First Choice BICS Cleaning & Facilities Maintenance Accreditations

ISO 9001 Quality Management System

The ISO 9001 Quality Management System standard is the world’s leading quality management standard and has been implemented by over one million organisations in over 170 countries globally. It is designed to help companies meet statutory and regulatory requirements relating to their product, while achieving excellence within their customer service and delivery.

The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc)

The British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) is an awarding body with over 10,000+ members. BICSc has been at the forefront of the Cleaning industry since 1961. Its contributions over this period are highly regarded by the cleaning profession remains one of the most trusted and recognisable Educational Institutions in the Cleaning Industry today.

Contractors Health & Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS)

CHAS was established in 1997 by a group of health and safety and procurement professionals to provide health and safety pre-qualification in the UK.

Participating in the CHAS scheme helps us:

• show compliance with important parts of health and safety law
• to demonstrate we are approved to work for all of CHAS’ buyers
• reduce inconsistencies where some suppliers may be judged compliant by one buyer and not by another
• to save our clients both time and resources

Safety Management Advisory Services (SMAS)

SMAS is a member of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) Forum. Since the launch of SSIP, many Clients and Principal Contractors now adopt an SSIP approach to H&S pre-qualification and will only use contractors who hold a valid and in date Scheme certificate issued by an SSIP Forum member.

Holding a valid SSIP Member Scheme certificate means that a contractor will have demonstrated their Stage 1 H&S competence by meeting the ‘core criteria’ as set out in the Construction (Design and Management) regulations or the H&S module in PAS91.

ContractorPlus

ContractorPlus is a web enabled database that allows contractors to ensure total compliance to current health and safety legislation.

The system is used nationwide by FCCM to ensure that the contractors we use are of the highest calibre and hold the relevant documentation to ensure safe working procedures, thereby reducing liability and ensuring legislative compliance.

Altius

Altius are an independent company consisting of industry experts who assess vendors for excellence in various fields including asbestos removal contractors, security companies, building services and refurbishment companies, commercial waste removal companies.

SafeContractor

The SafeContractor scheme provides a health and safety audit service for contractors who want to reassure their clients that health and safety is being handled correctly and sufficiently on their sites.