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You are here: Home > Roads and Transport > Road Improvements > Highways, transportation and development > Part 6 - Working on existing highways > Guide AP3

Contractor to supply the following information:

The level of information we will require will depend, amongst other things, on whether or not your intended contractor has worked before on a project of a similar scale and nature in Leicestershire and whether or not we have been satisfied with the way that they have performed.
1.  Company name
2.  Head Office address, telephone and fax numbers
3.  Local Office address, telephone and fax numbers
4.  Website
5.  Contact details
6.  Name and address of insurance brokers
7.  Employers liability insurance details
8.  Public liability (third party) insurance details
9.  Brief description of the firms business
10.  A statement of the companys tools, plant, technical equipment and manpower available to them for carrying out the works
11.  Details of previous similar work (for each scheme give the following)
  • title of scheme and date
  • brief description
  • cost of scheme
  • state whether main contractor of sub-contractor
  • name and address of client
  • name, address and position of engineer supervising the contract from whom a reference may be obtained
12.  Details of Quality Assurance Accreditation to BS EN ISO 9000
13.  A bankers address for references
14.  Health and safety questions:
  • name and position of senior person within the company with responsibility for co-ordinating health and safety
  • copy of the most recent health and safety policy statement including the organisation in place, and a list of the arrangements in force (the contents page may suffice as a list of arrangements)
  • name, health and safety qualifications and experience of safety advisor
  • are formal systems in place to ensure that all plant, equipment and vehicles used on site are regularly inspected and adequately maintained? Enclose a recent example of an inspection/ maintenance report.
  • has the company developed permit to work systems, safe systems of works, safety procedures etc appropriate to the work undertaken by the company? Enclose a recent example
  • are specific resources allocated for safety supervision, training and safety equipment as appropriate to the work undertaken by the company? Give details.
  • are risks assessed, assessments recorded and control implemented as appropriate, prior to commencement of work?
  • has the company been prosecuted or served with a prohibition and/or improvement notice for any breach of health and safety in the last three years?

further information

Contact: Highway Development Control
E-mail: HTD@leics.gov.uk
Last Updated:
1 January 2004
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