The starting for determining fees is typically based on the number of staff under the scope of certification.   Each standard has an audit time look up table based on the employee count. From here, various factors are reviewed to determine if the audit time can be justified down or up. The audit days are then multiplied by the day rate to give the audit fees.  When reviewing fees, you need to review the overall “all in cost”.  Many of Orion competitors show a low day rate but add other items such as project management fees, certificate fees, administration fees, annual fees etc.  If travel expenses are applicable, unlike our competitors, we do not mark up travel related expenses.