Tender guides
The rules of government tendering in plain language, each checked against the gazetted text and official sources, and dated.
Getting started
CSD registration
Register on the Central Supplier Database: what you need, the two stages and your MAAA number. →
Smaller jobs
RFQs explained
What a request for quotation is, the municipal limits (R300k, R200k, R750k) and how to win one. →
Scoring
80/20 and 90/10 points
How price and specific goals are scored, with a calculator for your own bid. →
Construction
CIDB grading
Grades 1 to 9, tender value limits and what the letters after the grade mean. →
Paperwork
SBD forms
Every standard bidding document, the municipal MBD versions, and the mistakes that disqualify. →
After closing
Tender results
How to find out who won and what everyone bid, and the rules that make buyers publish it. →