University of Cape Town (UCT) Tenders 2025/2026

The University of Cape Town (UCT) tender opportunities are available on the school website as well as the eTenders website. Please note that all available and legitimate South African Government Tenders are published on the etenders.gov.za.

Here on www.southafricaportal.com, we share newly published opportunities.

NOTE: Beware of scammers and fraudsters advertising fake tender opportunities especially via email. Unscrupulous people give information to syndicates who then contact vendors with fake opportunities.

Remember that if a Tender opportunity is not reflected on the  www.etenders.gov.za website, then such a tender is fake. Always double-check. Never, ever send cash to any supplier or account given by the fraudsters and scammers.

They also have a tendency of asking for non-existent goods, where they have created a website in advance with a supplier located far from where the goods will be received. Do not ever pay for these goods as they will never be delivered and your money will be lost for good.

Last but not least. When delivering goods, make sure that the concerned procurement office is aware of such an undertaking. Do not just meet somebody at the reception asking you to go somewhere else in the building for your invoice to be processed. By the time you return. Criminals use this method to distract and then disappear with the delivery.

STAY ALERT!!!

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UCT Tender Process 2025

Procurement and Payment Services (PPS) manages the tendering process to make sure that it is fair, equitable, transparent and cost-effective.

The awarding of tenders must be in line with UCT’s Affirmative Procurement Policy, which requires that a certain amount of UCT’s spending is directed to BEE-accredited vendors.

Calls for tenders

Tenders are advertised in local print media except where tenders are below the value of R1 million. In this case pre-qualified vendors will be invited to submit tenders.

Note: you do not have to be registered as a UCT vendor in order to tender for advertised contracts.

Submitting a tender

The tender or RFP (Request For Proposal) document issued by UCT will contain the following:

• tender specifications
• date and time of site visits
• evaluation criteria
• closing date of tenders

After the closing date tenderers are requested to present their tender to an evaluation committee. Based on the RFP/ tender submitted, as well as presentations, tenderers are shortlisted to do final presentations. A recommendation is made based on a number of factors such as:

• BEE status
• solution offered
• technical offering
• price
• partnering profile of company

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Government of South Africa’s eTender Publication portal.

This portal provides a single point of access to information on all tenders made by all public sector organizations at all spheres of government. This includes tenders of amongst others all National and Provincial Departments, Metros, District Municipalities, Local Municipalities, Municipal Entities, all Public Entities, State-Owned Enterprises, Constitutional Bodies, etc.

The eTender Publication Portal facilitates all government institutions to publish their tenders, corrigendum and award notice on a single platform. This portal gives FREE access to public sector tender opportunities in South Africa.

Click Here to Access the Portal Link