Evaluation Criteria for N&S Closure Process Performance Effectiveness and Confirmation Readiness (Rev 4)

EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR N&S CLOSURE PROCESS

PERFORMANCE EFFECTIVENESS AND CONFIRMATION READINESS (Rev 4)

Objective:

Provide a basis for assessment, to be applied late in the course of standards identification, that the record of N&S Closure

Process application supports a judgement by the Convened Group that the proposed Work Smart Standards set is ready to enter

the Confirmation process element. Such a judgment is based upon two related but distinct components of readiness, information

about adequacy for protection and information about feasibility for implementation of the proposed set.

Applicability:

Consistent with the Safety Management System Policy, (DOE P450.4), the N&S Closure Process (DOE M450.3-1) is being

applied to develop an adequate and feasible set of new or amended contract standards, as required under DEAR provisions

970.5204-2, Integration of environment safety, and health into work planning and execution, and 5204-78 Laws, regulations and

DOE directives.

Conventions:

1. Identification of agreed upon standards is intended to satisfy the DOE procurement regulatory requirement in DEAR 970.5204-

78.

2. Standards are the expressed expectations for the performance of work; as described in the Criteria for the Department Standards

Program (DOE/EH-0416), work is standards-based when planned, performed, and appropriately documented as meeting agreed

upon standards for protection.

3. Standards identified in conformance with the N&S Closure Process Manual, DOE M450.3-1, are termed Work Smart Standards.

4. When effectively implemented, the expectations expressed in an adequate and feasible set of Work Smart Standards will provide

for standards-based work that will satisfy the Integrated Safety Management (ISM) performance outcomes called for in DEAR

970.5204-2.

5. Increased effectiveness in Doing Work Safely is the institutional performance objective that DOE and the contractor expect from

development of the set of Work Smart Standards: this represents commitment to safety performance that exceeds minimum

compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

6. The N&S Closure Process manual is a performance standards that incorporates the five Core Functions of ISM into the work of

standards identification; implementation proceeds by means of an inherently iterative process for definition and description of the