Contractors, Consultants, and Vendors

• Instructions for BNL Contacts and Contractors for Access to BNL
  • Construction Contractors
  • Non-Construction Contractors
    • One-Day Contractors
    • Short-Term Contractors (3 days or less)
    • Long-Term Contractors (more than 3 days)
  • Food Deliveries by BNL Employees
• Links for ESH Staff for processing Contractors
  • Contractor Orientation Form for NSLS and NSLS-II
  • JTA Assignments
  • NSLS ESH Briefing for Contractors
  • Encoded Access to NSLS Experimental Floor

Construction Contractor refers to contractors who will perform any of the following types of work construction and/or hazardous work:

• Construction of infrastructure, buildings, or internal building components (including hutch work)
• Open flame operations (cutting, welding, brazing, soldering)
• Use of cranes, forklifts, or rigging equipment
• Constructing or modifying electrically-powered equipment
• Working "on or near" energized, exposed components or parts (equal to or greater than 50 volts)
• Confined space entry
• Performing excavation activities or working in trenches
• Use of a respirator
• Class IIIB or IV Laser use
• Entry into HAZWOPER exclusion areas
• Entry into Noise Areas
• Entry into Asbestos certification areas
• Any other hazardous operations as defined by work planning

Follow Instructions for Construction Contractors

Non-Construction Contractor refers to contractors, technical contractors, consultants, vendors, and sales people who will perform any of the following type of work:

• Stocking food vending machines
• Performing maintenance, repair, service, installation, or warranty repair work of equipment
• Vendors and sales people who meet with a specified BNL contact to discuss purchases

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Non-Construction "One-Day" Contractors

If all of the following conditions are met, follow Instructions for Non-Construction, One-Day Contractors:

• The contractor will be onsite for only one day during a one-year period and will perform non-construction type of work or services, and
• The contractor will be escorted at all times (Note: Escorts must be either a BNL employee or Local Contact, and must be a citizen of a non-sensitive country), and
• The contractor is a U.S. citizen.

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Non-Construction "Short-Term" Contractors

If all of the following conditions are met, follow Instructions for Non-Construction, Short-Term Contractors:

• The contractor will be onsite for 3 days or less during a one-year period and will perform non-construction type of work or services, and
• The contractor will be escorted at all times (Note: Escorts must be either a BNL employee or Local Contact, and must be a citizen of a non-sensitive country), and
• The contractor is a U.S. citizen.

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Non-Construction "Long-Term" Contractors

If any of the following conditions apply, follow Instructions for Non-Construction, Long-Term Contractors:

• The contractor will be onsite for 3 days or more during a one-year period and will perform non-construction type of work or services, or
• The contractor will require unescorted access to the NSLS experimental floor, or
• The contractor is a foreign national.