Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (B-BBEE Act)
Act 53 of 2003
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Status: Closed — No Longer Accepting Submissions
This tender closed on 17 April 2026. Submissions are no longer accepted. The tender lifecycle continues — check the awards section for updates.
Tender Type
Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
Delivery Location
166 K E Masinga Road(Formerly Old Fort Road) - Durban - KZN - 4001
Organization Type
GOVERNMENT
Published
16 Mar 2026
OCDS Reference
ocds-9t57fa-151013
Ethekwini municipality seeks professional engineering services to design and replace water mains across its supply area for 36 months.
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Median Estimate
R 2 125 000
Range
Based on 19 comparable awarded tenders. Companies with similar profiles typically bid near the median.
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-A compulsory clarification meeting will be held at 10:00, on 2026-03-24, in boardroom 301, third floor, ethekwini water services directorate, 3 prior road, durban. -Emailed queries are to be submitted by 2026-04-02. emailed questions and answers will be consolidated and posted on etenders/municipal website by 2026-04-09. -sivashan pillay (t) 031-322 2636 email: sivashan.Pillay@durb An.gov.za
Categories
Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
166 K E Masinga Road(Formerly Old Fort Road) - Durban - KZN - 4001
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Act 53 of 2003
Provides the empowerment-compliance context often used in public-sector supplier evaluation.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 108 of 1996 (s217)
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34787-5W Tender Document.pdf
34787-5W C3.16.5 Health & Safety.pdf
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Date & Time
Friday, 17 April 2026 - 11:00
Venue
in Boardroom 301, Third Floor, eThekwini Water Services Directorate, 3 Prior Road, Durban.
This briefing session took place during the tender period.
16 Mar
2026
Tender Published
Tender was published
17 Apr
2026
Closing Date
Tender closing date
Pending
Awaiting Award of Contract
This tender has not yet been awarded. The contracting authority is expected to publish the award notice in due course.
17 Apr
2026
Submissions Closed
No further submissions were accepted after this date.
Organization
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Contact Person
Sivashan Pillay
Phone
031-322-6912
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Act 5 of 2000
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Act 3 of 2000
Supports lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair administrative tender decisions.
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Address
166 K E Masinga Road(Formerly Old Fort Road) - Durban - KZN - 4001
Source confidence
High source confidence
Official source
eTenders.gov.za
Documents found
2
Last checked
05 Jun 2026
AI status
Enhanced
Data conflicts
None detected
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