Miami-Dade County Audit Summary

Audit Date: 2/11/2025

Auditor: Juan Ramos, Production Control Inspector for Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources, Quality Assurance Unit

MIS/NTS Personnel Present:

     - Ken Fadden
     - Nick Waggoner
     - John McReynolds
     - Sharif Jones

Summary:
The auditor was pleased on what we showed him in all the lab areas. He did not have any comments or items that he felt we needed to improve or change to continue providing services in Miami-Dade County. A few of the many positive statements stood out and were mentioned several times throughout the audit. Those items were as follows:

The first was that the organization, lack of clutter, and how professional the lab areas were during his tour. He mentioned that our lab organization was one of the best he had ever seen. He highlighted the calibration office as especially impressive for cleanliness and organization. He also, stated that when the organization and presentation of the facility is impressive, it typically translates into a high level of performance in the testing process. Items such as documentation, execution of the testing requirements, and following our internal procedures and work instructions tends to be at a higher quality level.
The second was that he was impressed that we design and build much of our test fixtures and apparatus on site. He stated that it shows a thorough understanding of our current testing and any new tests we will be performing for new and existing clients. He liked the curtain wall that was built behind the building. He went out to the curtain wall to get a close up look at it.

The third was that he liked our documentation. He stated that our system policies, procedures, work instructions and forms were consistent with regards to the presentation. The same templates were used for each document. Things like the margins, numbering scheme etc. were consistent from one document to the next. The documents he reviewed he felt were well thought out and he could tell they were not just thrown together. He wanted to see if we reviewed our documents annually as we state in our Document Control procedure QP-103. Each document he viewed was reviewed as required. The revision table on the last page of each document was populated with the date of review and the reviewer, as evidence. He was also shown our master document matrix EIR-013 Master Document List which is the trigger as to when the documents were due for review.

The audit was short. We were able to provide all documents and/or evidence he requested in a timely manner. He had already reviewed the documents he mentioned before the audit since they were provided in advance.
The updated lab certificate from Miami-Dade was received on 2/19/2025 with no action items due from MIS/NTS. We are approved to continue testing for clients in Miami-Dade County for another year.

Next audit will be in February of 2026.