A Second Pair of Eyes in ISO Certification - How Certiget Support Works

A Second Pair of Eyes in ISO Certification. How Certiget Support Works

Choosing an ISO certification body is one of those decisions that may seem straightforward at first glance, but in practice has long-term consequences – organisational, financial, and operational. For many companies, certification is a recurring process, yet each time its course and the quality of cooperation with the certification body significantly affect how the management system functions in the years that follow.

As shown by the certification body catalog available on certiget.pl and certiget.eu, the market offers no shortage of options. Companies can choose from management system certification bodies from all over the world. There are local, international, and global certification bodies.
The real challenge, however, is not the number of available options, but the ability to reliably compare offers and properly understand the differences – differences that are often not visible at first glance.

This is where Certiget comes in.

ISO Certification Support – Openly or Behind the Scenes

Certiget supports companies in the ISO certification process in two ways, depending on their needs, organisational maturity, and expectations regarding the decision-making process.

In some projects, we operate openly. We collect offers from certification bodies, structure them, and prepare a comparative overview. The client has full visibility of the process, access to complete information, and support at the stage of analysing the certification market. This model works particularly well when a company wants to organise the market, limit the number of enquiries, or is approaching certification of a given system for the first time.

There are also situations where the client chooses to communicate directly with certification bodies on their own. In such cases, Certiget operates entirely in the background – without contacting certification bodies and without interfering in correspondence. The client retains full autonomy in market relations, while we remain a purely decision-support partner.

The objective and the approach remain the same. Only the form of cooperation differs.

What Does a “Second Pair of Eyes” in ISO Certification Mean?

When working behind the scenes, we analyse the ISO certification scope, organise the input data required for quotations, and compare commercial and technical conditions of the offers received. We also highlight differences in approaches to audits, surveillance, and recertification. Particular attention is paid to contract terms that appear similar at first glance but have significant implications in subsequent certification cycles.

We prepare assumptions and reference points for pricing, while the client conducts market discussions independently. Certiget provides context and benchmarks that are often missing when offers are collected without external support.
This “second pair of eyes” makes it possible to look at certification not only through the lens of price or audit days, but also in terms of cooperation quality and predictability across the entire certification cycle.

Why Comparing Certification Body Offers Matters

In ISO certification, the problem is rarely the lack of offers. Much more often, it is the lack of a proper reference point or decisions based on criteria that lose relevance over time.

Differences between certification bodies include, among others, interpretation of the certification scope, number of audit days, audit approach, cooperation model, and industry experience. These and other factors determine whether ISO certification becomes a real support tool for the organisation or merely a formal obligation repeated every few years.

A well-informed decision in this area is rarely the result of a single offer. It is usually the outcome of comparison and understanding of differences that are not always communicated explicitly.

Certiget – Informed Decisions in ISO Certification

Regardless of whether Certiget operates openly or behind the scenes, the goal remains the same: to help companies make informed and well-considered ISO certification decisions.

The websites certiget.pl and certiget.eu feature a detailed catalog of management system certification bodies from around the world, including Poland. The catalog allows companies to compare offers, search certification bodies by ISO standard, and match them to industry and certification scope.

If, at the end of the process, the decision is calm, deliberate, and based on a real comparison, then Certiget has fulfilled its role – even if it operated entirely behind the scenes.