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Appointment of a Service Provider to Supply, Deliver, Install, and Successfully Commission a New Automated Thin Section Grinding Machine at the Council for Geoscience

Issued by Council for Geoscience · via eTenders — South Africa (National Treasury)

Published
22 Sept 2026
Closes
16 Oct 2026, 09:00 UTC
Reference
CGS-2026-016S
Location
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Sector
Manufacturing & Supply

Details

Appointment of a Service Provider to Supply, Deliver, Install, and Successfully Commission a New Automated Thin Section Grinding Machine at the Council for Geoscience

Buyer: Council for Geoscience.

Category: Professional, scientific and technical activities.

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

Province: Gauteng.

Delivery location: 280 Pretoria Street-Silverton-Pretoria-0184.

Briefing session: non-compulsory, 01 October 2026 11:00, at Virtual meeting: Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3837552.

Published: 22 September 2026.

Closing date: 16 October 2026 11:00 (South African time).

Tender documents:

- PRICING SCHEDULE - CGS-2026-016S.pdf - TENDER DOC (CGS-2026-016S).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 6 notices from Council for Geoscience, going back to September 2026 — 6 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Power and Healthcare & Pharma. There are 109 open Manufacturing & Supply tenders in South Africa. This one closes in 20 days.

Documents

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