Qualify to supply Canada's nuclear industry.
Canada's nuclear operators only buy from suppliers with a compliant CSA N299 quality assurance program. Everest builds your complete N299.3 program — the QA manual, procedures, and records — and prepares you for the supplier audit, so you become an approved vendor and can bid nuclear work.
No N299 program, no nuclear work.
Nuclear operators like OPG and Bruce Power require their suppliers to hold a quality program that meets CSA N299, graded by the significance of the items and services you provide. For most fabricators, machine shops, and service suppliers, that means Category 3 — CSA N299.3. Without it, you can't get on the approved vendor list, and you can't quote. A generic ISO program is not the same thing and won't get you qualified. Everest builds a program that is genuinely yours — written for your scope, your processes, and your people, and ready to defend in a supplier audit.
Your complete N299.3 program, built to pass the supplier audit
N299 gap assessment
A clear picture of where your current quality system stands against CSA N299.3, and exactly what has to be built or fixed to qualify.
QA manual development
The core N299.3 quality assurance manual, written to the standard and tailored to the items and services you actually supply.
Procedures & work instructions
The supporting procedures the standard requires — document and record control, purchasing and supplier control, nonconformance, calibration, inspection, and more.
Records, forms & templates
The practical forms and templates your team fills out day to day, so the program produces the evidence an auditor expects to see.
Supplier audit preparation
We pressure-test your program and documentation before the vendor audit, so there are no surprises when the operator's auditor arrives.
Implementation & ongoing support
Training your team, running internal audits, and maintaining the program so it stays compliant as your work and the standard evolve.
Built for suppliers to the nuclear supply chain
- Steel and pipe fabricators pursuing nuclear work
- Machine shops and component suppliers
- Valve, fastener, and parts distributors
- Industrial service and maintenance providers
- Companies a nuclear buyer has asked for N299
- Commercial suppliers moving into nuclear work
Common questions
What is CSA N299.3 and do I need it?+
CSA N299 is the Canadian standard for quality assurance programs supplying items and services to nuclear power plants, graded into four categories by quality impact. Category 3 (N299.3) covers items and services of moderate significance — the level most fabricators, machine shops, and service suppliers need to become an approved nuclear vendor. If a nuclear buyer has asked for your N299 program, or you want to bid nuclear work, you need it.
Which N299 category do I need — .1, .2, .3, or .4?+
It depends on the significance of the items and services you supply. Higher-impact, safety-related work sits in Categories 1 and 2; moderate-significance items and services sit in Category 3; the lowest-impact work sits in Category 4. Most suppliers we work with need Category 3 (N299.3). We confirm the right category with you during the free consult before any work begins.
How is an N299 program different from ISO 9001?+
ISO 9001 is a general quality management standard. CSA N299 is specific to the nuclear supply chain and carries requirements a nuclear operator's audit will check for that ISO does not. If you already run an ISO 9001 system, that's a strong starting point — we build the N299.3 requirements on top of it rather than starting from scratch.
Do you work remotely and across Canada?+
Yes. We are based in Ontario and work with suppliers on site and remotely across Canada. Much of an N299.3 program build — the manual, procedures, records, and audit prep — can be done remotely, with on-site support where it adds value.