Payment & Fees
Quotations
Customers are entitled to quotations before work begins. Once work has started, the customer is deemed to have accepted the quotation and is committed to paying for the quoted quantity of effort and any out of pocket costs. Although we will try to carry out the job within the effort allowed by the quotation, we reserve the right to agree and bill for a different quantity if this is what is actually worked.
Invoices
Invoices are raised in US Dollar and are due and payable in full. Value Added Tax will be applied according to USA rules.
Terms of payment are 15 days from the date of invoice. Non-USA customers are asked for payment of estimated fees before any work is undertaken. Fees up to and including initial assessment and any associated supplementary or close out work must be paid before membership is granted.
Revisions
Our prices are reviewed annually and are subject to amendment at any time. Current rates are published on our web-site. The following prices are effective from 1 April 2012.
Application Fee
The fee is $1300 plus VAT.
Daily Rate for Pre and Initial Assessment Work
The daily rate for pre-assessment and initial assessment work towards a customer’s first grant of membership or recommendation of Notified Body Status is $1000 plus VAT.
Daily Rate for Other Work
The daily rate for all other services, unless otherwise agreed, is $755 plus VAT.
Annual Membership Fees
A single fee is charged for each organization on our records at 1 April or subsequently certified for the first time. This is billed on the 1st October each year for all organizations.
If certified to EN45011, ISO 14065, ISO/IEC 17024, ISO/IEC 17021, or EC Regulation Number 1221/2009 EMAS the fee is $1,200 plus VAT.
For all other organizations the fee is $350 plus VAT.
Note: Where there is no annual surveillance visit in a financial year (April thru March), the fee is still payable unless the organization was granted its first membership after 30 September of that year. The fee is payable and will be billed separately if the scheduled visit is delayed into the following year, but no more than one fee will be charged in any financial year.
Measurement Audit
The current price for each audit test will be given on request.
Reinstatement Fee
The fee for reinstatement of membership after suspension is $400 plus VAT.
