When you need it
Use this review before a contractor begins a defined work package, or after a material change in method, resources, or site conditions makes the previous readiness conclusion unreliable.
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Contractor Prestart Readiness and Competence Review
Record evidence that the contractor’s organization, resources and work arrangements are ready for the defined start.
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Learning
How to use this template
What it helps you decide
It turns scattered competence, resource, method, permit, and access evidence into a bounded readiness decision, allowing unresolved prerequisites to be addressed before they affect the planned work or its controls.
How to complete it
- Define Scope and planned start, then assess Organization and competence against the particular work package and actual contractual or jurisdictional requirements.
- Review Resources and work controls using submitted methods, inspection arrangements, permits, access evidence, plant readiness, material availability, and emergency arrangements for the package.
- Record Prestart actions and a bounded Readiness conclusion and limits, leaving Authorized decision incomplete until the responsible project role actually decides.
Who prepares and reviews it
A construction or package manager typically coordinates the review with safety, quality, engineering, and contractor representatives. Competence specialists assess relevant qualifications, while the project's designated authority decides whether the work may start.
A mistake to avoid
Declaring the contractor generally ready after checking paperwork alone can conceal missing task-specific access, competence, equipment, or release conditions at the workface.
Illustrative example
Illustrative example: a contractor plans deep excavation for a pump chamber. The review finds that the excavation method and supervision are evidenced, but utility isolation confirmation is missing. The readiness record identifies that condition, and the authorized manager withholds release of the affected excavation.
Document contents
- Scope and planned start
- Organization and competence
- Resources and work controls
- Prestart actions
- Readiness conclusion and limits
- Authorized decision
Required inputs
- Project name, location, company, document number and revision
- Actual project scope, source records and responsible roles
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