Accredited Certification Bodies

Logistics recommends certification/notified bodies accredited by UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service)

Achilles

Assess utilities contractors to numerous Achilles schemes

Alcumus Group

Assess construction/engineering contractors to SafeContractor & Exor

Alcumus ISOQAR

Assess companies to ISO standards
UKAS accredited, medium fees

Approachable Certification

Founded in 2014, by a former Director of ISOQAR
Assess companies to ISO standards
UKAS accredited, medium fees

BM TRADA
(British Maritime TRADA)

Assess companies to ISO standards & Forest Management/ Chain of Custody (timber)
UKAS accredited, medium fees

British Assessment Bureau

Assess companies to ISO standards

2017 new management, who regained UKAS accreditation

UKAS accredited, medium fees

BSI

British Standards Institute

Assess companies to ISO standards

Develop & publish British & ISO standards
UKAS accredited, "BSI" is a superbrand, bureaucratic & high fees

CE Mark

(European Conformity)

Safety evaluation of 'hazardous' products within European Economic Area

eg machinery, medical devices & construction products

London Borough of Merton

Assess construction contractors to Contractors Health & Safety Scheme
Annual certification, bureaucratic

CIEH
(Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health)

Trade Association for (chartered) health, safety & environmental professionals

Capita PLC

Assess construction contractors and consultants to Constructionline

Intertek

Assess companies to ISO standards
UKAS accredited, medium fees

IOSH (Institution of
Occupational Safety & Health)

Trade Association for (chartered) health & safety professionals

LRQA
(Lloyd's Register

Quality Assurance)

Assess companies to ISO & NHSS standards

The sole Certification Body for utility contractor schemes NERS, GIRS & WIRS

UKAS accredited, "Lloyd's" is a superbrand, medium fees

MHRA
(Medicines & Healthcare Products
Regulatory Agency)

Assess laboratories to Good Laboratory Practice

Steel Construction

Certification Scheme

BCSA (British Constructional
Steelwork Association)

Assess companies to ISO & NHSS standards
UKAS accredited

SCCS insists on formal qualifications (supplied by SCCS), medium fees

SGS

Société Générale de Surveillance

Assess companies to ISO standards
UKAS accredited, Global certification body, medium fees