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THE FEE SCHEDULE

The fee schedule is for the financial year 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

This schedule lists the PNGLAS fees for accreditation services covering laboratories for the financial year 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 Any fees for PNGLAS services not listed here can be obtained by contacting the PNGLAS office.tional Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology is the National Standards Body responsible for overseeing to all standardization, quality assurance and conformity assessment activities in Papua New Guinea. Enacted as an Act of Parliament in 1993 – NISIT Act 1993, the Institute commenced operations in 1994 with the responsibility for national standardization activities in Papua New Guinea.

ACCREDITATION FEES

• Note 1:All time spent in servicing the advisory visit, documentation review and initial assessment is charged at K150.00/hour/technical unit. Such time would include preparation, on-site visit, report writing and post assessment activities. Any follow-up activities during the application process are charged at K150.00/hour/technical unit, plus costs.
• Note 2: All travel, accommodation and associated expenses will be charged at cost in addition to the fees listed above. In scheduling initial assessment visits, every effort will be made to arrange other work in the area to help minimise these associated costs.
• Note 3: An additional application fee (K1500.00) is charged if the initial assessment has not been conducted within twelve months of the date of application and the delay has been caused substantially by the testing authority. If the application is still pending after one year of the application date, the application will lapse.

• Note 4: See Notes 1 and 2 above
• Note 5: The accreditation renewal fee is paid 3 - 6 months prior to expiry date of laboratories’ accreditation. The fee is a partial payment (deposit) for the processing of the application for renewal of accreditation.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES

Annual Membership fees consist of one administration fee for each accreditation and a technical unit(s) fee for each field of testing. These fees are charged at a rate dependent on the distance of the accredited organization from the PNGLAS head office (HO). Organizations located outside of Port Moresby or the PNGLAS HO will pay more to cover the additional costs of servicing them. These fees are as follows

• Note 6: For a Zone 1 facility, the administration fee is K1, 200.00 and each technical unit fee is K600.00. The number of technical units is a measure of the scope of accreditation and equates to the use of specific technical expertise needed to assess each unit over an assessment or reassessment cycle.
• Note 7: Annual membership fees are levied from the date of the initial assessment and reassessment of the facility.
• Note 8: Time and travel costs including accommodation and meals are levied for onsite visits of laboratories under normal surveillance periods.

VARIATIONS TO SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION

All time spent in servicing variations to the scope of accreditation will be charged at K150.00/hour. Such time would include preparation, on-site visit, report writing and post assessment activities. All costs including travel, accommodation, etc are passed on at cost.

OTHER FEES

• Follow-up initial assessment visits and follow-up reassessment visits are charged at K150.00/hour/technical unit for all time spent in servicing these activities plus travel, accommodation and related costs. Such time would include preparation, on-site visits, report writing and post assessment activities.
• When a laboratory is placed on a shortened reassessment interval arising from a need for closer surveillance, such visits are charged at K150.00/hour/technical unit for all time spent in servicing these activities plus costs.
• Where a laboratory refuses to accept all suitable, available local assessors, all costs of travel, accommodation and other expenses to bring assessors from other locations are passed onto the laboratory.
• Fees for proficiency testing and measurement audits are charged at cost.

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TRAININGS

PNGLAS occasionally organises training including Quality Management in the Laboratory and Internal Audits for clients. There is no fixed fee for the training that are conducted. The fees charged depend on the number of participants, cost of venue, training materials and trainers’ fees.

GOVERNMENT GRANTS

The Scheme through NISIT receives annual government grants for permanent staff salaries and operation. It should be noted that the government grants for PNGLAS operations are not sufficient and therefore the fees that we charge and collect compliment the shortfall.