CHAPTER 13: PROCUREMENT
13.1 General (ISO 45001, Clause 8.1.4.1)
The Standard requires an organisation to control the procurement of products and services to ensure that incoming materials meet the defined OH&S requirements. This is required to be done by establishing, implementing and maintaining processes/procedures that stipulate how these controls shall be exercised. The purpose of these processes is to ensure that products, services, equipment or raw materials with harmful OH&S impacts are not inducted into a workplace. A number of steps may be taken to control procurement processes so that they meet the requirements of the OHSMS. Typical procurement controls are:
•An organisation should accurately define the specifications of products, ...
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