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Tenders in Gauteng — every open government tender in the province

Gauteng has 441 open government tenders right now. The most active buyers are Eskom tenders (49), City of Tshwane (43), Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) tenders (19) — the number in brackets is how many tenders each has open today. Every tender below comes straight from the National Treasury eTenders system and is updated daily.

Open tenders in Gauteng

Showing the 38 newest of 441 open tenders. Search above to narrow them to your trade.

Gauteng government tenders — live tenders in Gauteng, South Africa
Live government tenders in Gauteng, updated daily from the National Treasury eTenders system.

Gauteng is the smallest province by land and the largest by procurement spend, so it carries more open tenders than anywhere else in the country. Its bulk buying is dominated by water and power infrastructure — the water utilities alongside Eskom — plus the three metros, which issue their own notices.

Metro tenders have their own pages: City of Johannesburg tenders, City of Ekurhuleni tenders.

Who buys in Gauteng

These are the departments, municipalities and state-owned companies with tenders open in Gauteng today. Knowing who buys repeatedly tells you where to aim.

Also buying in Gauteng right now:

City of Johannesburg tendersCity of Ekurhuleni tendersRoad Accident Fund (RAF) tendersDepartment of Water and Sanitation tendersDevelopment Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) tendersSASSA tendersSANRAL tendersPublic Works tendersSANParks tendersATNS tenders

The Gauteng tender bulletin, eTenders and RFQs — in one list

If you are hunting for the Gauteng tender bulletin, or trying to search the eTenders portal by province, this page is the same information without the portal. Every Gauteng notice published on the National Treasury eTenders system lands here — open tenders, and the RFQs (requests for quotation) departments use for smaller jobs — refreshed daily, so a tender shows up the day it opens.

38 of the Gauteng tenders below were published within the last 7 days. The official Government Tender Bulletin is compiled weekly; this list adds each new notice the day it lands on eTenders.

That covers where to find them; the harder part is qualifying to bid.

How to bid on a Gauteng tender

The rules are national, not provincial: to bid on anything in Gauteng you must be registered on the Central Supplier Database, be tax compliant, and — for construction work — hold the right CIDB grading. Most bidders are disqualified on those basics before their price is ever read.

→ Check if you are tender ready — the full list, and what you are still missing

Every Gauteng tender pack contains the same standard bidding documents, and an unsigned or blank one is thrown out before the price is read:

Not sure what happens between advertisement and award? the South African tender process, stage by stage · or browse all the tender guides

Once you are compliant, the deciding factor is the tender document itself — every one lists its own mandatory returnables. Tender Ready SA Pro reads each Gauteng tender and gives you that checklist in plain English.

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Win government tenders

Completed SBD forms and tender document examples — the R399 toolkit

Understanding the paperwork is step one. Winning the bid is step two — and it's where most businesses lose. The Tender Ready SA toolkit hands you the exact system: the returnable-documents checklist that stops you being disqualified, how to price to win, and the dreaded SBD forms decoded in plain English. For R399, once.

Completed SBD forms and tender document examples

Tenders in other provinces

Bidding beyond Gauteng? Every province has its own live list:

Tenders in Western CapeTenders in KwaZulu-NatalTenders in Eastern CapeTenders in MpumalangaTenders in LimpopoTenders in North WestTenders in Free StateTenders in Northern CapeAll South African tenders

See how Tender Ready SA works

A quick walkthrough — find a tender in your province, and Tender Ready SA tells you exactly what to submit.

How Tender Ready SA works
A walkthrough of Tender Ready SA: finding an open government tender by province, reading what it requires, and checking it off before you submit.