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Provision of Professional Consultancy Services for the Primate Unit and Delft Animal Centre (SAMRC) Laboratory under the DSTI/KfW/SAMRC Support of Development and Production of Vaccines in South Africa Project

Issued by Medical Research Council of South Africa · via eTenders — South Africa (National Treasury)

Published: 12 Nov 2026
Closes: 14 Dec 2026, 09:00 UTC
Reference: SAMRC/KfW-PCS/2026/18
Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Sector: Healthcare & Pharma

At a glance

Medical Research Council of South Africa in Cape Town, South Africa has published a tender in healthcare & pharma: “Provision of Professional Consultancy Services for the Primate Unit and Delft Animal Centre (SAMRC) Laboratory under the DSTI/KfW/SAMRC Support of Development and Production of Vaccines in South Africa Project”. Submissions close on 14 December 2026, 31 days from today. Quote reference SAMRC/KfW-PCS/2026/18 in any correspondence with the buyer. One document is attached to this notice. FreeTender has recorded 13 notices from this buyer since 2026, 6 of them currently open. There are 74 open healthcare & pharma 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

Provision of Professional Consultancy Services for the Primate Unit and Delft Animal Centre (SAMRC) Laboratory under the DSTI/KfW/SAMRC Support of Development and Production of Vaccines in South Africa Project

Buyer: Medical Research Council of South Africa.

Category: Services: Professional.

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

Province: Western Cape.

Delivery location: South African Medical Research Council Cape Town-Parow-Cape Town-7505.

Briefing session: compulsory, 30 November 2026 11:00, at https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/3831942812944126?p=ADLRg9TcJTryiYBAT8.

Special conditions: A compulsory site visit will be arranged after the virtual briefing date at: Off Hindle Road, Delft, Cape Town Bidders are requested to bring their own USB drives to the compulsory site visit to obtain project drawings, which are too large to distribute electronically with the tender advertisement. It is compulsory that bidders obtain bid documents, available for downloading on the SAMRC website (https://tenderportal.samrc.ac.za/Tenders) from 12 November 2026 to 14 December 2026. No hard-copy bid document will be issued by SAMRC.

Published: 12 November 2026.

Closing date: 14 December 2026 11:00 (South African time).

Tender documents:

- Advert - Professional Consultancy Services.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 13 notices from Medical Research Council of South Africa, going back to September 2026 — 6 of them still open. They buy mostly in Healthcare & Pharma, IT & Telecom and Financial & Professional Services. There are 74 open Healthcare & Pharma tenders in South Africa. This one closes in 31 days.

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Documents

Advert - Professional Consultancy Services.pdfDownload (pdf)

Before you bid on this tender

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