Accreditation body

My company (in Singapore) is interested in becoming a accredited body for ISO/IEC 27001. I did some research on my own and it seems that before I could apply for accreditation for ISO/IEC 27001, I would need to accredited for ISO 17201 before I could apply for ISO/IEC 27001. As I have been reading from many sites, it seems a little confusing and I was wondering if you could provide advises on how to become a accredited body for the mentioned ISO. In addition, could you please recommend any body that does such services.
 

Answer:

I think that you can not do it, because each country has a national accreditation body, and it tends to be a public entity (related to the government). In Singapore the accreditation body is this: https://www.sac-accreditation.gov.sg
And also you can see the certification bodies accredited by SAC : https://www.sac-accreditation.gov.sg/accredited-org/certified-cab-companies
Anyway, any company can achieve the ISO 27001 certificate (but it is a completely different thing), and for this, you need to implement the ISMS and after you need to choose a certification body. If you are interested about this, you can read this article "How to choose a certification body" : https://advisera.com/blog/2021/01/11/how-to-choose-an-iso-certification-body/