GB-Bristol: Quality Management System Audit and Certification Services against ISO 9001 (2015)

NOTE: This notice was updated on 28 August 2018 for the following reason: Amendment to reflect error in the SAQ and what tenderers should do to mitigate it.The Defence Munitions Commercial Team (hereafter referred to as 'the Authority) has a potential future requirement for the provision of ISO 9001 (2015) certification services. The requirement is to certify Defence Munitions (DM), Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), and Cost Assurance and Analysis Service (CAAS) locations across the UK. The requirement is for an initial one (1) year Contract with Options to extend for up to three (3) additional years, starting from November 2018 (STC).

The Supplier must be accredited by UKAS against ISO/IEC 17021-1 conformity assessment to ensure that the certification of the quality management systems is compliant with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015.

The cyber risk assessment level for this requirement is deemed 'very low' by the Supplier Cyber Protection Service.

Please contact the Authority ([email protected]) with any expressions of interest by 12:00 on 03/09/2018.

Suppliers must read through this set of instruction and follow the process to respond to this opportunity. The information for this opportunity is available on http://www.contracts.mod.uk

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