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.
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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.
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Tender Results
1. 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.
2. 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 May 2010 PDF Download
Stories
Soccer Fever at NMISA
20 May is World Metrology Day. The international theme for this year is: .
'Metrology - measurements in Science and Technology
- a bridge to innovation'. 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
National Quality Awards
Many South African enterprises have risen to the challenge of competing on a
global scale and are successfully exporting goods and services around the world,
using various methods to improve the quality of their products. Read More
Deputy President of SA gets more informed about
NMISA’s laser project
Deputy President Kgalema Mothlanthe paid a
working visit to Tunisia in early April. The purpose of this visit was to assess
progress achieved in the various areas where SA and Tunisia co-operate. Read More
Clearing Hazy Skies During the past two years the laboratory took up several opportunities to improve the level of accuracy at which it can provide measurement traceability for automotive emissions monitoring. Read More
Extending the range for relative humidity Measurements of relative humidity are important in many industries such as paper production, pharmaceuticals and food, particularly during storage and transport. Read More
Test & Measurement Conference 2010. Read More
New Employees. Read More