• KENAS accreditation of proficiency testing scheme providers’ enables organizers that are interested in planning, providing and evaluating proficiency testing schemes to achieve and demonstrate a level of competence. The program provides testing, calibration, and medical laboratories providers with a fully functional and operational system of accredited providers of proficiency testing schemes conforming to international criteria.
• Proficiency testing involves a group of laboratories or analysts performing the same analyses on the same samples and comparing results. The key requirements of such comparisons are that the samples are homogenous and stable, and also that the set of samples analyzed are appropriate to test and display similarities and differences in results.
• Proficiency Testing (comparative testing) is an important way of meeting the requirements of ISO 15189, ISO/IEC 17025 in the area of quality assurance of laboratory results. It is also mandated by accreditation bodies that laboratories participate in proficiency testing programs for all types of analyses undertaken in that laboratory, when suitable programs exist.
  

Apply In-Person

1. The applicant has to submit his/her accreditation enquiry to a Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) Staff. This can be either through telephone, email or visiting KENAS offices. Contact information of KENAS can be obtained in our “office and contact “ information section of this page or through the following link
2. This is followed by a formal response by KENAS Officer on the terms and conditions applicable to provision of accreditation services.
3. The applicant should submit the duly filled and signed formal application. The application from can be obtained from KENAS Offices or downloaded from their website through the following link. You submit the application form with all the required documents.
4. This is followed by review of the application including support documents provided by the applicant.( desk assessment /document review)
5. After review, there is a formal response to the applicant regarding the outcome of the review of the application and documentation.
6. This is followed by an on-site assessment visit. Corrective Action Requests will be made to the applicant for review.
7. Follow up assessment of the client is done to determine effective implementation of the corrective action requires (CAR’s) raised.
8. An independent accreditation commitee will then make a formal accreditation decision as outcome and/or report of the assessment.
9. After this a formal communication will be made to the applicant on the decision made.
10. Upon a successful assessment. The applicant will be issued with an accreditation certificate.
11. Periodical surveillance assessments are done of the accredited conformity assessment body.

1. Application form
2. Cross reference matrix of internal documents against the normative standard
3. Quality Manual
4. Operating Procedures/ Methods
5. Evidence of PT / ILC
6. Application Fee paid

Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) - Head Office
Embankment Plaza, 2nd floor,
Longonot Road, Upper Hill
P. O. Box 47400 - 00100 Nairobi
Telephone: +254 725 227 640
Fax: +254 787 395679
Email: info@kenyaaccreditation.org
Contact details.

• KENAS accreditation of proficiency testing scheme providers enables organizers that are interested in planning, providing and evaluating proficiency testing schemes to achieve and demonstrate a level of competence.
• The program provides testing, calibration, and medical laboratories providers with a fully functional and operational system of accredited providers of proficiency testing schemes conforming to international criteria.

• Gazetted Fees

FIRST SCHEDULE Assessment fees

• Application - KShs. 40,000
• Document Review - KShs.95, 000
• Assessment (initial) - KShs. 250,000
  

Second Schedule Other Charges

• Pre-assessment - KShs.50,000
• Additional Assessor per day - KShs.60,000
• Application for Extension (all inclusive, except for VAT) - KShs. 250,000
• Review of re-submitted Documents - KShs. 45,000
  

Third Schedule Annual fees

• Annual Accreditation Fee - KShs.192,500
  

NOTE:

• Any fee charged shall be subject to value added tax.
• The assessment fee has taken into account one assessor unit for two days.
• The assessor unit consists of one lead assessor, a technical expert/assessor and Kenya Accreditation Service support required to facilitate the assessment. For complex assessment or wider scopes, the additional assessor/expert shall be charged based on the rate indicated on other charges.
• These fees do not cover the cost of travel and accommodation outside Nairobi. The fees shall be borne by the client in the event that there are no established assessors within the region or location.
• The Kenya Accreditation Service shall retain as penalty ten percent in value of accreditation assessments that are cancelled less than five days to the assessment date.

