant standard and ensure issue of the relevant certificates.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

3 named in obligation language, 2 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ISO 14001 (environmental management)says mustStandards you certify to
ISO14001, 2015 NHSBT is currently certified to this standard
ISO 22301 (business continuity)says mustStandards you certify to
ISO22301 Business Continuity - NHSBT is currently certified to this standard.
UKAS accreditationsays mustCertification & assessment schemes
The successful supplier will be required to be accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and will have the authority to recommend to the appropriate awarding body following audit that NHSBT should be certificated against the relevant standard and ensure issue of the relevant certificates
NHSBT is currently in compliance with this system and is going through migration to ISO45001 with a plan to gain certification by January 2021.
OHSAS 18001 - Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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Source
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