On 25th March 2022, UKAS published the outcome from their 31st January 2022 call for Expression of Interest for certification bodies looking to underpin the certification to ISO 37301:2021 (Compliance Management System Certification) with accreditation.
The initial conclusion was to consider including the development of accredited certification to ISO 37301 within its development program for 2022/2023, but this has been deferred to the 2023/2024 program, due to operational reasons subject to there being continued interest.
UKAS call for Expression of Interest
To support the need to move forward with this plan, they wish to reconfirm the current situation with those Certification Bodies who expressed an interest, as well as giving an opportunity to other CBs who may now be interested.
Therefore, interested parties can reconfirm/confirm if they have interest in this standard to UKAS (developmentenquiries@ukas.com) by the end of April 2023, as well as following information:
- The number of clients/estimated number of clients there for (each of) this standard?
- The geographical location(s) where accredited certificates will be issued (solely UK, Solely Europe, Office outside of Europe)?
- The number of non-accredited certificates issued for the standard and into which countries?
- The date by which they envisage the clients being ready for: A Stage 1 auditb and A Stage 2 audit.
- Details of how to scope the certifications and some example certificates have to be provided. This will assist in the development and implementation of accreditation in this potential new area.