2025 Audit Renewals
If you have been accepted into the QP Merit Program, your 2025 renewal invoice will only include administrative fees for the programs you currently hold. Current legacy SSPC RAP companies will be enrolled automatically in the QP Merit Program for 2025 but must reapply by July 1, 2025, for the 2026 season.
Additionally, the Maintenance Renewal Applications (for QP 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9, as well as QS1 and QN1), or QP5 Maintenance Renewal Application, with the appropriate documents are required and are due by December 15, 2025.
If you have not received your renewal notification by October 15th, it is your responsibility to contact us at QPApplications@ampp.org. There will be no exceptions on the late fees if not paid by the deadline this year. (We do not wish to assess late fees; however late submittals add significantly to the cost of processing renewal applications.) Please make sure you are keeping your contact information updated by sending an email of changes to QPApplications@ampp.org.
Additionally, the Maintenance Renewal Applications (for QP 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9, as well as QS1 and QN1), or QP5 Maintenance Renewal Application, with the appropriate documents are required and are due by December 15, 2025.
If you have not received your renewal notification by October 15th, it is your responsibility to contact us at QPApplications@ampp.org. There will be no exceptions on the late fees if not paid by the deadline this year. (We do not wish to assess late fees; however late submittals add significantly to the cost of processing renewal applications.) Please make sure you are keeping your contact information updated by sending an email of changes to QPApplications@ampp.org.
Help us, help you
If you have suggestions on facility owners, asset owners, or engineering firms that are not specifying QP for their projects, please share the contact information for that organization at QPInfo@ampp.org. We would be happy to reach out to them and enlighten them on the advantages of using a QP accredited contactor or inspection company.
Active QP Field and Shop Coating Audit Checklist - NEW
This form is intended for Industrial/Marine Coating Contractors and Blast and Coat Shop Project Managers, Superintendents, Site Foremen, QCS’s, etc., to use as a tool to ensure their active coating projects are prepared for both project compliance and QP audits.
QP Merit Program
A few reminders of major changes to this program that supersedes the legacy SSPC RAP (Random Audit Program) qualifications:
- Eligible Accreditation Programs include: QP1, QP2, QP3, QP6, QP8, QP9 & QS1 (QP5 is currently not included.)
- Your organization must have completed a minimum of 3 years in ALL QP programs held to qualify.
- Companies cannot receive more than 2 “CAP” resolved minor findings for which any QP accreditation is held during the prior three (3) years to be eligible to participate in the QP Merit Program.
- In qualifying non-audit years, eligible companies will only be responsible for an administrative fee but will still be required to submit an annual Accreditation Maintenance Renewal Application by December 15th.
- This program is evaluated annually, and you must reapply by July 1st to be eligible for the following year.
- AMPP reserves the right to perform random, announced, or unannounced audits at AMPP’s expense and discretion during non-audit years. The Merit Program member must remain in compliance during a random audit.
If you qualified for 2025, congratulations! If not, we will send out reminders and welcome you to apply for the QP Merit Program for 2026. Annual applications for all must be submitted no later than July 1, 2025, to be eligible to participate on April 1, 2026.For more information about the QP Merit Program, visit QP Merit Program Application and Program Rules.
Job Notification changes for 2025
- Beginning January 1, 2025, Job Notifications will be required for ALL Accredited programs (previously only required for QP1, QP2, and QP5).
- The Job Notification form for QP 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and 9, plus QS1 and QN1 can be found here: Job Notifications . If you need to submit a Job Notification for QP 5, click here. AMPP keeps all Job Notification information in strict confidence.
- Parameters for required Job Notifications:
- Accredited contractors are required to submit job information on “reportable” jobs to AMPP within 15 days of contract award or project is to begin. Reportable jobs are defined as:
If you qualified for 2025, congratulations! If not, we will send out reminders and welcome you to apply for the QP Merit Program for 2026. Annual applications for all must be submitted no later than July 1, 2025, to be eligible to participate on April 1, 2026.For more information about the QP Merit Program, visit QP Merit Program Application and Program Rules.
- All prime contracts for public work that involve coating and related work with a dollar value of $100,000 or greater.
- All public contracts (issued by federal, state, or local governments) for coating work in which you are the subcontractor, regardless of the contract amount.
- All coating and related work where a QP accreditation is contract-specified or when QP is included in the contractor qualification/evaluation process.
NOTE: Changes in the schedule and scope of a project require a resubmittal of the Job Notification for that project.
Disciplinary Action Criteria (DAC) revisions
A task group was formed by the Accreditation Program Committee (APC) to update the Disciplinary Action Criteria (DAC) for accredited contractors and procedures for administering disciplinary action. The committee members felt that new and more stringent Disciplinary Action Criteria and administrative procedures were needed to supplement the annual and unannounced technical audits used prior to the DAC as the sole method for determining whether a contractor obtains or retains accreditation status. The new DAC has been approved by the APC and it is now in legal review.
- Adding new “Critical Fault” categories for confirmed wage and hourly worker payment violations.
- Adding new “Severe” and “Critical Fault” language for subcontracting to a non-accredited contractor without facility owner approval on a project requiring QP accreditation
- Reorganizing listing of “Faults” by category from Serious to Severe for easy comparison (e.g., listing safety practice faults from Serious to Very Severe in the same section)
- Amending “Quality of Service” Category to include failure to meet project requirements at final acceptance inspection with no resolution of “outstanding” non-conformities.
Revised QP application and procedures
AMPP has revised the QP Accreditation Application and submittal procedures to simplify and streamline the application process for both initial applicants and for existing program members applying to add QP accreditations.
You can check out the new application and submittal instructions here.
You can check out the new application and submittal instructions here.
QP Accreditation Program Rules update
The QP Accreditation Program Rules have been updated. The “Rules” document has been reorganized for easier understanding. While few changes to the rules were made in the update, several important clarifications were made including when Corrective Action Plans (CAPS) may be requested for ‘minor’ findings and when annual accreditation renewal applications and payments are due (being extended this year to December 31st, 2023, due to being sent late).
Please take a few minutes to review the program rules to ensure your organization is in compliance. Please contact us if you have any questions about the QP Program Rules update.
Please take a few minutes to review the program rules to ensure your organization is in compliance. Please contact us if you have any questions about the QP Program Rules update.
New guide for job site documentation for QP 1 and QP 2
A guide is available to help with documentation requirements for QP 1 and QP 2 jobs. This guide will help with needed documentation at the job site to make sure necessary items in the areas of personnel, project documents, references, quality control, and EH&S are available.