Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S)

Evaluation and Assessment Criteria

Construction Subcontractor Initial EH&S Screening Process –AllNREL construction subcontractors and all their lower-tier subcontractors are required to meet acceptable EHS criteria prior to being awarded a subcontract to perform construction work at NREL sites. The NREL Contracts and Business Services (C&BS) Office includes the Environment, Health, and Safety Subcontract Risk Evaluation Worksheet as part of construction solicitations via this website and confirms and verifies that all potential subcontractors and lower-tier subcontractors have properly completedthe worksheet.

The Subcontractor is responsible for ensuring that all of their lower-tier subcontractors EH&S Subcontract Risk Evaluation Worksheetsare submitted to NREL C&BS for review and acceptance prior to allowing them to perform work on an NREL site. All worksheet submittals shall be in accordance with the requirements identified below.

Failure to provide the required and/orsubstantiating submittal information identified in the steps below with an offer may result in the offer being considered non-responsive.

NREL Construction Subcontractor EHS WorksheetSubmittal Steps

  1. The subcontractorobtains the NREL Environment, Health, and Safety Subcontract Risk Evaluation Worksheetvia the NREL external website link or in the solicitation. Subcontractors are responsible for providing the worksheet to all its lower-tier subcontractors.

The subcontractor submits their completed risk evaluation worksheet,with their proposal to NREL C&BS. Lower-tiers subcontractors canprovide their worksheet after subcontract award, but must be submitted and accepted by NREL prior to performing any work on an NREL site.

  1. NREL C&BScompletes aninitial acceptance review of the submitted EH&S Subcontract Risk Evaluation Worksheets.
  1. Worksheets indicating aSubcontractor EMR of less than or equal to 1.00ANDanswers no to questions 2,3 and 4on the worksheet areaccepted for work onanNREL Site. All proposed lower-tier subcontractor worksheets shall undergo the same initial review.
  1. If the Subcontractoror its lower-tier subcontractor has an EMR greater than 1.00ORanswers yes to question 2,3 or 4,the subcontractoror its lower-tier will be required to submit the following additional information along with theirEnvironment, Health, and Safety Subcontract Risk Evaluation Worksheet:
  1. Provide responses to questions 5-6 on the worksheet.
  1. Provide a written corrective action plan identifying specific EH&S program development and training that the subcontractor or proposed lower-tier has implemented to ensure compliance with the overall project EHS goals and objectives at NREL.
  1. Provide a Subcontractor Management Plan that identifies theEH&S oversight actions that will be employed to actively manage the activities of the subcontractor/lower-tier in question.
  1. NREL Project Management and EH&S will evaluate and asses the subcontractor/lower-tier additional responses and documentation todetermine whether the subcontractor and/or lower-tier subcontractor is accepted to perform construction activities on an NREL site.

Note: NREL reserves the right to accept or reject any offer based on any of the risk factor qualification criteria submitted.