Device for providing pipette tips comprising • a refill pack which has • a perforated plate with a plurality of holes , • pipette tips inserted into the holes , • a tray covering the pipette tips at the bottom with a stiffness of up to 300 N/mm, wherein the stiffness of the tray is the quotient of a maximum force introduced vertically into the tray, from which the tray deforms in a nonlinear and permanent manner and the associated compression of the tray, and • a removable cover , covering the pipette tips from the top, and • a holder with a receiver for inserting the refill pack , • wherein the refill pack is able to be inserted with the tray and the cover into the holder so that when refilling the holder the pipette tips are covered at the top and bottom, and are protected from contamination, • means being present between the refill pack and holder for supporting the refill pack when said refill pack is inserted into the receiver which are designed such that they deflect forces onto the perforated plate when a pipette receives pipette tips when the cover is opened, so that they do not act on the tray , or only in a reduced manner, and • in which the means for supporting comprise a laterally protruding upper bearing edge of the tray , on which the perforated plate is supported on the edge, and a lower bearing edge of the holder protruding to the side from the upper edge of the receiver , on which the tray may be positioned with its upper bearing edge or in which the means for supporting comprise a laterally protruding edge region of the perforated plate , the tray being connected to the underside thereof, and a lower bearing edge of the holder protruding to the side of the upper edge of the receiver , onto which the perforated plate may be positioned with its edge region . • a refill pack which has • a perforated plate with a plurality of holes , • pipette tips inserted into the holes , • a tray covering the pipette tips at the bottom with a stiffness of up to 300 N/mm, wherein the stiffness of the tray is the quotient of a maximum force introduced vertically into the tray, from which the tray deforms in a nonlinear and permanent manner and the associated compression of the tray, and • a removable cover , covering the pipette tips from the top, and • a holder with a receiver for inserting the refill pack , • wherein the refill pack is able to be inserted with the tray and the cover into the holder so that when refilling the holder the pipette tips are covered at the top and bottom, and are protected from contamination, • means being present between the refill pack and holder for supporting the refill pack when said refill pack is inserted into the receiver which are designed such that they deflect forces onto the perforated plate when a pipette receives pipette tips when the cover is opened, so that they do not act on the tray , or only in a reduced manner, and • in which the means for supporting comprise a laterally protruding upper bearing edge of the tray , on which the perforated plate is supported on the edge, and a lower bearing edge of the holder protruding to the side from the upper edge of the receiver , on which the tray may be positioned with its upper bearing edge or in which the means for supporting comprise a laterally protruding edge region of the perforated plate , the tray being connected to the underside thereof, and a lower bearing edge of the holder protruding to the side of the upper edge of the receiver , onto which the perforated plate may be positioned with its edge region . <EOS>