Quality management systems
ISO 9001 certification
Shows that your organisation manages quality consistently and improves on it.
What ISO 9001:2015 is
ISO 9001:2015 sets out the requirements for a quality management system. It applies to an organisation of any size in any sector, and it is the standard most often asked for in tenders and supply chain qualification.
The seven quality management principles
- Customer focus
- Leadership
- Engagement of people
- Process approach
- Improvement
- Evidence based decision making
- Relationship management
Who it is for
- Organisations tendering for work that requires certification
- Suppliers being assessed by a customer's qualification process
- Organisations standardising how work is done across sites or teams
- Organisations that want a structured basis for improvement
At a glance
| Standard | ISO 9001:2015 |
|---|---|
| Certificate validity | Three years |
| Surveillance | Each year |
| Certification body | NQC, accredited by IAS, certificate MSCB-364 |
The process
Enquiry, Stage 1, Stage 2, certification decision, certificate issue, then surveillance each year.
What we need from you
To quote for your certification
Your scope
The activities and products or services to be covered.
Your sites
How many locations, and where they are.
Your headcount
Total employees, including shifts and part time.
Your current position
Whether you hold certification already, and with whom.
NQC is a third party certification body. We do not provide consultancy, internal auditing or management system implementation to the organisations we certify, and certification decisions are taken independently of the audit team. Read our impartiality policy.
Request a quote for ISO 9001 certification
Send us your scope, your sites and your employee numbers and we will come back with the audit time and the fee basis.