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Agricultural Research Council tenders
Between its research farms and its laboratories, the Agricultural Research Council buys like a large commercial farming operation and a scientific institute at the same time.
- Open now
- 15
- On record
- 231
- Awards published
- 5
- Total awarded
- R 237 040 753
Open the Agricultural Research Council tenders
The Appointment for The Procurement of a Service Provider for Digital Platforms/Dashboard Development for Marketing and…
Services: Professional · National · closes 2026/08/06
OVI01REQ004399
Scientific research and development · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/10
OVI01REQ004379
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/11
Supply, Delivery and Installation of renewable green energy powered borehole water pumping system
Specialised construction activities · Eastern Cape · closes 2026/08/11
Biohazard cabinets calibration
Scientific research and development · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
Supply, Delivery and Installation of a flat roof shade net structure, mini tunnels, with automated irrigation systems
Specialised construction activities · Eastern Cape · closes 2026/08/12
OVI01REQ003811
Scientific research and development · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
OVI01REQ003500
Scientific research and development · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
SANAS calibration of two auto clave, calibration point of 121 and 134 degrees celcius
Agricultural Products and Services · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
SANAS calibration of two pH meters
Agricultural Products and Services · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
Procurement of de-ionised water making machine
Supplies: General · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
Calibration of Turbo Vap calibration- 40, 50 and 60 degrees
Agricultural Products and Services · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
PH meter on site calibration
Scientific research and development · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/13
Leasing Office Accommodation Premises in Bloemfontein. ARC-AP
Rental and leasing activities · Free State · closes 2026/08/14
The appointment of a panel of internal audit service providers as and when required for the period of five (5) years
Services: Professional · National · closes 2026/08/28
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Largest published the Agricultural Research Council awards
TECHEX DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
Professional Service Providers to assist the ARC with Managed Security Operations Centre and Security Information and…
R 94 481 700
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MICROSEP
Tender no: arc/09/06/2025. the appointment of a service provider for supply, delivery, installation and commissioning…
R 78 957 935
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(OAKANTSWE CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS)
Upgrade of Glasshouses at ARC-VIMP
R 51 798 300
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DR LG NEMUKONGWE
Professional Service Providers to assist with Occupational Medical Services for a period of three years.
R 11 583 718
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MOEPATHUTSI ENTERPRISES
Request for proposals to assist the ARC with the provision of tractor and related equipment/accessories repairs and…
R 219 100
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Open work by category
- Scientific research and development — 5
- Agricultural Products and Services — 3
- Services: Professional — 2
- Specialised construction activities — 2
- Rental and leasing activities — 1
- Repair and installation of machinery and equipment — 1
- Supplies: General — 1
Open work by province
- Gauteng — 10
- Eastern Cape — 2
- National — 2
- Free State — 1
About the Agricultural Research Council procurement
The institute network is spread across the country and each site buys for its own discipline: animal production and veterinary research around Pretoria, small grain work in the eastern Free State, grain crops in the North West, deciduous fruit and wine research in the Western Cape, and subtropical crops in Mpumalanga. A supplier bidding to the Agricultural Research Council is usually supplying one campus, not a national contract.
Farm inputs and equipment make up a category almost no other public buyer has. Seed, fertiliser, agricultural remedies, animal feed, veterinary consumables, irrigation systems, tunnels and glasshouses, tractors and implements, fencing and cold storage all appear, and much of it is time critical, because a planting or breeding window does not move to suit a procurement cycle.
The laboratory side looks entirely different. Analytical instruments, reagents and consumables, sample analysis, calibration, controlled environment chambers and specialised software are procured against tight technical specifications, and the Agricultural Research Council will normally want local service support and traceable calibration rather than simply the lowest quoted price.
the Agricultural Research Council tenders — questions
- Where are the research sites located?
- Across the country, with campuses and experimental farms in Gauteng, the Free State, North West, the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and elsewhere. Notices normally state the delivery point, which matters when the goods are perishable or the site is genuinely rural.
- Is agricultural experience needed to supply?
- For inputs and farm equipment, familiarity with the sector and with the registration requirements applying to fertiliser, feed and agricultural remedies is effectively necessary. For laboratory, construction and general service categories, ordinary sector credentials apply in the usual way.
- Why are some of these tenders so urgent?
- Because biological timing does not negotiate. A trial that has to be planted in a particular week, a herd that has to be fed, or a cold room that has to hold a harvest all impose deadlines the Agricultural Research Council cannot shift for procedural convenience.
- Does this buyer tender construction work?
- Yes, though less prominently. Laboratory refurbishment, glasshouse and tunnel erection, farm buildings, boreholes and irrigation infrastructure, fencing, roads on research farms and general campus maintenance come to market with the usual CIDB grade and class requirements attached.
- What compliance is required to bid here?
- Central Supplier Database registration, tax compliance status, B-BBEE evidence and the standard SBD declarations, plus product registrations where the goods are regulated. Beyond that, the Agricultural Research Council states category specific requirements in the tender document itself.
- How would I hear about these notices?
- They are easy to miss, because a seed or reagent tender does not use the vocabulary a construction-focused search would ever catch. Industrial Hub filters the feed by category and province and sends the matches to email or WhatsApp.