There is information on this page about creating a new submission for the programme. We recommend reading the weighting system information before submitting your product or service for review.

If you have already reviewed this information, you can add a new product submission . Please remember that product certification information is available to all Certified Open users and does not include any personal information in your submission.

You can also view your existing certified products or modify your account. If you modify a product which has been certified, the product will have to be reviewed again by Certified Open.

You can contact us if you have any questions.

The Weighting System

The certification is based on scores for each section and for the framework as a whole. In each section of the framework question are weighted according to their relative value. For example, "Perfect substitutability" would get a high score and "No substitutability" would get a low score.

The final score is based on the total for each section divided by the number of sections used to certify the product. Please complete all sections appropriate to your product. All products must complete the Business View.

- Gold certification is equal to a total score of 90% or more
- Silver certification is equal to a total score of 70% or more
- Bronze certification is equal to a total score of 50% or more

It is important to ensure that relevant views are not skipped in order to manipulate the points score. If applicable views are left out the applicant has three options:
- Change the submission to include views that should apply
- Appeal against the inclusion of the additional views
- Withdraw the application

Certified Open does not use multipliers to weigh the outcome. Different questions have different numbers of answers depending on the context of the question.

You can read the Product and Services Framework for full details of the framework, the weighting system and the terms used.