develop consensus standards for use by TNI's programs. This group has a support role in assisting other programs with activities such as guidance and standards interpretation.
fosters the generation of data of known and documented quality is through the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, or NELAP. The purpose of this program is to establish and implement a program for the accreditation of environmental laboratories.
is to establish and maintain a national PT program to support TNI’s National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, and other activities.
Field Activities Program (NEFAP) Executive Committee is to establish and implement an accreditation program for field sampling and measurement organizations (FSMOs).
on a variety of topics of interest to the environmental measurement community. TNI also hosts two regularly scheduled meetings per year, typically in January and August. Both are a week long and involve open meetings of TNI committees as well as training courses and other special sessions.Request for Proposal (RFP) for Evaluator Training
Date Posted: 10-2-2010
TNI is interested in contracting with an organization to provide special and practical knowledge related to the evaluation of accreditation bodies according to TNI's SOP 3-102 Revision 3, and technical checklist. Training should impart knowledge with the goal that the person(s) or organization(s) being trained will achieve some level of self-sufficiency with regard to the subject matter, and become competent to participate as a member of an accreditation body evaluation team. The Scope of Work consists of providing instruction on the policies, procedures and steps for conducting effective evaluations of NELAP accreditation bodies. Course content is to be based on the latest procedures and checklists adopted by the NELAP Accreditation Council. The documents include a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Evaluation of Accreditation Bodies and a 400-item checklist based upon the 2009 TNI Standard, General Requirements for Accreditation Bodies Accrediting Environmental Laboratories. TNI envisions a one and a half day course to be offered in conjunction with the Forum on Laboratory Accreditation in Savannah, Georgia, at the Hyatt Regency Savannah, on Thursday February 2 and Friday February 3, 2011.
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