Please address the reviewer’s comments and questions thoroughly and in a timely manner. Remember that submittals from applicants are reviewed and will be given comments within two weeks.

Please provide a complete set of submittals in order to have an efficient review. Submitting additional data will require the reviewers time and effort to sort thru superfluous data and can potentially delay the process

Please note that organized submittals minimize the time since they would be easy to follow and would eliminate the extra time our reviewers would need to reorganize them.

Note: An application and report number will be issued to start your evaluation process.  These numbers will be referenced on all correspondence with you in order to track your application accordingly.
  

The technical reviewer will send a comment letter with comments/questions that need to be addressed before the report is finalized or a letter of concurrence along with a draft evaluation report.

The reviewer will send you another comment letter with comments that have not been resolved in the first place. Subsequent comments may be added based upon new data that was submitted.

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

Should there be a need to be develop an Evaluation Criteria, we will provide a draft Evaluation Criteria template for your use as a guideline to draft your proposed criteria based on your expertise of the product.

Note that upon receipt of your proposed draft Evaluation Criteria, IAPMO staff will work with you in order to develop a cohesive criterion in a timely manner. Once your criterion is developed it will be scheduled for an Evaluation Service Committee meeting.

Evaluation Service Committee meetings are open to the public where any interested party may comment on a proposed criteria. (Click here)

Once a criterion is adopted, it can be utilized for proper testing and to incorporate the criteria into the evaluation report.
  

We will notify you in writing if whether the Evaluation Criteria for your current application will be applicable to your product. If not, an Evaluation Criterion can be developed for your product.

UES technical reviewer will work with you, and your technical staff, to develop a proposed criterion.
  
We will place the proposed criteria on the agenda for the next available Evaluation Service Committee meeting.

UES technical staff will be at the committee meeting to present the proposed criteria. Criteria must be approved by a majority of the Evaluation Services Committee.

We will advise you in our comment letter if additional testing is needed for substantiation of your product.

TEST REPORTS:

IAPMO UES accepts test reports from accredited laboratory organizations such as IAS, A2LA, NVLAP, ACLASS, or SCC. Note that the laboratory must be accredited for the specific type of testing that you are having done for your IAPMO Evaluation Report.

IAPMO UES requires that all products subject to listing must be tested at IAPMO ES accredited laboratories as specified in ES-011. Click here
  

QUALITY CONTROL DOCUMENTATION:

An optional pre-audit checklist is available for the client to complete before the pre-listing inspection. For a copy of ES-010 (Click here).

If your product is manufactured at more than one plant, you may have one set of documentation that covers them all, as long as the quality assurance manuals are consistent on all the manufacturing facilities.

Prior to the manufacturing plant inspection, make sure your quality system documentation satisfies all the requirements of ES-010.
  

TABLES AND FIGURES:

Note: Illustrations must be submitted electronically, preferably in MS Word or Excel format.
 

If applicable to your report, we will require figures, or illustrations to be submitted.

INSPECTIONS:

Before the evaluation report is issued a satisfactory initial inspection must be completed.

Unannounced inspections will be performed at least once a year upon issuance of the evaluation report.
 

We will notify you when we schedule the initial inspection of your
plant(s). Please note that your evaluation report is finalized, continuous compliance inspections will be unannounced without prior notice on a yearly basis.

QUALIFYING INSPECTION OF MANUFACTURING PLANT

Please note that the Quality Assurance System for your facility should be per ES-010 (Click here).

Make sure the plant is operating so as to meet all requirements of ES-010.

Note: Corrective Action Requests written during the inspection within 30 days must be addressed by providing documentation in writing for actions taken.

An optional pre-audit checklist is provided to aid the manufacturer with ensuring that their QA system includes the required minimum qualifications. Manufacturers may use optional pre-audit checklist or ES-010 Minimum Requirements for Listee’s Quality Assurance System when preparing and checking their QA system.

The inspection will be documented on an Inspection Report Form. (Click here)

Upon receipt of your action for all Corrective Action Requests, from the inspection; we will notify you that the request has been accepted.

Note upon finalizing all requirements, we will schedule a Technical Committee meeting whereby a majority vote is required to approve the issuance of the evaluation report.

Once the report is published, there will one unannounced continuous compliance inspection per year.

Note that when your report has been approved by the Uniform Evaluation Service Technical Committee it will be posted on our website. You will then be notified that the report can be used and the Uniform-ES Mark of Conformity can be placed on your approved product.

Note that if there is a question regarding your report by Building Officials we will provide support to solve the discrepancies.

A new Uniform Evaluation Report is renewable on a yearly basis. We will notify you when your evaluation report renewal date approaches.