Supporting Templates for Service Provider Approval
Supporting pro formæ documents
Document | File |
|---|---|
| Application for Service Approval - ASA | |
| Service Description - S3A | |
| Statement of Conformity - SoC | Please refer to Classes of Approval to indicate which Service Assessment Criteria is applicable. Required by the Specification of a Service Subject to Assessment (S3A)- see section 5.2 (above). The SoC has to be completed according to the type of service the SP wishes to have approved and not all criteria in its selected SAC will necessarily apply. Applicants may create their own SoCs, but Kantara provides all SAC as XLS worksheets which can be used as the basis for the SoC and allow for i) the specification of the criterion tag; ii) how the criterion is fulfilled, and iii) the source(s) of evidence. |
| Kantara Assessor Report - KAR | |
| IAF Trademark License Agreement - TMLA |
Application Process
1) Initial Application
This stage is the ARB’s first formal notification of the SP’s intentions to have their service assessed and is the ARB’s opportunity to ensure that, prior to any assessment commencing, the SP understands what is
expected of them, that they have accepted their obligations through the appropriate agreements, that the service is, in principle, suitable for Approval by Kantara, subject to the service being found conformant to the applicable criteria, and that an appropriate set of criteria have been identified and which align to the description of the service.
Initial Application Package: the collection of documentation required to make an initial application to Kantara to have a service registered and to be able to engage an Accredited Assessor for the performance of an Assessment. Documents: Application for Service Approval; Outline of Specification of a Service Subject to Assessment (S3A); Outline of Statement of Conformity (SoC);
Approval Package: the collection of documentation required to apply for Kantara’s Approval of a registered service following its Assessment and a finding of conformity. Documents: Kantara Assessor’s Report (KAR), completed Statement of Conformity (SoC), detailed Service Subject to Assessment (S3A) and updated application form.
Read More: Service Approval Handbook