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Testing of selected fungal strains for plant growth-promoting and biocontrol properties in a controlled greenhouse facility over a three-month tomato growth cycle, from seed germination to final fruit harvest.

AwardedStatus as the portal listed it on 11 October 2026Single source biddingScientific research and development

The notice

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Tender number: SIN-163
Organ of state: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Advertised: 20 August 2026
Closing: 21 August 2026, 11:00 SAST
Briefing: none stated
Province: not stated
Submission: not electronic
OCDS id: ocds-2480339c-feb7-4cc3-af4f-6ae1b2b60623
Portal record: 169577

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
GREENHOUSE TRIAL CENTRE	R 230 000	Unverified: no contract to check against. No contract value is published for this award, so it cannot be checked; the portal's award values are often inconsistent with their contracts. Not used in any total.	OCDS ocds-9t57fa-169577 release ocds-9t57fa-169577-2026-08-20 (2026-08-20); award status "active"; description as published: "GEN" · award date not published

Contracts

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No contract is published for this notice. Contract variations are not published on the portal.

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

Details

Source: National Treasury — eTender Publication Portal: tender opportunities (listing feeds) (external site)National Treasury — Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (eTender Publication Portal)
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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