Transparency throughout Europe's security industry
[author:Dr. Holger Muehlbauer Public time:Jun 27, 2004] |
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2004-06-01: Transparency throughout Europe's security industry
How do you compare a tender from a French security firm with one from Hungary? Questions such as this are increasingly being asked by those wishing to award contracts for safety services in Europe's internal market.
In the manufacturing sector, it is usual for tender notices to make use of standards, for example as a means of ensuring technical component compatibility. Despite the fact that a higher proportion of Europe's workforce is employed in the service sector than in manufacturing, the number of service standards is still far from sufficient to remove existing trade barriers. Standards can raise quality levels by guaranteeing the transparency of service requirements. In turn, transparency simplifies the tendering process and smooths the way for companies entering the internal market. Standards play a significant role in boosting competition, and the security sector is particularly well poised to benefit. The presence of a European Standard will also place small and medium-sized enterprises in an excellent position to gain access to new markets.
By what criteria should tenders in the security business be measured? What should invitations to tender include? These and other matters will be addressed by a new working task force of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).The task force, CEN/BT/TF 167 "Security services", whose remit is to prepare a single European standard, is due to hold its first meeting in Berlin on May 27, 2004. The result of a German initiative, the task force is so far set to comprise experts from ten European countries. The convenor is Dr. Harald Olschok, Head of BDWS, the Federal Association of Security Services in Germany. Dr. Olschok already has experience as a standardizer, having been actively involved in preparing DIN 77200 "Static guarding and mobile patrol services – Requirements", which was published two years ago. DIN, represented by Dr. Holger Mühlbauer, Head of the Performance Capability and Services Standards Committee, holds the secretariat.
Dr. Olschok already rates the setting up of the task force a great success, and expects the standard to be a means of ensuring a high standard of quality in the sector throughout Europe. Before arriving at a consensus-based standard the task force will face a number of challenges: wide disparities in the quality of services, an increasing number of providers in the European marketplace, divergent national regulations and, last but not least, differences in national philosophies.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Holger Mühlbauer
Performance Capability and Services Standards Committee (NAGD) of DIN
Tel.: +0049 30 2601 2809
Email: holger.muehlbauer@din.de
© 2004 DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.
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