 This was a result of the Henderson Committee report which recommended a prestigious quality award for industry in the UK, following the success of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the US.The BQA was seen as the natural candidate to run the award, but felt it was not well placed to do so due to its ties to the IQA.At the end of 1992 the BQA was wound up and the BQF started as an independent organisation.