DLGH Audit Services for Local Authority Verifiers & Certification Scheme Providers

Description

The Scottish Government Building Standards Division (BSD) intends to run an open procurement procedure to award a contract with an external service provider for the development and provision of audit services. The Building (Scotland) Act 2003 sets out the role of verifiers and certification scheme providers with the Scottish building standards system and allows their appointment to perform their respective roles. Appointment of both verifiers and certification scheme providers is conditional on their ability to continue to meet the requirements of their respective Operating Frameworks (verification & certification) with periodic audits identified as one of the conditions of appointment.