I obviously meant end users in this case. The chain of software delivery often looks like this: Small subcontractor delivers parts of system→ big company prov

I obviously meant end users in this case. The chain of software delivery often looks like this: Small subcontractor delivers parts of system→ big company provides ready to use solution → hardware vendor uses the solution and gets their devices certified → end user uses the final product In this case, the hardware vendor is mostly interested in having their devices work as intended. Everyone up the delivery chain has to meet their requirements in some way to basically get paid. That's not a position where it's easy to make demands regarding certifications, since the hardware vendor may just go to someone else.