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National Metrology Institute of South Africa

The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) is responsible for maintaining the SI units and to maintain and develop primary scientific standards of physical quantities for SA and compare those standards with other national standards to ensure global measurement equivalence. It must also provide reference analysis in the case of a measurement dispute and maintain and develop primary methods for chemical analysis to certify reference materials for SA and the region.

Tender opportunity

The National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) currently has opportunities available to tender for the supply of equipment. More information is available on the tenders page.

Latest News

1. Change of NMISA certificate/report paper - Effective 1 April 2011

As an outcome of a business review, the NMISA will be changing to a new certificate and report paper effective 1 April 2011. There will also be some minor changes in the layout of the certificates and reports. Read More

2. NMISA Annual Report 2011

Tender Results

3. NMISA-09-T0002 - NMISA Insurance Tender

Results of Insurance Tender: The NMISA has appointed Glenrand M.I.B as its Insurance Broker.

The NMISA would like to thank all companies who have tendered.

4. NMISA-10-T0001 - IT Infrastructure Tender

Results of IT Infrastructure Tender: The NMISA has appointed TENET (Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa) as its Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Background: As a Type 3A Public Entity that reports to the dti, the NMISA qualifies to be connected to the SANReN (South African National Research Network) network.

TENET is the only provider to operate the transmission and routing infrastructure of the SANReN network, and is responsible for arranging peering and transit agreements with other research networks and with commercial ISP's locally and worldwide for the SANReN network.

As part of our tender the NMISA would prefer to have a "Hosted Exchange Solution" option. TENET does not provide this service and the NMISA has chosen Acctech Systems to provide the necessary infrastructure to host our E-Mail Exchange Solution.

The NMISA would like to thank all the companies who have tendered to host the NMISA's IT Infrastructure.

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Newsletter December 2010 PDF Download

Stories

Celebrating our African Relations
More than 40 delegates from across the continent attended, as well as delegates from APMP, COOMET, EURAMET , SIM, the BIPM, UNIDO and AFSEC. Read More

Regional and International News
Metrology underpins all trade. As the leading metrology institute in Africa, the
NMISA plays a major role in both SADC and Africa metrology development. Read More

NMISA educates rural school pupils about Metrology as a career
The pupils were educated about Metrology and given practical examples of Metrology at work in South African industries. The educa-tional road show specifically targeted Grade nine students as they have not yet made a decision on which subjects to take during their remaining school years. Read More

The NMISA honors our achievers for 2010
The NMISA held its Annual Awards Function on Friday 3 September 2010. Read More

NMISA celebrates World Metrology Day with a soccer fun day
With Soccer fever running high during May the NMISA decided to celebrate the 2010 World Metrology Day by hosting a soccer fun day for staff. Read More

NMISA staff member defends her PhD
The NMISA would like to congratulate Angelique Botha from our Gas Laboratory for successfully defending her PhD in Chemistry. Read More

New staff members at the NMISA. Read More