A CB accredited according ISO/IEC 17021-1 for ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, but is not accredited for ISO 45001. This CB is offering non-accredited ISO 45001 certification. This CB is offering ISO 45001 consultancy to one QSE (ISO 9001-14001-45001) certified client: is it acceptable?
If the client was certified only to ISO9001 and ISO 14001, would this be acceptable?
Our opinion is that in both above cases it is not acceptable as it poses an unacceptable threat to the impartiality in delivering the accredited certification (ISO 9001-ISO 14001).
ISO/IEC 17021 § 5.2.5 states “The certification body and any part of the same legal entity and any entity under the organizational control of the certification body [see 9.5.1.2, bullet b)] shall not offer or provide management system consultancy. This also applies to that part of government identified as the certification body.”
September 2019
The answer to both questions is that it would be “Not Acceptable” for the CAB to offer consultancy for that MS.
The requirement has been written with the intent that a CB shall not offer or provide MS consultancy irrespective that the CB is accredited or not.