Compliance requirements before tendering

Health, safety and environmental management

The Work Safety Act 2008 (ACT) requires all employers to ensure that their employees have the skills and training required to carry out their work in a safe manner and without risk to public health and the environment.

Always safe is ActewAGL's Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) management system. Always safe ensures that a uniform standard of HSE management exists across the organisation.

HSE requirements with application

Contractors submitting tenders for works and some services are advised that they must also complete the the Tenderer HSE management system questionnaire (MS Word, 162kb) as part of their tender application. The tender document will stipulate whether this requirement exists. The HSE questionnaire is not required for "Goods" tenders.

HSE requirements after successful application

All successful tenderers may be required to complete a contract risk assessment form (MS Word, 146kb).

If the completed risk assessment form indicates that the work you are undertaking for ActewAGL is graded as a medium or high risk job, you are required to prepare a health, safety and environment plan prior to commencing operation. There are guidelines (MS Word, 161kb) available to assist with the development of your HSE plan.

Anti-harassment and discrimination in the workplace

ActewAGL's policy is to eliminate workplace harassment and discrimination, and to provide a safe and harmonious workplace, where personal and organisational goals can be achieved and where everyone has the right to be treated fairly and with respect.

This policy also applies to contractors working within ActewAGL and to behaviours which relate to the conduct of ActewAGL business undertaken as part of a contract with ActewAGL. Tenderers are to ensure that they are familiar with and understand the implications of the clause contained in the tender document relating to anti-harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

Privacy provisions

Tenderers are reminded of the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988, as amended in December 2001. If a contract is formed with ActewAGL, the contractor must agree to:

• comply with National Privacy Principles as required by the Act
• use any personal information provided by ActewAGL, or collected on behalf of ActewAGL, only for the purpose for which it was provided or collected
• refer any request from a third party for personal information on an ActewAGL customer immediately to the relevant ActewAGL contract administrator
• protect personal information held on ActewAGL's behalf from misuse, loss, unauthorised access or disclosure.

The contractor and ActewAGL shall treat all information provided by the other as confidential and shall not disclose any information or material relating to each others business acquired in connection with the contract except with the prior written approval of the other.

Contact details

For further information about working with ActewAGL contact:

ActewAGL Contracts Team
02 6295 4217
contracts@actewagl.com.au