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Issuing Organization
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)Location
Gauteng
Closing Date
23 Oct 2026
Documents available on tender detail page
Tender Type
Request for Proposal
Delivery Location
Lever Road - Headway Hill - Johannesburg - 1685
Organization Type
GOVERNMENT
Published
02 Oct 2026
OCDS Reference
ocds-9t57fa-172757
The development bank of southern africa seeks a service provider to deliver accounting and tax advisory opinions over a three-year period. Bidders must choose between two mutually exclusive specialisations: lending transactions, or non-lending transactions (third party managed funds). The single most consequential consideration is that bidders must complete, sign and return annexure 1 with a clear category selection — failure to do so is disqualifying.
Closing: 23 October 2026 at 23:30 — submission method and address not stated in the extracted document; bidder must confirm from the full RFP pack.
Mandatory returnable: Annexure 1 (Transaction Category Selection) — completed, signed and returned; omission is disqualifying.
Category selection is binding: choose either Lending transactions OR Non-Lending transactions (Third Party Managed funds); no dual bidding permitted.
Contract duration: 3 years.
RFP reference: 186/2026 — must be quoted on all correspondence.
No mandatory briefing, site visit or clarification deadline stated in the extracted document.
Evaluation criteria, price format, B-BBEE requirements, professional-body registrations and financial capacity thresholds not stated in the extracted document; bidder must source these from the full RFP pack.
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Date & Time
Friday, 23 October 2026 - 23:30
Venue
Microsoft Teams Meeting, Meeting Link on Tender document
Important: Attendance at this briefing session is mandatory. Bids from suppliers who do not attend may be disqualified.
Categories
Request for Proposal
Lever Road - Headway Hill - Johannesburg - 1685
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Description
Source: Annexure A1_RFP186-2026_Accounting and Tax Opinion.pdf02 Oct
2026
Tender Published
Tender was published
23 Oct
2026
Closing Date
Tender closing date
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These rules commonly apply to South African public-sector procurement.
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.
RFP 186-2026 _Accounting and Tax Advisory Opinions.pdf
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Annexure A1_RFP186-2026_Accounting and Tax Opinion.pdf
Appointment of a Service Provider for the Provision of Accounting and Tax Advisory Opinions for a period of three (3) years to the Development Bank of Southern Africa. The service provider will deliver accounting and tax advisory opinions as required.
RFP 186_Annexure 1_Accounting and Tax opinion.pdf
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is procuring a service provider to deliver accounting and tax advisory opinions for a three‑year period. Bidders must complete and return Annexure 1 and indicate the transaction category (lending or non‑lending). The deadline is 23 October 2026 at 23:30 GMT.
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Organization
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)Contact Person
Kgomotso Mafora
Phone
011-313-3440
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The tender seeks a service provider to deliver accounting and tax advisory opinions to the DBSA over three years. The work involves two streams — accounting opinions and tax opinions — each requiring a review partner/director and a preparation senior manager/associate director. Bidders must provide hourly rates and time estimates for each role, plus a fixed price per standard opinion.
Important Dates
Source: Annexure A1_RFP186-2026_Accounting and Tax Opinion.pdf (RFP)Closing date and time: 23 October 2026 at 23:30 (UTC)
Technical Specifications
Source: Annexure A1_RFP186-2026_Accounting and Tax Opinion.pdf (RFP)Scope: Provision of accounting and tax advisory opinions to the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) for a three-year period.
Resource requirements:
Bidders must quote hourly rates and estimated hours for each resource per year.
Price per standard accounting opinion and per standard tax opinion must also be quoted.
Pricing Schedule
Source: Annexure A1_RFP186-2026_Accounting and Tax Opinion.pdfPricing schedule requires hourly rates for four roles across three years:
For each year, bidders must show rate per hour, estimated hours, average rate/total (excl. VAT), VAT, and total (incl. VAT).
Additionally, a price per standard accounting opinion and per standard tax opinion must be quoted.
Pricing instructions:
Financial Requirements
Source: Annexure A1_RFP186-2026_Accounting and Tax Opinion.pdf (RFP)Pricing structure: Hourly rates for each resource role, with estimated hours per year, for three years.
Rates must be fully inclusive of all costs, expenses, overheads, profit, and general risks.
Disbursements require pre-approval and are reimbursed at cost against original receipts/tax invoices.
A rate must be entered for each item; no lump-sum grouping allowed.
Actual expenditure based on agreed rate per person, limited to approved budget.
Rates to be populated on the supplied pricing template for the three-year period.
All rates in South African Rand (ZAR).
Bidders must clearly indicate whether VAT is included or excluded.
Rates are fixed for the full three-year contract period.
Price per standard accounting opinion and per standard tax opinion must be quoted.
Description
Source: RFP 186_Annexure 1_Accounting and Tax opinion.pdfContract duration: three (3) years
Procuring institution: Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Service: Accounting and Tax Advisory Opinions
Important Dates
Source: RFP 186_Annexure 1_Accounting and Tax opinion.pdf (RFP)Closing: 23 October 2026 at 23:30
No other dates (briefing, site visit, clarification deadline) stated in the extracted document.
Submission Guidelines
Source: RFP 186_Annexure 1_Accounting and Tax opinion.pdf (RFP)Returnable documents:
Submission method and address: not stated in the extracted document.
Disqualification risks:
Technical Specifications
Source: RFP 186_Annexure 1_Accounting and Tax opinion.pdf (RFP)Scope: provision of Accounting and Tax Advisory Opinions to the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Contract period: 3 years
Specialisation categories (bidder must select one):
RFP reference: 186/2026
Compliance Requirements
Source: RFP 186_Annexure 1_Accounting and Tax opinion.pdf (RFP)Mandatory returnable form:
Transaction category selection:
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Act 12 of 2004
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Address
1258 Lever Rd, Headway Hill, Midrand, 1685, South Africa
Source confidence
High source confidence
Official source
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Documents found
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Last checked
04 Oct 2026
AI status
Enhanced
Data conflicts
None detected
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Contact
011-313-3440[email protected]www.dbsa.org1258 Lever Rd, Headway Hill, Midrand, 1685, South Africa
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