Our Purpose

The primary objectives

BOBS was formed with the primary objectives of formulating Botswana standards and co-ordinating quality assurance activities in Botswana with mission to improve the quality of life of the citizens of Botswana.

Mandate

Offerings

Mandate

Offerings

What do we do

The primary objectives

BOBS is specifically mandated;

To make arrangements for, or provide facilities for, the examination and testing of commodities, and any material or substance from which, with which, or having regard to how, they may be manufactured, produced, processed or treated;

To grant, renew, suspend or cancel licences for the use of standards marks;

To prepare, modify or amend and publish Botswana Standards, and any codes of practice intended to be applied, or to be adopted in connection with the construction, installation, testing, sampling, operation or use of any article, apparatus, instrument, device or process;

To encourage or undertake educational work in connection with standardization and quality assurance;

To assist the Government or any local authority or public body, or any other person in the preparation and framing of any specifications or codes of practice;

To co-operate with the Government or any local authority or public body, or with the representatives of any industry or any person, to secure the adoption and practical application of standards;

To provide for the testing, on behalf of the Government, of locally manufactured or imported commodities,

To determine whether such commodities comply with the provisions of this Act, or any other written law dealing with standards of quality or description; to establish or recognize inspection agencies for product and quality system certification, and for such other purposes as may be prescribed;

To support environmental protection within the framework of standardization and quality assurance.

To do all such acts and things or enter all such transactions as are expedient or necessary for the efficient discharge of the functions of the Bureau

BOBS’ product and service offerings to support the mandate include as following:

Development and review of national standards;

Provision of conformity testing;

Certification of quality products, processes, systems and services;

Calibration and verification of instruments used in industry and trade;

Provision of training; and

Enforcement and implementation of compulsory standards

When things don't work as they should, it often means that standards are absent.

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BOBS Head Office

Francistown office

BOBS Weighbridge