Randy
Super Moderator
Yep 3 times.What EXACTLY would be the requirement to the one-man consulting company?
- Have a QMS?
- Have a FORMALIZED QMS?
- Have ISO 9001 Certification?
What requirement are you referring to?
Don't customers/clients have a desire for their expectations to be fulfilled?
Is it not a goal to achieve customer/client satisfaction?
If you're a self employed, 1 person entity, struggling for every nickle and dime you can possibly get, competing with others your size or bigger, as long as it's legal and ethical you'll jump through a small hoop backwards, butt 1st on the edge of a cliff to get the work, contract or whatever you want to call it.
Just get out of your comfort zone, absolutely and totally quit what your doing tomorrow, with no guarantee of income or anything else and register as a small business concern for US Federal contract work like I did 20 years ago with the Central Contracting Registry and then follow what comes up, as a potential contractor seeking eligibility for consideration you can be asked for any one of the 3 bullets you put down, and guess what, practice the hoop diving trick. I did, every single step and even had a "competent" friend do an internal audit of DSES, Inc. Thank goodness I wasn't asked for a certificate because I was flat a$$ed broke! Just this year to "qualify" for consideration by another CB I had to meet their requirements for some 3rd party environmental compliance training and a specific OSHA training course with about zero cash flow....I jumped thru the friggin hoop, I got the work! That's real world as some here can attest to.
To our friend the OP dean_bell, as Rox said, ya gotta do exactly what anyone else has to do, but being small you can really keep it simple, justify the elements of 9K that aren't applicable to you, document what you have to document, be able to show conformance .....AND JUMP THROUGH THE STINKING HOOP!