ISO 9001 · Montreal, Quebec
Ekubic audits quality management for companies with sites in Montreal, Quebec. An accredited certification body issues the ISO 9001 certificate.
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Montreal quality work splits three ways: aerospace supply that often sits under AS9100 on top of ISO 9001, plants in the east-end and South Shore, and professional services selling to Quebec public bodies. Quebec requires ministries and public bodies to contract IT professional services above the statutory threshold with a supplier that holds ISO 9001:2015.
Aerospace primes still flow down AS9100 and NADCAP. ISO 9001 alone will not open every aero bid. For Quebec public IT professional services above the threshold, ISO 9001:2015 is the named certificate. If the requirement would shrink competition too far, a public body may instead give a preference of up to 10 percent.
See Quebec on quality assurance in public contracts for the buyer's own wording.
A quality audit follows one real job from the request to the result, then checks what the company does when that result is wrong. The certification cycle is the same sequence everywhere. What changes in Montreal is the work the audit samples.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| Get a quote | Name the company, the sites, and the standard you want certified. We reply quickly with a written quote. |
| Offer and contract | The offer states scope, timing, and price. The audit is booked after you sign. |
| Stage 1 | The documented system is reviewed, and gaps are named before Stage 2. |
| Stage 2 | The system is audited as it runs. Findings say what must be closed. |
| Certification issuing | An accredited certification body issues the certificate. |
| Surveillance and re-certification | Later visits check that the system still works. Re-certification renews the cycle. |
The eight steps, including both surveillance visits, are set out in how certification works. To start, get a quote for ISO 9001 certification. The quote comes quickly, and the steps after it keep moving.
The sample follows one job in the language and the plant where it actually runs. A bilingual head office with production in Laval or Longueuil has to put those sites in the scope if that is where the result is made.
A recommendation is not the certificate. When the audit supports certification, an accredited certification body issues it. Buyers in Montreal are checking for that certificate. How the same standard looks in how ISO 9001 looks in manufacturing is a different operation.
For professional-services contracts in information technology at or above the threshold set by law, Quebec public bodies must contract with a supplier that holds ISO 9001:2015. Below that, or in other categories, the rule may be a preference rather than a gate.
Often not. Many primes want AS9100, and special processes may need NADCAP. ISO 9001 is the quality-system core those schemes sit on. Read the flow-down.
An accredited certification body. Ekubic audits. A recommendation is not the certificate.
The offer prices the plants and offices in scope. An aerospace multi-site is not priced like a single professional-services office.
The system has to be auditable in the language the work actually runs. Say so on the application so the visit is staffed accordingly.
How these standards differ by industry is in how ISO certification helps businesses. For this standard in this kind of work, see how ISO 9001 looks in manufacturing.
Tell us about your company and the sites in Montreal, Quebec. We reply quickly with a written quote that states the scope, the timing, and the price, then keep the audit moving. The visit is booked after you sign.
