Not only do we carefully assess our partners in advance, but we also assess them on a regular basis to make sure their approach matches ours – excellence in all that we do.
The partner companies we choose to work with must share our values and meet our tough criteria across Health & Safety, insurance, financial history.
In short, you can leave it all to us. Your experience – and our reputation – are too important.
Keeping Our Contractors Safe
To be a contractor for FirstPort you will need to have a written health & safety policy and follow health and safety regulations. You may also be required to write a risk assessment and/or method statement. These documents may be required as part of your application.
There are helpful guides, tools and templates available from the Health & Safety Executive:
- Directors H&S responsibilities – HSE website
- A brief guide to risk assessment – HSE website
- Health and Safety toolbox – controlling risks
- Health & Safety made simple
- Manual handling at work guide
- Using work equipment safely – HSE website
- Working safely with chemicals – HSE website
- Safety policy and risk assessment template
- Reporting accidencts at work- HSE website
- Ladders and step ladders – HSE website
- Compulsory insurance – HSE website
Working with FirstPort
It is important to us that our contractors are Health & Safety compliant, please read our Supplier and Contractor Terms and Conditions.
Supplier portal user guides
- Dealing with orders
- Raising and submitting an invoice
- Configuring your system for PO change requests
- Submitting a change request on a PO
- Checking a submit change request
- Raising a credit note
- Setting up a legal entity
- Amending profile information
New Contractual Commitments for the General Data Protection Regulation
From 25 May 2018, the terms set out attached come into force between you and FirstPort to coincide with the taking effect of the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (“GDPR”). These will also apply to any sub-contractors. Read our New Contractual Commitments.
Naturally, where necessary, we employ contractors and suppliers to work on specific tasks. You need to know that those individuals and companies are fit for residential property management purpose.
Register with SafeContractor
FirstPort have partnered with Alcumus SafeContractor to ensure the highest standard of pre-qualification across our supply chain. All new suppliers must be SafeContractor accredited to undertake works for the FirstPort group.
Registering with SafeContractor will not guarantee work in the future. However, when contractors are being sought after for particular trades and postcodes, your organisation will appear in our search.
SafeContractor is independent from FirstPort and there are no commissions shared between the two businesses.
To register with SafeContractor, please follow this link: https://www.safecontractor.com/
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