Legislation & Compliance Portal

Your complete guide to South African public procurement law. Understand the rules, meet compliance requirements, and bid with confidence.

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Construction & Infrastructure

Compliance requirements for construction, civil engineering, and infrastructure development tenders in South Africa.

CIDB ActPPPFAB-BBEE Act

ICT & Technology

IT, telecommunications, software, and technology tender compliance requirements for government procurement.

SITA ActPOPIAPPPFAB-BBEE Act

Security Services

Compliance for guarding, CCTV, alarm monitoring, and integrated security services tenders.

PSIRA ActPPPFAB-BBEE Act

Professional Services

Legal, accounting, auditing, consulting, and other professional service tender compliance.

PFMAMFMAPPPFAB-BBEE Act

Healthcare & Medical

Compliance for medical equipment, pharmaceutical, health services, and hospital-related tenders.

NHAPPPFAPOPIAB-BBEE Act

All Legislation

Constitution S217

Act 108 of 1996

Constitutional mandate requiring fair, equitable, transparent, competitive, and cost-effective public procurement.

Act 1 of 1999

Governs financial management and procurement for national and provincial government departments and public entities.

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Act 56 of 2003

Regulates financial management and supply chain management within municipalities and municipal entities.

Act 5 of 2000

Establishes the preferential procurement points system (80/20 and 90/10) to promote socio-economic transformation.

Act 53 of 2003

Promotes economic transformation by requiring B-BBEE compliance and status verification in procurement.

Act 38 of 2000

Establishes the CIDB and contractor grading system for construction tenders.

Act 56 of 2001

Regulates the private security industry, requiring registration for all security service providers.

Act 4 of 2013

Data protection legislation requiring compliance for any tender involving personal information processing.

Act 61 of 2003

Framework for the national health system, relevant for healthcare and medical tenders.

Act 88 of 1998

Establishes SITA as the central ICT procurement and service provider for government departments.

Act 28 of 2024

Comprehensive procurement reform consolidating and modernizing the fragmented procurement framework. Not yet in effect.