ISO consulting pricing: one all-inclusive proposal, built on your scope.

It depends on your scope, so Sterling does not quote a universal price. The standard or standards, the activities and sites covered, headcount, how mature your processes are and the support level you choose, Design™ or Drive™, all shape the fee. After a free discovery call a Sterling consultant sends a scoped, all-inclusive proposal for consulting, Effivity and Sterling Academy access, and the certification body's costs shown on their own line.

Because a list would be accurate for almost nobody. Two organisations certifying to the same standard can differ so much in sites, headcount and starting maturity that one figure would overcharge one and underprice the other. A proposal built on your own facts is more useful to you, and there is nothing to sign before you see it.

Yes. The fee for Sterling's work, software and learning is agreed in the proposal and does not move if the work takes longer than we planned, for example when a document needs another round or a finding needs more support to close. The proposal sets out its assumptions and exclusions in writing, so you can see exactly what the figure covers before you accept it.

No. The certification body's audit days, travel and surveillance arrangements are separate from Sterling's fee and appear as their own line, so you can compare the full programme cost across offers. The contract with the body is yours. Sterling helps you compare quotations from accredited bodies and checks their accreditation, but Sterling does not certify and never folds a certificate into its own invoice.

The support level is part of the scope, so the proposal is priced on the model you choose. Under Design™ your team implements under our expert advice and supervision; under Drive™ Sterling designs and builds under your approval and carries more of the work. Both include Effivity, Sterling Academy access, the Sterling Promise and the same all-inclusive terms. If you are undecided, say so on the discovery call.

Each adds to the scope the proposal covers: more sites mean more locations to implement, train and prepare for audit, and each standard brings its own requirements. Several standards can be built as one integrated system with shared document control, internal audit and management review, planned as one programme with one engagement team and one Effivity workspace. The proposal shows how your combination has been scoped.

Yes. Starting maturity is one of the six drivers. The gap analysis keeps what already works and plans only the gaps, so an organisation with established, followed procedures has less to build than one starting from nothing. Tell us on the discovery call what exists today, even if it is informal or out of date, and the proposal will reflect it.

Payments are tied to deliverables rather than to dates: the gap analysis report, the documented system, the internal audit and the certificate. You pay as the work is completed, and each milestone is set out in the proposal next to the deliverable it follows. The exact schedule for your engagement is agreed in that proposal before any work begins.

Five facts are enough: the standard or the customer requirement behind it, the activities and sites to cover, approximate headcount, whether a system or certificate exists today, and your deadline if there is one. Share them on the enquiry form or during the discovery call. No manual or document pack is needed, and a Sterling consultant in your region replies within one working day.