3 open notices
These are the organisations with the most space & satellite notices open in South Africa right now. Buyers in this sector tend to repeat — following the few that award the work you do is usually more productive than watching the market as a whole.
Since 11 Sept 2026, FreeTender has recorded 18 space & satellite notices in South Africa, 1 of them open today. The median bid window is 23 days, so plan to have documents ready before a notice appears.
Computed by FreeTender from the notices we hold, refreshed nightly. Monthly market reports.
South African public procurement is decentralised across national and provincial departments, municipalities and state-owned entities, with notices published on the National Treasury eTender portal and on individual entities' own sites. Municipal and utility procurement is a substantial share of the market.
Across the space & satellite notices we currently hold for South Africa, the most common form is the open tender or invitation to bid. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.
Suppliers must be registered on the Central Supplier Database, and tax compliance status is verified at award. Evaluation applies preference points under the preferential procurement framework alongside price, so B-BBEE status directly affects scoring. Mandatory returnable documents are strictly applied and omissions are a common cause of disqualification.
Before committing effort, it is worth running a deliberate bid/no-bid decision and checking your submission against the responsiveness checklist.
ORBIT TVET COLLEGE
ORBIT TVET COLLEGE
Medical Research Council of South Africa
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