Join CHAS and gain access to easy-to-use assessment schemes covering up to 13 areas of supply chain risk management. Use your membership to prequalify for more work opportunities and unlock exclusive benefits, including training resources and free products and services.
The CHAS Assessment Process
We understand the process of achieving compliance with CHAS can seem intimidating. So, we’ve put together an overview of the assessment process, breaking it down into six easy-to-understand steps.
Step 1: Register On VeriforceOne
VeriforceONE is our online contractors’ portal where you can create and manage your CHAS account, monitor your compliance status and access exclusive membership benefits. VeriforceONE offers a single, easy-to-use dashboard for all of your risk management needs and lets you perform actions such as renewing or upgrading your membership.
Step 2: Tell Us About Your Business
Next, it’s time to provide information about your business. We will need the following details:
- Your company name and address
- Your primary representative’s contact information
- Your corporate email address and phone number
- Your number of employees
Tip: Speed up the registration process by entering your Companies House registration number, which will auto-fill most of your business details.
At this stage, you’ll also need to set up a password to secure your VeriforceOne account.
Step 3: Choose An Assessment and Membership Package
CHAS contractors have three assessment and membership packages to choose from.
CHAS Standard
SSIP Compliance
Our entry-level membership option, CHAS Standard, includes our industry-leading health and safety assessment and self-certified insurance and demonstrates compliance with SSIP.
CHAS Advanced
Building on SSIP
Our mid-range package, CHAS Advanced, builds on SSIP and includes an additional eight modules, including modern slavery, financial, environmental and more.
CHAS Elite
Common Assessment Standard
CHAS Elite includes the Common Assessment Standard, the UK construction industry’s pre-eminent prequalification system that standardises assessment across 13 risk management areas.
CHAS Assessment and Membership Pricing
Use the slider to indicate how many employees you have and compare prices across our three membership packages, Standard, Elite and Advanced.
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All membership packages include benefits such as access to our jobs board, free resources and exclusive discounts to support your business growth.
All membership packages include benefits such as access to our jobs board and discounted resources. Larger packages include access to a wider range of certification modules.
Step 4: Complete Your Assessments
Depending on your membership package, you may have anywhere from one to 13 assessments to complete. To do this, you’ll need to upload documents and policies demonstrating your compliance with various supply chain standards.
Examples of supporting evidence to submit include:
- Your health and safety policies
- Evidence of risk assessments and method statements
- Records of on-site health and safety inspections
- Insurance documents
- Records of maintenance and testing of equipment (such as PAT)
- Proof of training and certification
- Construction phase plans
You are free to complete these assessments at your own pace. Your verification will only start once all your assessments are completed and approved by our assessors.
Step 5: An Assessor Will Review Your Application
One of our assessors will review the information you provided within 48 hours* of submitting your application. Depending on your assessment, the review can occur:
- Electronically through a full desktop assessment
- Through an on-site audit. (Can also be completed remotely).
- Through the SSIP “Deem to Satisfy” scheme.
Your assessor will let you know as soon as possible whether or not your application was successful. If you don’t pass the assessment, don’t panic. CHAS will guide you on the next steps to take to reapply successfully.
*For fast-tracked applications. Terms and conditions apply.
Step 6: Your Assessments Are Successful – You Are Now CHAS Compliant
Congratulations, you’ve achieved compliance with CHAS standards and embarked on the mission to make the world of work safer and more compliant for everyone. You now have access to exclusive benefits for CHAS members and can join the list of prequalified businesses displayed to more than 2,500 CHAS clients who need compliant contractors.
*For fast-tracked applications. Terms and conditions apply.
The Importance of The Common Assessment Standard
Contractors looking to win work or keep existing contracts in the public sector should now meet the requirements of the Common Assessment Standard (CHAS Elite).
New Procurement Policy Note (PPN 03/24)
Contracting authorities in the public sector should now assess their supply chains using the Common Assessment Standard (CHAS Elite), following the release of PPN 03/24, which updates the existing statutory guidance.
Veriforce CHAS members wishing to work for public sector bodies or bid for new public sector contracts should meet theCommon Assessment Standard, which is achieved by completing the CHAS Elite assessment, to save time and money.
Public sector contracting authorities must implement the changes in PPN 03/23 by the end of June 2024.
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