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PROCUREMENT OF A BOARD PORTAL SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR THE NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (NRF) FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR (4) YEARS.

AwardedStatus as the portal listed it on 11 October 2026Request for Bid(Open-Tender)Information service activities

The notice

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Tender number: NRF/CORP COSEC/03/2025-26
Organ of state: National Research Foundation
Advertised: 20 November 2025
Closing: 15 December 2025, 12:00 SAST
Briefing: none stated
Province: not stated
Submission: not electronic
OCDS id: ocds-936f1280-0e26-44b4-b078-449f54e60717
Portal record: 141136

Awards

From the portal's open-contracting release of this tender, as published

AwardsSupplier as printed; value as published
Supplier, as published	Award value	Value check	Detail as published
ABILITY HOLDINGS 35	R 13 174 400	Unverified: possible missing decimal separator. As published, this award value is the contract value followed by one extra digit, as if a decimal separator were lost at the source. Which figure is right is not established; both are shown as published and neither is used in any total.	OCDS ocds-9t57fa-141136 release ocds-9t57fa-141136-2025-11-20 (2025-11-20); award status "active"; description as published: "QSE" · award date not published

Contracts

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ContractsAs published in the OCDS release
Reference	Supplier	Period	Contract value	Signed	Documents
NRF/CORP COSEC/03/2025-26status “active”	ABILITY HOLDINGS 35	1 March 2026 – 28 February 2030	R 1 317 440	13 March 2026	Acceptance of offer_SBD 7_Ability holdings_Board Portal Software_20 Feb 2026.pdf

Tender record: National Treasury — Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (eTender Publication Portal) · 2 official files · retrieved 11 October 2026

Details

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Retrieved: 11 October 2026, 12:20 SAST
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Source: National Treasury — eTenders OCDS API: awards and contracts of awarded tenders (external site)National Treasury — Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (eTenders OCDS API)
Retrieved: 11 October 2026, 14:20 SAST
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