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Current tenders (page 121 of 184)
- TPT/2026/09/1246/12038/RFQ
- Buyer
- Transnet SOC Ltd
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Location
- Crofts Road, Maydon Wharf, Durban, 4000
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 20 Oct 2026 10 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- NRA 2026 / 0756 (A)
- Buyer
- South African National Roads Agency Soc Limited (SANRAL)
- Province
- North West
- Location
- 38 Ida Street, Menlo Park, Pretoria, 0081
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 21 Oct 2026 11 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- TCC/2026/08/0001/114626/RFQ
- Buyer
- Transnet SOC Ltd
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- Location
- 150 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 0001
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 26 Feb 2027 139 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- GKM 13-26/27 RE-ADV
- Buyer
- Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Location
- 75 Hope Street, Kokstad, Kokstad, 4700
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 15 Oct 2026 5 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- GKM 10-26/27 RE-ADV
- Buyer
- Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Location
- 75 Hope Street, Kokstad, Kokstad, 4700
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 26 Oct 2026 16 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- EWSETA/RFP/005/2026-27
- Buyer
- Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority
- Province
- Gauteng
- Location
- 22 Wellington Road, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2193
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 29 Oct 2026 19 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- E3555GXPOU
- Buyer
- ESKOM
- Province
- Western Cape
- Location
- Ankerlig Power Station, Atlantis, Cape Town, 7349
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 28 Oct 2026 18 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- GKM 12-26/27 (RE-ADVERT)
- Buyer
- Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Location
- 75 HOPE STREET, KOKSTAD, KOKSTAD, 4700
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 19 Oct 2026 9 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- E3578GXPOU
- Buyer
- ESKOM
- Province
- Eastern Cape
- Location
- Port Rex Power Station, East London
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 23 Oct 2026 13 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- E3579GXPOU
- Buyer
- ESKOM
- Province
- Western Cape
- Location
- Gourikwa Power Station, Mossel Bay
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 26 Oct 2026 16 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- E3599GXPOU
- Buyer
- ESKOM
- Province
- National
- Location
- Gourikwa Power Station Mossel Bay, Mossel Bay, Mossel Bay, 6500
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 23 Oct 2026 13 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
- SCM 01/2027
- Buyer
- Beaufort West Municipality
- Province
- Western Cape
- Location
- Simpson Road Loch weg Municipal stores, Newtown, Beaufort West, 6970
- Published
- 23 Sept 2026
- Closes
- 20 Oct 2026 10 days left
- Source
- National Treasury eTender Portal
About South African tender glossary
Plain-English explanations of RFQ, RFP, CSD, CIDB, B-BBEE, standard bidding forms and submission deadlines.
The matching stored inventory includes notices from ESKOM, Transnet SOC Ltd, South African National Roads Agency Soc Limited (SANRAL). 670 matching notices were published in the past seven days; 690 have a recorded deadline within the next seven days. These figures describe this search, not total national procurement activity.
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