• Accreditation is valid for a period of one year.

• Application Form for Accreditation

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• Feedback on receipt of an application is within 5 working days.
• Processing of application is done within Sixty (60 days)
• Refer to the service charter through this link

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites. 	
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

• Contact details
  • Organization
  • Address (Physical)
  • Address (Postal)
  • Telephone
  • Email
  • Website
  • Contact person
  • Position within the organization
  • Type and Nature of business
  • If organization operate on several sites
• Organization details
  • The Legal Status of your organization
  • Total Number of Staff
  • List the conformity Assessment Services offered
  • If your conformity Assessment activities are part of a larger organization
  • Other organization activities
• Scope of accreditation
• Declaration
• Signature

Benefits of Proficiency Tests to Individual Laboratories

1. The participating laboratory is provided with a regular, independent and external assessment of its performance
2. The laboratory can use PT results to identify problems in operations, and initiate remedial actions if necessary
3. The laboratory has a means of demonstrating its data quality to third parties, e.g. customers, regulatory agencies or organizations providing recognition.
4. The laboratory is able to regularly compare its performance with that of peer laboratories.
5. If the test method is specified, the study can provide information on the performance characteristics of analytical methods.
6. The laboratory can have, in the coordinating organization, a source of technical advice and guidance on analytical problem.
7. PT schemes can be used to assign values to reference materials
8. PT scheme results can be used as a traceability link.

• Accreditation is a formal third party confirmation that Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) are competent to carry out specific conformity assessment activities. Conformity Assessment Bodies are those bodies that assess the compliance and or conformance of products, services and suppliers to guided specifications and requirements e.g. Testing and Calibration Laboratories, Proficiency testing Laboratories, Inspection and verification bodies, Medical Laboratories, Certification bodies etc.

• Accreditation is distinct from certification because certification focuses on an organization overall compliance with systems and products standards rather than the technical competence which is what accreditation focuses on. Therefore accreditation becomes a formal recognition to the CABs that they are competent to carry out conformity assessment tasks.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

• Accreditation Process
• Step by step Process
• Service Delivery Charter
• PARTICIPATING IN A PTA PROGRAM

The Health and Safety pillar of the Kenya Accreditation Service was formed to offer accreditation to conformity assessment bodies (laboratories) that offer services that pertain to;

1. Human health
2. Animal Health
   

The pillar offers accreditation to the following schemes:

Medical Laboratory Accreditation in accordance with ISO 15189 :2012

• The medical laboratory accreditation to ISO 15189 is available to laboratories performing tests in various fields of human pathology including anatomical pathology (histology and cytology), chemical pathology, microbiology, hematology, immunohematology, cytogenetics, molecular biology and immunology, blood transfusion services and assisted reproductive technologies.
  

Veterinary Laboratory accreditation in accordance with ISO 17025 + OIE- Quality standard and guidelines for Veterinary Laboratories : Infectious Diseases

• Veterinary Laboratory accreditation covers facilities that test animals and animal products for the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of disease. The scheme accommodates government and private facilities, veterinary practices and university veterinary schools
  

Proficiency Testing Providers in accordance with ISO/IEC 17043

• KENAS accreditation of proficiency testing scheme providers’ enables organizers that are interested in planning, providing and evaluating proficiency testing schemes to achieve and demonstrate a level of competence. The program provides testing, calibration, and medical laboratories providers with a fully functional and operational system of accredited providers of proficiency testing schemes conforming to international criteria.
  

Medical Reference Measurement Laboratories in accordance with ISO 15195

• The accreditation of Medical Reference Measurement laboratories by KENAS enables the labs to demonstrate a level of competence and global recognition.
  

Pharmaceutical Laboratories in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025

• KENAS accreditation of pharmaceutical laboratories enables pharmaceutical laboratories that are interested in accreditation by demonstrating a level of competence and global recognition.