Protective and safety clothing

Tender description

The provision of personal protective equipment and clothing and corporate workwear. PPE means all equipment which is worn or held to protect against risks to health or safety. The main legislation governing PPE at work is the Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 2018 the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992. PPE includes the following, when worn for health and safety protection: (a) protective clothing (e.g., aprons, gloves, footwear, helmets, high visibility clothing (this includes high visibility clothing which gives protection against the weather); (b) protective equipment (e.g., eye protectors, respirators, ear defenders, safety harnesses, first aid requirements). Corporate workwear is clothing worn by staff of the organisation participating in that organisation’s activity. This includes corporate uniforms and durable heavy duty clothing for manual roles in the workplace which provides a distinctive corporate image (this includes clothing, which gives protection against the weather, where a high visibility product is not required). These items may be branded with the Leeds City Council logo and/or corporate colours or unbranded, but with an agreed tax tag.