Government and Tendering

Certification timelines run in months because external auditors need evidence the system has operated. If a specific tender is the target, the gap assessment in week one produces a dated plan and identifies what can credibly be claimed at submission time, such as certification in progress with a booked audit date.

Private principals copy government prequalification bars, usually within a few years. Contractors who certified for PQC report the same evidence pack winning private work, because the certificate answers the question before the buyer has to ask it.

For government building work you generally need three distinct things, and evaluators mark down bids that confuse them: a WHS management system, ideally third party certified to ISO 45001; a project specific WHS management plan, which is required before work starts on any Queensland construction project costing 250,000 dollars or more; and a safe work method statement for each category of high risk construction work the job involves. Contractors are assessed through the whole of government PQC register, and WHS sits as a scored, standalone criterion where a below threshold result can remove a bid from contention.