Tunac

What Tunac does

TUNAC (Conseil National d'Accréditation / Tunisian Accreditation Council) is Tunisia's national accreditation body, operating as a government state entity under the Ministry of Industry. Its core function is to evaluate the competence and impartiality of conformity assessment bodies — laboratories, certification bodies, and inspection bodies — against international standards. The organization itself operates under ISO/IEC 17011:2017, the standard governing accreditation bodies, and assesses clients against a portfolio of standards including ISO/IEC 17025 (calibration and testing laboratories), ISO 15189 (medical laboratories), ISO/IEC 17020 (inspection bodies), ISO/IEC 17065 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 (certification bodies), ISO/IEC 17024 (person certification), and ISO/IEC 17043 (proficiency testing providers). Two additional schemes — reference material producer accreditation (ISO 17034) and verification and validation services (ISO 17029) — are under development.

The organization runs a unified service portfolio organized around accreditation, supplemented by training programs on ISO standards, quality management consulting, and a digital services portal (go.nsf) handling online accreditation requests, complaint filing, appeals, client satisfaction surveys, and evaluator/expert applications. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; quotations are issued on request through the online platform. The revenue model is fee-based accreditation services augmented by training and quality management support, distributed through the Tunis headquarters and an international footprint extending into African and Arab countries. There is no disclosed marketing or sales team; client acquisition is driven by the regulatory necessity of accreditation and by the organization's standing within the global accreditation network.

TUNAC maintains international recognition through mutual recognition agreements with the European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA), the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). With approximately 54 employees, the organization adapted operations during COVID-19 by launching a remote work platform in March 2020 and resuming on-site evaluations from June 2020. Activity reports are published from 2018 through 2024, indicating sustained operating activity. Note: the firmographic record lists year_founded as 1994, while another source attributes the first documented activity report to 2018 — this discrepancy is not reconciled in the available data.

Name

Tunac

Legal name

Conseil National d'Accréditation

Website

https://tunac.tn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TUNAC (Conseil National d'Accréditation) is Tunisia's national accreditation body, evaluating laboratories, certification bodies, and inspection organizations against ISO/IEC standards. It serves conformity assessment bodies domestically and across African and Arab countries via EA, ILAC, and IAF recognition.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Accreditation Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (926150), Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Standards, Metrology & Accreditation Bodies (BPAIAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

International/Transnational Accreditation & Recognition Bodies (EDADACAG), Accreditation Standards, Benchmarking & Framework Organizations (EDADACAJ)

Keywords

• Accreditation services
• Conformity assessment
• ISO standards compliance
• Laboratory accreditation
• Certification bodies

Headquarters

HQ city

Tunis

HQ country

Tunisia

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

TUNAC is Tunisia's national accreditation body that evaluates and accredits conformity assessment bodies—including calibration and testing laboratories, medical laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies for management systems and products, proficiency testing providers, and personnel certification bodies—against international ISO standards. Operating under ISO/IEC 17011:2017, TUNAC issues accreditations that provide formal recognition of competence and enable international acceptance through mutual recognition agreements with EA, ILAC, and IAF.

Product overview

Tunac (Tunisian National Accreditation Council) is a government accreditation body that operates as a single unified service offering. The organization provides accreditation services for conformity assessment bodies, including laboratories, certification bodies, and inspection bodies. The core offerings include laboratory accreditation (calibration, testing/analysis, medical), inspection body accreditation, and certification body accreditation (management systems, products, persons). Supporting services include training programs on ISO standards, an online services portal for administrative procedures, and quality management consulting. International recognition is maintained through agreements with EA (European Accreditation), ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation), and IAF (International Accreditation Forum).

