The scope is already written
Jobs come to you with a specification and a clear extent of works. You're pricing a defined job, not guessing at one.
The panel
Join the 3S Consult™ subcontractor panel
Work that arrives specified, priced and ready to start
We allocate work to trades on our panel across the hard and soft services. No bidding wars, no vague scopes, and no chasing for payment once the job is signed off.
Why join
Why join
You choose what you accept
Every job is offered, not assigned. Review the scope, accept or decline, and set the date you can commence.
Why join
Payment follows certification
Interim valuations through the job and a final account at close-out. Upload your completion photographs and the certificate follows.
What we ask
What you'll need
- Public liability insurance. £5m minimum, current certificate.
- Employer's liability where you employ, plus UTR and VAT details if registered.
- Trade accreditation relevant to your work: Gas Safe, NICEIC or NAPIT, SSIP, CHAS or equivalent.
- CSCS cards for operatives attending site.
- Method statements and risk assessments you can issue per job.
- A smartphone. Completion photographs are uploaded against every job. That's how sign-off works.
Applications are reviewed against current panel coverage. If your area and trade are already well served we'll keep your details on file and come back to you when demand moves.
Your document packBuilt for your trade
The application form works out which documents apply to you from your trade and the size of work you take on. A decorator doing small jobs is asked for four. A gas and electrical firm on £50k contracts is asked for fourteen.
- Everyone. Public liability, health & safety policy, a sample RAMS.
- If you employ. Employers' liability insurance.
- Your trade. Gas Safe, NICEIC, F-Gas, BAFE, SIA, LEIA, NFRC, CISRS, BPCA, BICSc, whichever apply.
- Larger work. SSIP accreditation, references and filed accounts.
Every certificate is checked against its expiry date as you upload it. Anything out of date will stop the form sending, so have your renewals to hand.
Start your application →About fifteen minutes with your certificates to hand.
Stuck? enquiries@3s-consult.co.uk
Subcontractor questions
Straight answers
Do I have to take every job I'm sent?
No. Jobs are offered. You see the scope and the required dates, and you accept or decline. Declining doesn't affect your standing on the panel. Not responding does, because the job has to re-route.
When do I get paid?
Interim valuations through longer jobs, and the final account at close-out. Payment is certified once completion photographs have been uploaded and the work passes inspection against the spec.
What do the photographs need to show?
The completed work, any areas that were made good, and anything you flagged as a variation. Enough that someone who wasn't on site can see the job was done to specification.
Is there a fee to join?
No fee to join the panel and no charge for jobs offered to you.