How The Program Works
Briefly, suppliers who demonstrate:
- that their products and/or services meet the requirements of
the referenced standards; and
- that they are sufficiently in control of the manufacturing process
to ensure that their products and/or services will continue to
be made to these standards;
are accepted into the program.
Descriptions of the suppliers and their products and/or services
appear on either a Certification Program List (CPL) or a Qualification
Program List (QPL). These lists are available to purchasing professionals
at all levels of government, corporate and institutional users, retailers, and the public.
Products and/or services listed on a CPL are identified with a
unique listing number and the CGSB Certification Mark:
a copyrighted, high-profile, easily recognized symbol of quality.
Through an ongoing program of product testing and facility assessments,
CGSB ensures the product's and/or services' continuing conformance
to the standard(s).
To achieve this level of confidence, the program has four phases:
- Application
- Quality System Assessment
- Listing/Licensing
- Ongoing Product Testing and Facility Assessments.
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