RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

National Measurement & Regulation Office

TESTING OF AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES (LEAD-ACID STARTERS) FOR COMPLIANCE WITH CAPACITY LABELLING OF AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS LEGISLATION

R&DCPV 73111000
Value£15k
Awarded13 Aug 2015
Published23 Jul 2015
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£15ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

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The brief

The National Measurement & Regulation Office (NMRO) (formerly the National Measurement Office) has a requirement for the testing of automotive batteries and accumulators (lead-acid starters) to verify compliance with the following regulation: • EU No 1103/2010 (Capacity labelling of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators).

Testing may be used as part of a criminal investigation.

Therefore the supplier must confirm that they can fulfil the evidential traceability requirements laid out in ISO 17025 for supplying evidence that may be used as part of a prosecution.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Therefore the supplier must confirm that they

Therefore the supplier must confirm that they can fulfil the evidential traceability requirements laid out in ISO 17025 for supplying evidence that may be used as part of a prosecution.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ISO 17025 (testing & calibration laboratories)says mustStandards you certify to
Therefore the supplier must confirm that they can fulfil the evidential traceability requirements laid out in ISO 17025 for supplying evidence that may be used as part of a prosecution.

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Stage
contract · Contract
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