Having previously been accredited to Constructionline Silver, on 30th June 2023 QHS became accredited to the higher standard of Constructionline Gold.

QHS's Constructionline Gold membership accreditation required enhanced verification with a pre-qualification questionnaire that goes beyond PAS 91 and meets the Common Assessment Standard. What is the Common Assessment Standard we hear you say?

The Common Assessment Standard is an industry-agreed question set based on existing PQ questionnaires, including PAS 91, and corresponding assessment standards. The development of the question set for the Common Assessment Standard was led by Build UK with support from a Cross Industry Body, consisting of experts from public and private sector clients, contractors and trade associations.

Constructionline itself was established in 1998 by the UK Government to provide a single point of reference for all pre-qualification data for the UK construction industry. Constructionline provides procurement and supply chain management services, helping buyers source suppliers.

Constructionline Gold membership conducts a number of additional validation checks that uses an enhanced prequalification questionnaire that goes beyond PAS 91. It assesses a company’s credentials for environmental management, quality management, equal opportunities, modern slavery act adherence and anti-bribery and corruption policies. Some of these policies form part of the Cabinet Office Selection Questionnaire (SQ), which the public sector is expected to comply with.