Talk:United Kingdom Accreditation Service

Why should I pay extra for an accredited calibration?
Agilent are arguably the worlds leading manufacturer of vector network analyzers (VNA). Although Anrisu and Rohde and Schwarz might argue they are, even they would have to accept Agilent make very good vector network analyzers. Agilent have a basic calibration cost on my VNA, but if I want it UKAS accredited calibration I need to pay more. Agilent's reason for charging more is they have the costs in keeping the UKAS accreditation, which they pass on to customers that want it. I'm just wondering why anyone would want a body like UKAS accrediting arguably the worlds leading manufacturer. It's a bit like a body saying that Heinz know how to make baked beans! Needless to say, I did not pay extra for the accreditation, when I gather the VNA will be tested in the same lab, by the same person, using the same automated test equipment, irrespective of whether one pays for the accredited calibration or not. One just gets another logo or two on the calibration certificate. Drkirkby (talk) 22:21, 23 October 2013 (UTC)

Responding
Others can respond better than I, however it should be noted that although UKAS would look at processes that may be applied to unaccredited work, they would not necessarily look at the unaccredited work itself, so excluding it from the pool of assured work. ==

BEIS
Department of Business Energy Innovation and Skills (BEIS) is no more. I don't know which government department inherited their role as a UKAS member, but would be good if someone can update this.