The service provider shall not sub-contract the minimum furniture removal service to any other company without authority from BSI. Minor operations can be sub-contracted subject to the compliance with the requirements of
BS EN 12522.
When any part of the service is sub-contracted, the Licensee shall monitor the sub-contractor. The arrangements below would be considered acceptable: -
- Inspections carried out by the Licensee with full records kept and available for inspection during BSI surveillance visits.
- Where the sub-contractor holds third party certification for the scope of operations concerned and a Certificate of Conformity is provided, no further inspection of the activity by the Licensee is required.
Declaration of conformity/Marking requirements
The supplier’s declaration of conformity to the standard shall take the form of a statement that includes the following information on the waybill delivery note / work completion declaration:
- Name and address of the furniture removal service provider.
- Number and date of the standard i.e. BS EN 12522:1998.
- The use of the Kitemark® by the Licensee shall be in accordance with BSI document PS028 “How to use the Kitemark®”.
- When using the Kitemark® in connection with any aspect of this Scheme, the format is the Kitemark®, with the standard BS EN 12522 immediately below and central to the Kitemark®.
- The Kitemark® may be displayed on vehicles, company documentation, waybills, letterheads, invoices etc, however only where it is clear that it applies exclusively to the Kitemark® certified scope, for example the Kitemark should not be applied to crates and packaging materials which may be used for private individuals and commercial use.
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