How it works
From finding a tender to knowing who won, in one place.
- 1Find tenders that fit you
Every tender on eTenders, plus buyers' own sites and portals across Africa, matched to what you do and where. New ones in your inbox every morning.
- 2Get your documents ready
Each tender's required documents, explained in plain words. Missing a CSD, tax PIN or B-BBEE affidavit? We register it for you.
- 3Apply and track the result
Apply now opens your bid file: checklist, how and where to submit. We watch for the bidder list and the winner, and tell you.
Read tender packs, fill in forms and download documents on a big screen. Send yourself the link and carry on there.
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Open tenders
Your Tender Ready Score
Twelve documents decide whether your bid is read. Answer a few questions and get a ranked list of exactly what to fix first.
Tender News
Look up a company, and the latest lists
Who's bidding
Latest bidder lists and awards
New companies registered per year
Government spending on goods, services and capital
Tender sizes
Estimated from CIDB grades, quotation rules and the 90/10 system (over R50 million).
New tenders per day
Published winning prices
From award notices that buyers publish.
Biggest buyers right now
New this week by sector
Open tenders by province
Open across Africa, by country
Open tenders outside South Africa: World Bank-funded projects, government portals and regional bodies.
Africa, by sector
Africa contract awards
Winners and signed prices, last 45 days.
South Africans winning in Africa
South African companies awarded World Bank-funded contracts.
Awards by country
Where contracts are being signed.
Easy start
Tell us what you do, and we build your tender list. We fill in what we already know from My profile.
Our pricing
Pick a plan for tenders, or let us set up your new business. The Tender Ready Score is free.
Starter package
South AfricaEvery South African tender, matched to your business, so you never miss a briefing or a deadline.
- Every tender on National Treasury's eTenders, plus SANBS, universities and other buyers' own sites
- Compulsory briefing alerts: an email 3 days and 1 day before, so you never miss one
- Matches to your company profile, with daily email alerts
- Every required document explained, with a checklist
- My bids: a live file for every bid you submit
- My documents, with expiry reminders
- 1 AI submission pack a month included, then R150 per tender
Business package
Most popularKnow who wins and at what price, and bid across Africa.
Everything in the Starter package, plus:
- Who won this buyer's similar tenders before, and at what price when it's published
- Tender news: bidder lists and award notices as buyers publish them
- Tenders across Africa: government portals, regional bodies and World Bank-funded projects
- French and Portuguese tenders in full English (20 a month)
- AI submission pack on every tender
- Team logins: add colleagues at R75 a month each (up to 3 people)
- Recommended suppliers' contact details
Starter package or Business package?
| Starter package | Business package | |
|---|---|---|
| South African government tenders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compulsory briefing alerts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Matches, alerts and My bids | ✓ | ✓ |
| Who won this buyer's similar tenders before, and at what price when it's published | – | ✓ |
| Tenders across Africa | – | ✓ |
| Tender news: bidder lists and award notices as buyers publish them | – | ✓ |
| AI submission pack | 1 a month, then R150 | Every tender |
| French and Portuguese tenders in English | – | 20 a month |
| Recommended suppliers' contacts | R20 a sector | Included |
| Price | R380 a month | R750 a month |
7-day money-back guarantee. Cancel within 7 days of your first payment and we refund it in full. After that, stop any time under Billing settings. How refunds work
Registrations, compliance and start-up packages, done for you in your business's name. Fixed prices.
Starting a new business? We set it all up.
One form, one payment. We register the company, handle your FNB business account application through our FNB business consultant and do every registration you need to bid, while you get the tenders.
Business Starter
New businessBought one by one: R19,850
Register, comply and start bidding. We do all twelve registrations and setups for you, then you carry on as a Business package member.
- Company registration with CIPC, and your FNB business account application through our FNB business consultant
- Beneficial ownership, public officer and your SARS tax compliance PIN
- CSD registration and B-BBEE affidavit: ready for government work
- PAYE, UIF and COIDA for your first staff
- VAT registration when you qualify
- A professional company profile and a business website
- Month one of the Business package included
Full Package
Most completeBought one by one: R28,750
A fully registered, fully compliant company, ready for government, big business and cross-border work from day one. We do every step in your company's name, and everything we register is yours.
- Company registration with CIPC, and your FNB business account application through our FNB business consultant
- Beneficial ownership filed with CIPC, so your company stays compliant
- SARS tax registration, public officer and your tax compliance PIN
- PAYE and UIF for your staff, and VAT registration when you qualify
- COIDA registration plus your first return of earnings, so your letter of good standing stays valid
- CSD registration and B-BBEE affidavit: ready to bid on government tenders
- Import and export (customs) registration with SARS for cross-border work
- A professional company profile, designed to attach to your bids
- A fully working business website, built by our marketing partner
- Priority handling: your applications go to the front of the queue
- 3 months of the Business package and 3 months of Translate for French and Portuguese tenders
Payments by PayFast. Founding member price: join before 7 February 2027 and your price stays locked for as long as you stay subscribed.
Your private business developer for government tenders.
We find the tenders that fit your business, explain every document in plain words and follow your bid all the way to the award. Choose a package to open the site.
How it works
- Find tenders that fit youEvery tender on eTenders plus buyers' own sites and portals across Africa, matched to what you do and where you work.
- Get your documents readyEach tender's required documents, explained in plain words, with your own checklist and expiry reminders.
- Apply and track the resultYour bid file shows how and where to submit, and we tell you who won and at what price.
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Founding member price: join before 7 February 2027 and your price stays locked for as long as you stay subscribed.
7-day money-back guarantee. Cancel within 7 days of your first payment and we refund it in full.
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Win more tenders, with less paperwork.
Every open government tender in one place, read for you, matched to your business, and followed all the way to the award. Here is what you get.
Your tender dashboard
A package opens the full site: every tender and its documents, your matches and alerts, the Go score, step-by-step applications and Tender news.
Business services
Register, comply and get bid-ready. Anyone with a free account can order these: we do the paperwork in your business's name, and everything we deliver is yours.
Mzansi News
Today's sources
Headlines and short teasers from South African news publishers, named on every story. Each story opens on the publisher's own website and belongs to them. Photos are the publisher's own where the story has one, shown from their website; otherwise a licensed Pexels photo of the topic, not of the story itself.
Apply to become a recommended supplier.
One application, five short parts. When the supplier directory opens, companies bidding on tenders in your sector find you right next to the tender.
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Get bid-ready
Most government bids ask for the same basics. Sort these out once and you can respond to a tender within days.
Register on the CSD
National Treasury's Central Supplier Database. Free, and you get a supplier number starting with MAAA. Most buyers can't pay you without it.
secure.csd.gov.zaGet your tax compliance PIN
Request a Tax Compliance Status PIN on SARS eFiling. Buyers use it, or your CSD record, to check your tax affairs.
SARS eFilingB-BBEE certificate or affidavit
Small businesses (EMEs, and many QSEs that are at least 51% black-owned) can use a sworn affidavit. It feeds into your preference points.
dtic.gov.zaCIDB grading for construction
Your grade (1 to 9) sets the contract size you can bid on; your class sets the work: CE civil, GB building, EB electrical, ME mechanical.
cidb.org.zaKnow the SBD forms
SBD 1 invitation, SBD 3 pricing, SBD 4 bidder's disclosure, SBD 6.1 preference points. Municipalities call them MBD forms. Sign every one.
In each tender packUnderstand 80/20 and 90/10
Price earns 80 points and the buyer's specific goals 20, for tenders up to R50 million. Above that it's 90/10. Claim your goals on SBD 6.1.
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