Precision at the
Speed of Business.

Bashumi Instruments & Control Services equips laboratories, keeps their instruments accurate, and builds the facilities they run in — trusted across Southern Africa for over two decades.

More than 20 Years in Operation More than 70 Laboratories Supported Calibration in 5 to 7 Days Level 1 B-BBEE · 100% Black Female-Owned ISO 9001:2015 Certified
20+
Years in Operation
70+
Laboratories Supported
40+
Clients Served
5+
Countries of Operation

Four Ways We Keep Your Laboratory Working

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Laboratory Supply

Equipment, Instruments and Consumables

Laboratory equipment, precision instruments, chemicals, glassware, plasticware, porcelain, silica, consumables, and personal protective equipment. A catalogue of more than 110 line items. One quote, back within one business day.

EquipmentInstrumentsGlasswareChemicalsConsumables
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Calibration and Technical Services

Accuracy You Can Defend in an Audit

Calibration, repairs, testing, and preventative maintenance for laboratory and process instruments, delivered in 5 to 7 days with traceable certification. Structured service level agreements for clients who need a schedule rather than a callout.

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Laboratory Infrastructure

A Laboratory Built for the Work It Does

New laboratory design and installation, refurbishment of ageing facilities, and phased upgrades delivered around live operations. We design for workflow, safety, and the standard your sector is held to, then build, equip, and hand over complete.

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04
Training

SETA-Accredited Laboratory and Quality Training

Expert-led courses in Good Laboratory Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice, chemical compatibility, and lab efficiency optimisation — equipping your people with the skills behind the certificates.

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Every Sector Answers to a Different Standard

A dairy laboratory, a sterile manufacturing suite, and a municipal water works all need accurate measurement. They are held to entirely different rules about how that accuracy is proven. Select your sector to see how we work within yours.

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Food and Beverage

Quality control laboratory equipment, hygienic instrument calibration, and laboratory builds scheduled around production. Our deepest sector by volume.

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Pharmaceutical

GMP-compliant laboratory instruments, calibration documentation written for regulatory inspection, and quality control laboratory fit-out.

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Petrochemical

Laboratory equipment, testing consumables, and calibration for on-site refinery and process laboratories, where an out-of-tolerance result carries a safety consequence.

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Water and Environmental

Water quality analysers, testing reagents and consumables, laboratory builds, and calibration for treatment plants, municipalities, and utilities.

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Mining

Assay and metallurgical laboratory equipment, crucibles and high-temperature apparatus, laboratory builds, and on-site calibration for operations that run continuously.

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Research and Academia

Precision laboratory instruments, complete laboratory fit-out, custom glassblowing, and calibration support for universities, research institutions, and government laboratories.

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BICS team

Precision at the Speed of Business: Since 2003

Lomo Senoamadi founded Bashumi Instruments & Control Services in 2003 to supply precision laboratory equipment and instruments to South African industry with a level of expertise, service, and local understanding that multinational suppliers were not providing.

More than 20 years on, BICS supports more than 70 laboratories. We supply the equipment and consumables they run on, calibrate and maintain the instruments they measure with, and design, build, and refurbish the facilities themselves, for clients across food and beverage, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, water and environmental, mining, and research. We work across 5+ countries, including South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, and Zambia.

Founded
2003
Ownership
100% Black Female-Owned
B-BBEE Status
Level 1 Verified
Presence
5+ Countries
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What You Get That You Are Not Getting Now

Speed That Changes the Maths

Calibration in 5 to 7 days, and a quote back within one business day. Twenty years of operational systems and standing procedures sit behind those numbers.

Documentation That Survives Scrutiny

Traceable calibration certificates with as-found and as-left readings, uncertainty statements, and maintained asset registers. Every job leaves behind the paperwork your auditor will ask for.

One Supplier, Three Problems Solved

Equipment, calibration, and the laboratory itself from a single accountable partner. Most clients run three suppliers for this and reconcile the gaps themselves.

A Relationship, Not a Transaction

Our average client relationship runs beyond seven years. We advise before you buy and we stay after delivery, which is why each subsequent order needs less explaining.

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Tell Us What You Are Working With

Describe your laboratory, the instruments you need calibrated, or the facility you are planning. Our team will recommend what fits and respond within one business day.

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Technical Knowledge, Freely Shared

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Company News  ·  3 November 2025

Lomo Senoamadi Named Runner-Up at the 2025 Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

BICS Founder Lomo Senoamadi has been named runner-up in the 2025 Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, recognising more than 20 years of building a technical enterprise in a sector where few looked like her when she started.

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Events  ·  14 November 2025

Quality Week With Heineken Sedibeng and Signal Hill Breweries

Over two days, the BICS team took part in the Quality Week programmes at Heineken Sedibeng and Signal Hill Products, working alongside quality and production teams on measurement accuracy in live brewing environments.

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Events  ·  15 July 2025

BICS at Analytica Lab Africa 2025

BICS exhibited at Analytica Lab Africa 2025 at the Gallagher Convention Centre from 8 to 10 July, meeting laboratory managers and procurement teams from across the continent.

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