Deadline: 27 March 2025
Mandatory Exemption Application for Foreign-Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies
The Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) informs all conformity assessment bodies in Kenya accredited by foreign bodies to apply for exemption from KENAS accreditation. This requirement, effective from 27th December 2024, mandates compliance by 27th March 2025. Apply through the Exemption Application Application Form .
Please submit the completed application and documents to the e-mail: [email protected]. For any enquiries, please reach us on +254 20 484 0000
Please submit the completed application and documents to the e-mail: [email protected]. For any enquiries, please reach us on +254 20 484 0000
Note: The exemption agreement will only be signed by the CAB after acceptance of the application and evaluation of the fees payable.
Gazette Notice NO.11785
The State Corporation Act
(Cap. 446)
THE KENYA ACCREDITATION SERVICE ORDER,
2009
(L.N. 55 OF 2009)
SCHEDULES OF FEES
IN EXERCISE of powers conferred by paragraph II of the Kenya Accreditation Service Order, 2009, the Board of Kenya Accreditation Service makes the following schedules of fees:
FIRST SCHEDULE
Assessment fees
All scopes (Minimum)
Rate (KES)
Application
40,000
Document Review
95,000
Assessment (initial)
250,000
Total
385,000
SECOND SCHEDULE
Other Charges
All scopes (Minimum)
Rate (KES)
Pre-assessment
50,000
Additional Assessor per day
60,000
Application for Extension (all inclusive, except for VAT)
250,000
Review of re-submitted Documents
45,000
THIRD SCHEDULE
Annual fees
All scopes (Minimum)
Rate (KES)
Annual Accreditation Fee
192,500
NOTE:
- a) Any fee charged shall be subject to value added tax.
- b) The assessment fee has taken into account one assessor unit for two days.
- c) 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.
- d) 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.
- e) The Kenya Accreditation Service shall retain as penalty ten percent in value of accreditation assessments that are canceled less than five days to the assessment date. Gazettement as at 23rd August, 2012
Mandatory Exemption Application for Foreign-Accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies
The Kenya Accreditation Service (KENAS) informs all conformity assessment bodies in Kenya accredited by foreign bodies to apply for exemption from KENAS accreditation. This requirement, effective from 27th December 2024, mandates compliance by 27th March 2025. Apply through the Exemption Application Application Form .
Please submit the completed application and documents to the e-mail: [email protected]. For any enquiries, please reach us on +254 20 484 0000
Please submit the completed application and documents to the e-mail: [email protected]. For any enquiries, please reach us on +254 20 484 0000
Note: The exemption agreement will only be signed by the CAB after acceptance of the application and evaluation of the fees payable.
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