With the development of the certification industry, ISO three-system certification has become one of the authoritative evaluation criteria for the market to measure the quality of enterprises. In government procurement activities, more and more agencies write them into procurement documents, hoping to directly and objectively help buyers screen high-quality suppliers to ensure the smooth performance of procurement projects. Of course, in the practical application of ISO three-system certification, many people have raised the question of whether it has different treatment or discrimination against small and medium-sized enterprises. Regarding this issue, let’s discuss it together today!
1. What is ISO three system certification?
First of all, we need to understand what ISO three system certification is. ISO three-system certification generally refers to: quality management system , environmental management system and occupational health and safety management system . The three ISO systems are based on relevant national product quality law, standard law, measurement method, and other laws and regulations, and based on product standards (including national standards, industry standards and enterprise standards), and through the establishment of organizational structure, job settings, workplaces, equipment and facilities, business projects, and effective operations and control of environmental impact, personnel safety, quality assurance, environmental protection, customer satisfaction and corporate interests are achieved.
2. Does ISO three system certification have restrictions on enterprises?
In my country, ISO three-system certification is voluntary certification. Enterprises can apply as long as they meet the basic conditions, namely: 1. Organizations with independent legal person qualifications or authorized by independent legal persons; 2. Establish a documented management system in accordance with the requirements of the applied system standards; 3. It has been operating in accordance with the documented system for more than three months, and has conducted at least one management review and internal quality system audit in accordance with the document requirements before conducting certification and review.
ISO three-system certification process diagram
III. Will ISO three-system certification constitute a problem of discrimination against small and medium-sized enterprises in government procurement activities?
ISO three-system certification is often questioned in the practical application of government procurement activities. The questioning companies believe that many small and medium-sized enterprises do not have ISO three-system certification certificates and are difficult to apply for. The procurement documents require ISO three-system certification certificates to implement differential treatment or discrimination against small and medium-sized enterprises.
In fact, three-system certification is mainly the recognition and evaluation of the enterprise's internal control management in quality assurance, environmental impact, production safety, etc. Through this type of certification, it reflects the enterprise's ability to control the entire process of production and operation, and it also reflects the standardization of the enterprise's management in quality control, environmental protection, production safety, etc. It is a certification that all types of enterprises can voluntarily apply for. As long as it is related to project requirements and can maintain sufficient competitiveness, requiring ISO three-system certification does not constitute a problem of differential treatment or discrimination against small and medium-sized enterprises.
Of course, setting the ISO three system certification certificate as a qualification condition or a scoring item requires a specific analysis of the specific situation
From the comments of the Treasury Department, we can see that the purchaser and agency can set the ISO three system certification as a qualification condition or scoring item according to the actual situation of the procurement project. Government procurement projects require ISO three-system certification, which to a certain extent can force small and medium-sized enterprises to pass the management system certification , reform the management system, standardize management of quality control, environmental protection, production safety and other aspects, improve product quality and service quality, and promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Warm reminder: Currently, domestic medium and large enterprises have basically established a complete ISO management system mechanism, and small and medium-sized enterprises that focus on corporate development and want to enhance corporate market competitiveness have also chosen to conduct ISO management system certification. With the application of ISO three-system certification in various government procurement and bidding projects, some small and medium-sized enterprises that do not pay attention to ISO management system certification will directly lose their competitive advantages in the competition of projects, miss corporate development opportunities, and are slowly eliminated by the market!
