The latest update will reflect changes to safety legislation including the CDM Regulations.

The consultation closes next month with the update likely to be finalised this summer.

It will then be used in the ongoing fight to simplify the PQQ process.

Paul Reeve, Director of Business at the Electrical Contractors Associations is a joint author of the PAS 91 draft Standard.

He said: “The PAS 91 draft standard underpins determined industry efforts to simplify the plethora of PQQs used in construction: it’s already seen by many public sector and commercial clients, and many large contractors, as a useful common standard for assessing a supplier’s basic capability.

“However, the mandatory questions in PAS 91 (covering a range of company-related and health and safety enquiries) urgently need to be updated to reflect current legislation.

“This consultation aims to achieve that and it should result in a PAS that is fit for purpose, and in line with industry initiatives to simplify basic construction PQQs.

“Following the changes, clients and others will be able to specify the use of PAS 91 with far greater confidence, and this could open the door to even greater acceptance of the document as the ‘go to’ basic construction PQQ.”

The ECA is working with other trade association partners to improve the current pre-qualification environment for construction buyers and suppliers.