This sounds like an interesting marketing concept for the consultant. Maybe he developed a 'generic' Quality Manual that gets modified (hopefully super fast) for the specific lab desiring the accrediation.
Here's some information that may or may not be useful to those who are interested in the FCC 'provisional' acceptance of a test lab. The FCC published a Public Notice dated July 16, 1996 that actually addresses FCC provisional acceptance of a test lab for the DoC procedure. It appears to be a temporary acceptance until full accreditation is achieved. The text below is an excerpt from this Public Notice - the full text can be found at the FCC's web site shown below. http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Public_Notices/1996 /pnet6012.txt "To facilitate use of the DoC procedure, the FCC will accept a laboratory that submits documentation to OET's Equipment Authorization Division stating that it has filed an application for accreditation with an approved laboratory accreditation body and provides evidence that it meets all aspects of ISO/IEC Guide 25. Such labs will be provisionally accepted by the FCC for a period of one year (until August 19, 1997) or until the application for accreditation has been acted upon, whichever is sooner. A laboratory that is denied accreditation by an approved accreditation body will lose its provisional acceptance. However, any DoCs that were issued will remain valid." Sincerely, Manny Barron Tandem Computers, Inc. ------------ ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT -------- SENT 03-20-97 FROM SMTPGATE @MAILMN ([email protected]) At 10:20 AM 20/03/97 -0500, Doug McKean wrote: >Martin Garwood wrote: >> >> Just received some propaganda from a consultant, this time promising to >> "have your lab provisionally accepted by the FCC in TWO WEEKS", to meet >> the requirements for DOC. I'd love to see a Quality & >> test procedure manual done in 2 weeks. What's most interesting is that there is, to the best of my knowledge, no such thing as a "provisional" acceptance. You either have NVLAP or AALA quality certification or not. No mid-ground according to the folks in Maryland. Brent