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Products and services

• Laboratory Accreditation Services Accreditation services for calibration laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025), testing and analysis laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025), and medical laboratories (ISO 15189) based on international standards. Evaluates technical competence and measurement traceability for laboratories in Tunisia and internationally.
• Inspection Body Accreditation Accreditation of inspection bodies according to ISO/IEC 17020 requirements. Provides formal recognition of competence for organizations performing third-party inspections.
• Certification Body Accreditation Accreditation services for certification bodies covering management systems (ISO/IEC 17021-1 for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, ISO 45001, ISO/IEC 27001), product certification (ISO/IEC 17065), and personnel certification (ISO/IEC 17024). Also covers PAFC Basin du Congo NORM-002-2020-1.
• Proficiency Testing Provider Accreditation Accreditation of proficiency testing providers according to ISO/IEC 17043. Enables organizers of inter-laboratory comparison programs to gain accreditation.
• Reference Material Production Accreditation Accreditation for reference material producers according to ISO 17034. Currently under development according to the TUNAC website.
• Verification and Validation Services Verification and validation services accredited according to ISO 17029. Currently under development according to the TUNAC website.
• Training Services Training programs organized for collaborators and partners on ISO standards and accreditation requirements. Covers topics related to ISO standards and accreditation specialties.
• Quality Management Services Establishment of documentary and corrective procedures for improving all management phases. Provides quality management consulting to organizations.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EA (European Cooperation for Accreditation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMutual recognition agreement enabling international recognition of accreditation services. Through rigorous evaluations aligned with ISO/IEC 17011:2017, TUNAC extends its accreditation services to African and Arab countries under this partnership.
• ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation for laboratory accreditation providing mutual recognition and international acceptance of accredited laboratory results and services.
• IAF (International Accreditation Forum)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal association of accreditation bodies facilitating international recognition of certification and inspection body accreditations through mutual recognition arrangements.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation): US-based accreditation body focused on calibration/testing laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025) and inspection bodies (ISO/IEC 17020). A2LA is even explicitly linked on TUNAC's inter-laboratory comparison page and represents a comparable laboratory-accreditation specialist.
• COFRAC (Comité Français d'Accréditation): France's national accreditation body and an EA/ILAC/IAF MRA signatory. COFRAC accredits labs, certifiers, and inspectors across the same ISO/IEC scheme family (17025, 17020, 17065, 17024, 17043, 15189) that TUNAC covers.
• CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment): China's national accreditation body, ILAC/IAF/APAC signatory, offering accreditation across laboratories (17025, 15189), certification (17065, 17021), inspection (17020), and PT providers (17043) — an exact scope-mate to TUNAC.
• DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle): Germany's national accreditation body operating under ISO/IEC 17011 with full EA/ILAC/IAF recognition. DAkkS is comparable in scope (labs, certification, inspection), structure (government-affiliated), and international MRA footprint.
• United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS): UK's national accreditation body, operating under ISO/IEC 17011 with ILAC/IAF/EA MRA signatory status. UKAS accredits laboratories, certification, and inspection bodies across the same conformity assessment scopes as TUNAC, making it the closest functional mirror.
• ANAB (ANSI National Accreditation Board): US-based national accreditation body (ILAC/IAF/APAC MRA signatory) accrediting management systems certification bodies, labs, and inspection bodies on the same ISO/IEC standards used by TUNAC.
• SAS (Swiss Accreditation Service): Switzerland's national accreditation body (EA/ILAC/IAF signatory), providing accreditation of testing/calibration/medical labs, certification, and inspection bodies using the same ISO/IEC scheme framework as TUNAC.

Regional players

• EIAC (Emirates International Accreditation Centre): GCC-based regional accreditation body serving the Arab world with ILAC/IAF MRA signatory status. EIAC directly overlaps with TUNAC in regional Arabic-market accreditation services and competing for the same Gulf/Maghreb conformity assessment bodies.
• EGAC (Egyptian Accreditation Council): Egypt's national accreditation body serving the same MENA region as TUNAC, with ILAC/IAF MRA signatory status and overlapping scopes (17025, 15189, 17020, 17065). A directly comparable regional competitor for North African certification market share.

Others

• AFRAC (African Accreditation Cooperation): Continental accreditation cooperation body for Africa (ILAC/IAF-affiliated regional group). TUNAC operates within the AFRAC orbit and benefits from its MLA arrangements; AFRAC is an ecosystem participant enabling mutual recognition across African national ABs including TUNAC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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