Health and Safety Authority to Work System

In order to fulfil our operating licence and comply with obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (“Act”), Network Rail must have a system to provide rules and decisions to assure the Health and Safety of everyone accessing and working on our controlled infrastructure within the industry.

When a worker accesses the infrastructure, we need to be assured that:

They are ‘Sponsored’ by a company who are authorised to put people to work on the infrastructure

They have been assessed to be medically fit (or medical fit with restrictions) to undertake the required tasks

They have not failed a drugs and alcohol test

They hold the appropriate skills and training (competences) to access the managed infrastructure and undertake the tasks required

They are not at risk of fatigue

For further information relating to current service and solution in place, using the instructions below please review the document “Health & Safety Authority to Work System Supporting Document”, for high level requirements and submit the “Health & Safety Authority to Work System – RFI Submission Template”

Follow the link - https://networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk

From the welcome screen, access the “View Current Opportunities” link and select “ Health & Safety Authority to Work System".

Click on the attachment – “Health & Safety Authority to Work – RFI Submission Template” or “Health & Safety Authority to Work System Supporting Document”

Please note that planning and competence management is out of scope of this project, any data that is captured is only to inform the decision of authority to work.