Contract Reviews – Does Anybody Really Them?

Abstract

This paper revisits the impacts of using or not using contract reviews and discusses terminology for the reviews. Are they just for ISO 17025i calibration accreditations or does everybody need them? What are the costs of just asking for a calibration from a calibration agency? Is it possible your calibration agency has provided you with an accredited calibration that is not traceable to the SI leaving you with a contractual violation? Questions that date back to around the 5th century BC will be discussed to see if we can break the pattern.