EMA - Calibration of Masses - SM

The State of Illinois, through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security's Division of Nuclear Safety, awarded an Open Market Small Purchase contract to Certified Balance & Scale for the provision of laboratory mass testing and certification services. The three-year contract, valued at $15,000, runs from August 12, 2026, through August 11, 2029, with a maximum allowable term of ten years. Certified Balance & Scale, headquartered at 15727 Swanson Road, Building A, Sycamore, Illinois, will serve as the prime contractor under contract identifier R-324585/P-98505.

Under this agreement, Certified Balance & Scale will provide testing and certification of laboratory masses in accordance with American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) specifications for use by the Division of Nuclear Safety's Radiochemistry Unit. The vendor must maintain accreditation from either the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) or the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) and deliver accredited Certificates of Weight Calibration demonstrating traceability to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards in compliance with International Organization for Standardization 17025 and American National Standards Institute/National Conference of Standards and Laboratories Z540-1 requirements. Pricing for certifications ranges from $232 to $2,215 per unit across multiple weight classifications, with the State responsible for shipping items to the vendor.