Assessment Offerings
See the below table for more information on the differences between the three contractor assessment offerings:
Price Table
Guided Gap Assessment
Price: $2,000
*4 Hours - (2) Two Hour Session
(Virtual Only)
Focused Assessment
Price: $3k-5k
Varies Upon Selection
On-site option with + Daily Rate/Travel
Full Assessment
Price: $10-13k
2.5 Days + Reviews
In-Person Assessment
| Contractor Prep Time | Low | Medium | High (< 15 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessor Feedback | |||
| Verbal Report | |||
| Written Report | PPTX | PPTX | |
| Executive Summary (2pg) | |||
| Office Visit (in person) | (optional) | ||
| Field Verification | (optional) | ||
| Benchmarking |
A Guided Gap Assessment helps contractors beginning their Pipeline SMS journey to work through the tools found on www.pipelinesms.org.
Contractors work virtually with an API Pipeline SMS Assessor to guide them through the 56 requirements for applicability to a particular company’s scope of work. The assessor also shares key good practices to help the contractor kick-start their implementation efforts.
A Focused Assessment provides more targeted expertise to help companies mature specific programs of their selection. The contractor identifies their topic(s) to an assessor, who then works through the details of the API RP 1173 requirements for that topic with the contractor.
Potential topics include:
- Communication
- Corrective Actions
- Incident Investigation
- Leadership
- Risk Management
- Safety Culture
- Training
For contractors who require the most comprehensive feedback on their programs at any current level of maturity, a Full Assessment evaluates their conformance to all 56 requirements found in Pipeline SMS: A Contractor’s Guide.
To provide the highest level of support, an assessor meets with all personnel involved in the company’s safety management process, in-person at the contractor’s offices. Field verifications can be included if a company would like to assess how policies and/or procedures are being used by field personnel.
Following the assessment, the company receives detailed feedback on each of the 56 requirements and the assessor shares industry good practices, allowing the contractor to more quickly implement or tailor programs to support safety. The company also receives fully anonymous benchmarking, which allows the company to gauge their maturity in implementing the 56 requirements. Each requirement is assessed for maturity in benchmarking using the Pipeline SMS Maturity Model (*Figure 2). Participants also receive updated annual benchmarking for six years following the assessment, allowing them to evaluate how industry is improving their Pipeline SMS Programs.
*Figure 2:
Pipeline SMS Maturity Model and Tools
PLANNING
Are you starting?
- Organization is developing an understanding of the management system
- Implementation action plan developed
- Implementation action plan approved
DEVELOPING
Are you developing it?
- Processes are being developed
- Implementation is about 50% complete
IMPLEMENTED
Did you develop it?
- Processes are developed
- Processes are documented
- Processes are in use
CONFORMANCE
SUSTAINING
Did you do it?
- There is evidence of processes being used consistently
- Performance is being assessed
IMPROVING
Is it helping?
- There is evidence of continual improvement
- Performance are resulting in measurable performance improvements
EFFECTIVENESS
Planning Tool
Implementation Tool
Evaluation Tool
API RP-1173 Peer-to-Peer Sharing
