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.
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. 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). ___________________________________________ Newsletter December 2010
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Stories Celebrating our African Relations Regional and International News NMISA educates rural school pupils about Metrology as a career The NMISA honors our achievers for 2010 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
The NMISA would like to thank all companies who have tendered.
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.
More than 40 delegates from across the continent attended, as well as delegates
from APMP, COOMET, EURAMET , SIM, the BIPM, UNIDO and AFSEC.
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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
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 held its Annual Awards Function on Friday 3 September 2010. Read More