Calibration Service Suppliers must be certified to ISO 9001?

Hershal

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During my last audit the auditor stated that all of my calibration service suppliers shall be ISO 9001:2000 certified.

Is this true? I know some auditors have preferences, but does this really matter?

I guess it's a nice fail safe way to know that calibration service suppliers are ISO so you know they are following NIST standards.

Please help.

Thanks!
Having a calibration provider become registered to ISO 9001 is unnecessary and actually is the WRONG Standard. Since you are in California your calibration provider needs to be Accredited (not certified or registered.....accredited) to ANS/ISO/IEC 17025:2005, by an accrediting body that is a signatory to a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) such as the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).

Hope this helps.
 
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Since you are in California your calibration provider needs to be Accredited (not certified or registered.....accredited) to ANS/ISO/IEC 17025:2005, by an accrediting body that is a signatory to a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) such as the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC).
Why? Where is such mandate coming from? Can you please cite it?
 

Hershal

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ANS/ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is for laboratories.....ISO 9001 is NOT for laboratories.....ANS/ISO/IEC 17025:2005 is an ACCREDITATION.....

You are correct, cal labs do not have to be accredited.....however then it is a pig in a poke.....total unknown as there is either no or significantly insufficient oversight of the lab and its service.....

And actually, there are requirements for accreditation.....AASHTO is now requiring it for some programs.....FCC requires it in addition to their own Part 15 and 18 recognition.....many product certification organizations require it.....and these are just a few.....
 
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If you are being audited to TS 16949 then yes they do require to be ISO 9001:2008 registered.

7.4 Note 1 says - purchased products include calibration services.

Therefore you are buying a service from a supplier. All suppliers who supply good or services that may effect the customer product need to be ISO 9001.2008 regestered (7.4.1.2)

You can use them if the customer is willing to give you a waiver.
 

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