Does anybody have any contact details for Gas Safe?

[Dan]

Not just their actual details. I mean does anybody know anybody inside the firm?

I want to see if I can get them do some API type thing. Available for firms like ours to access parts of their database by also complying to DPA.

 

[Atouchofgas]

Speak to Ray Stafford he does the same thing for his website to confirm we are Gas safe

 

[hammers4spanner]

Not sure if he comes on here anymore but i think kirkgas is employed by gas safe

 

[king of pipes]

James mallinson is our area inspector for Gas safe Dan i was with him last week on a inspection maybe worth giving him a call 07968174770 hes always helped me out in the past bud. all the best wayne .

 

[Gasmancoops]

Hi, person you need to talk to at Gas Safe is Andrew Bowring who is responsible for the IT stuff, website, etc. Don't have any current details for him but may be able to get to him via customer services.

I do know they can be very difficult to deal with for things to do with IT because CAPITA lock the systems down so much.

 

[Dan]

They don't seem to be able to do it. So I assume Williams manually check when they open the account. Which we can do currently anyway so we'll continue like that.

 

[REDSAW]

Not sure if he comes on here anymore but i think kirkgas is employed by gas safe

lol. he used to be a college tutor!

 

[Whyme]

lol saucer of milk for redsaw.

 

[hammers4spanner]

lol. he used to be a college tutor!

And the point is ?

 

[Leezygeezer]

Capita is coming to the last 2 years of its ownership of the gas safe brand, from an IT standpoint they will not make any changes to the existing IT systems that involves a cost expense

 

[Dan]

Makes sense.

What firms will be up to tender for it do you think?

 

[Leezygeezer]

I believe that there are approximately 4 bids expecting to be put in, no one is 100% sure yet.
Capita is very likely, a corgi partnership, I have also heard blue flame in partnership, a public statement went out a couple of weeks ago

 

[hammers4spanner]

I have just had my gsr inspection.
The inspector was telling me he reckons it will be same same anyway.

 

[Leezygeezer]

For sure, if the contract changes it will all be back of house, the inspectors will pretty much be doing what they are now

 

[Dan]

I'm seeing if i can build a script to check automatically using their sites front end. It just won't be able to remove people as they dont renew that's the problem.

 

[Leezygeezer]

To check if an engineer is registered? There's no way capita will allow any external body to alter their website coding due to security risks.