ISO 9001 is still the baseline serious buyers ask for
A reminder from the standards desk: ISO 9001 remains the quality-management baseline most tenders and prime contractors expect before a conversation even starts.
ISO 9001 remains the quality-management baseline almost every serious buyer expects - the evidence that a supplier can produce consistently and improve deliberately. For a startup, it is usually the price of a first serious contract rather than a strategic choice.
The official standard is linked below; our practical guide to standing one up without a quality department is the deeper read.