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Act 53 of 2003
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Status: Closed — No Longer Accepting Submissions
This tender closed on 30 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
Karoo Array Processing Building (KAPB) - Losberg - Carnarvon - 8925
Organization Type
GOVERNMENT
Published
20 Mar 2026
OCDS Reference
ocds-9t57fa-151441
ESKOM needs a contractor to supply, deliver, install, test and commission a 570 kvar reactor plus 22 kv ring-main unit on the carnarvon spiral line; only firms with high-voltage electrical construction capability and CIDB grading 6ME/6PE or higher should apply.
A compulsory site inspection will take place as follows – date: tuesday, 14 april 2026 time: 10.00AM Venue: meet at klerefontein support base - GPS coordinates: -30.96922, 21.98906 Thereafter, drive to the site inspection at the losberg karoo array processing building (kapb), GPS coordinates 30°45'22.46"S21°25'59.95"E
Categories
Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
Karoo Array Processing Building (KAPB) - Losberg - Carnarvon - 8925
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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)
This is general procurement context, not legal advice. Always verify requirements in the official tender documents and issuing authority notices.
Annexure 9 402-000003-DRG-EE-567-R RMU and Minisub Earthing Arrangement.pdf
Annexure 11 Equipment Technical Schedule.pdf
Annexure 19 Health and Safety - 570KVAR REACTOR PROJECT LOSBERG.pdf
Annexure 21 SKA-TEL-SKO-0001040-02_PartB_SASiteInformation&InstructionsClean - signed.pdf
Annexure 16 Factory Acceptance Test (FAT).pdf
Annexure 4 Carnarvon REC 002 Carnarvon Spiral Reactors Overall MV Single line Diagram-Overall MV Single Line Diagram.pdf
Annexure 15 Site Acceptance Test (SAT).pdf
Annexure 19 Health and Safety - 570KVAR REACTOR PROJECT LOSBERG.docx (1).pdf
Annexure 8 402-000003-DRG-EE-557-R Earthing Block Daigram.pdf
Annexure 12 MV Cable support between RMU and Reactor.pdf
Annexure 1 SKA-TEL_INSA-0002112 - Specification for 22kV 3.3kV and 400V Cable Network Extensions - Rev 2 - si (1).pdf
Annexure 14 Carnarvon spiral_ Reactor fence.pdf
BILL OF QUANTITIES - REACTOR.xlsx
Annexure 3 Carnarvon REC 003 Carnarvon Spiral Reactors Site Plan Layout-Carnarvon Spiral Reactors Site Plan Layout - A1.pdf
Annexure 13 Signages_ On reactor fence and RMU.pdf
Annexure 2 402-000003-EE-501-DDR-REV 1 POWER Signatures Removed.pdf
Annexure 10 SKA-TEL-SKO-0000202-04_SKA_RFI_EMC_Standardsigned.pdf
Annexure 18 Environmental_Spec_Reactor_RMU_Losberg.pdf
Annexure 7 340-020000-EF-508-R-DRG-Typical Trench Layout 1.pdf
Annexure 6 402-000003-EE-573-0-DRG-Thermometer Trip Wiring Schematic 1_Labels_B (4).pdf
Annexure 5 Carnavon REC 001 Carnarvon Spiral Reactors KAPB Switchgear Single line Diagram-KAPB Switchgear room Single Line Diagram.pdf
Tender Advert.pdf
Annexure 20 SKAO-TEL-SKO-0001040-02 Part A South African Site Information & Instructions clean - signed.pdf
Tender Document - Final .pdf
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Date & Time
Thursday, 30 April 2026 - 11:00
Venue
https://ska.zoom.us/meeting/register/fUcxXzXNSyenaR3Xkcp-7w
This briefing session took place during the tender period.
20 Mar
2026
Tender Published
Tender was published
30 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.
30 Apr
2026
Submissions Closed
No further submissions were accepted after this date.
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Address
Karoo Array Processing Building (KAPB) - Losberg - Carnarvon - 8925
Source confidence
High source confidence
Official source
eTenders.gov.za
Documents found
24
Last checked
05 Jun 2026
AI status
Enhanced
Data conflicts
None detected
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