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Appointment of a Service Provider or Consortium of Service Providers for Provisioning of Services on the Early Childhood Development Nutrition Support Programme of the Department of Basic Education for a Period of Three Years

Issued by Basic Education · via eTenders — South Africa (National Treasury)

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Published
13 Mar 2026
Closes
23 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC
Reference
DBE209
Location
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Sector
Transport & Logistics

This notice was amended 4 times

Details changed after publication. Re-check the official notice before bidding.

  • Submission deadline changed from 9 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC to 23 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC
    First seen by FreeTender on 29 Oct 2026 — most portals don’t publish when a corrigendum was issued.
  • Submission deadline changed from 2 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC to 9 Nov 2026, 09:00 UTC
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  • Submission deadline changed from 2 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC to 23 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC
    First seen by FreeTender on 30 Sept 2026 — most portals don’t publish when a corrigendum was issued.

At a glance

Basic Education in Pretoria, South Africa has published a tender in transport & logistics: “Appointment of a Service Provider or Consortium of Service Providers for Provisioning of Services on the Early Childhood Development Nutrition Support Programme of the Department of Basic Education for a Period of Three Years”. Submissions close on 23 November 2026, 12 days from today. Quote reference DBE209 in any correspondence with the buyer. 20 documents are attached to this notice. FreeTender has recorded 9 notices from this buyer since 2026, 1 of them currently open. There are 151 open transport & logistics notices in South Africa on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through eTenders — South Africa (National Treasury), not through FreeTender.

Key requirements

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Procurement method
Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

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Details

Appointment of a Service Provider or Consortium of Service Providers for Provisioning of Services on the Early Childhood Development Nutrition Support Programme of the Department of Basic Education for a Period of Three Years

Buyer: Basic Education.

Category: Services: Professional.

Procurement method: Request for Bid(Open-Tender).

Province: Gauteng.

Delivery location: 222 Struben street-Pretoria-Pretoria-0001.

Briefing session: non-compulsory, 24 March 2026 10:00, at Microsoft Teams.

Special conditions: Bidders who are interested in joining the session should send their email address to [see source], a day before the date of the session for logistics purposes. The due date is 23 March 2026.

Published: 13 March 2026.

Closing date: 23 November 2026 11:00 (South African time).

Tender documents:

- Addendum DBE209...pdf - TORs ECD Nutrition - revised and approved 16 October 2026.pdf - Annexure C - Project Plan - Work Plan functionality rubric.pdf - Annexure B - Menu and Pricing Schedule.xls - Briefing Session Minutes -DBE209 final version 19 October 2026.pdf - Addendum DBE209.pdf - Addendum DBE209.pdf - Addendum DBE209.pdf - Addendum...pdf - ECD Menu approved.pdf - Addendum DBE209...pdf - Addendum.pdf - Addendum DBE209.pdf - Addendum DBE209 (2).pdf - Annexure B - Pricing Schedule revised.xls - Annexure A-EC Bronze registered ECDs.xlsx - Bid Documents for DBE209.pdf - Addendum to TORs - 16 October 2026.pdf - Addendum. (2).pdf - Addendum - DBE209.pdf

Source: National Treasury eTenders portal (www.etenders.gov.za); the same notice is published as Open Contracting (OCDS) data.

Context for bidders

We hold 9 notices from Basic Education, going back to March 2026 — 1 of them still open. They buy mostly in Education & Training, Construction & Infrastructure and Financial & Professional Services. There are 151 open Transport & Logistics tenders in South Africa. This one closes in 12 days.

Documents

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