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The Procurement of a Suitably Qualified Service Provider for the Provision of Managed and Hosted Hybrid Mesh Firewall Services for a Period of Thirty-Six (36) Months.

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

Published
21 Aug 2026
Closes
Reference
ARC/09/08/2026
Location
Pretoria, South Africa
Sector
IT & Telecom

Details

The Procurement of a Suitably Qualified Service Provider for the Provision of Managed and Hosted Hybrid Mesh Firewall Services for a Period of Thirty-Six (36) Months.

Buyer: Agricultural Research Council.

Category: Information service activities.

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

Province: National.

Delivery location: 1134 Park Street-Hatfield-Pretoria-0001.

Briefing session: compulsory, 03 September 2026 11:00, at Agricultural Research Council (Auditorium room, Central Office): 1134 Park Street, Hatfield Pretoria. Special conditions: Please note that the bid document attached here is for information purpose ONLY, to access the bid document and guide for submission, please follow below link: https://purcosa.co.za/online-tender-submissions-guide.

Published: 21 August 2026.

Closing date: 28 September 2026 11:00 (South African time).

Tender documents:

- Bid Document for the Provision of Managed and Hosted Hybrid Mesh Firewall ARC 09 08 2026.pdf - Addendum for The Provision of Managed and Hosted Hybrid Mesh Firewall Services tender ARC09082026.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 15 notices from Agricultural Research Council, going back to August 2026 — 8 of them still open. They buy mostly in Construction & Infrastructure, Facility Management & Cleaning and Healthcare & Pharma. There are 160 open IT & Telecom tenders in South Africa. This one closes in 2 days.

Documents

  • Bid Document for the Provision of Managed and Hosted Hybrid Mesh Firewall ARC 09 08 2026.pdfDownload (pdf)
  • Addendum for The Provision of Managed and Hosted Hybrid Mesh Firewall Services tender ARC09082026.pdfDownload (pdf)

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