What kind of work does PRASA tender for?

Mostly commuter rail recovery: perway and track rehabilitation, overhead traction equipment, signalling, substations, station and depot buildings, and a very large volume of security and facilities services. Rolling stock and its long-term maintenance sit under separate PRASA manufacture agreements rather than routine notices.

Does PRASA publish tenders in every province?

Not evenly. PRASA commuter services concentrate in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and the tender list follows that footprint, with mainline passenger and property work appearing more sporadically elsewhere. The province breakdown on this page shows where open work currently sits.

Is a CIDB grade needed for PRASA work?

For civil, electrical and building contracts, yes, and the notice normally states the grade and class of works. Security, cleaning and professional service contracts do not use CIDB at all, which is why filtering on grade alone hides a large share of what is open.

How competitive is bidding on PRASA contracts?

Corridor and signalling work draws a narrow field, because few firms hold the specialist competence. Station buildings, cleaning and guarding draw very wide ones. The PRASA award records below are the fastest way to see which of the two a category behaves like.

What should a first-time bidder check on a PRASA notice?

Whether the site sits inside an operating rail reserve. That determines safety accreditation, permit-to-work arrangements, night or weekend occupations between train services, and escort requirements, all of which change the programme and the price well beyond a comparable job on open ground.

How soon can a new PRASA notice reach me?

A saved search on your trade categories, province and keywords catches the match. On WhatsApp, Pro and Enterprise subscribers see it inside 30 minutes; through the daily email digest, everyone sees it the next morning — both early enough, in practice, to arrange a site visit rather than arrive after the compulsory briefing. Whether your CIDB grade covers the work is answered on the tender itself, by the Bid Readiness check.

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PRASA tenders — rail bids and awards

PRASA runs commuter rail, and most of what it buys today is aimed at putting corridors that were stripped bare back into service rather than at extending the network.

Open now: 34
On record: 298
Awards published: 53
Total awarded: R 9 050 928 738

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Open PRASA tenders

Request for quotation (RFQ) for the appointment of service provider to remove, repair and fit new king pins– cape town…
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles · Western Cape · closes 2026/08/06
Request for quotation (RFQ) first aid level 1 and level 2 training for gauteng province on “as and when” for a period…
Education · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/06
Request for quotation (RFQ) for working at heights training for gauteng province on “as and when” for a period of 36…
Education · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/06
Request for quotation (RFQ) for forklift training
Education · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/06
Request for quotation (RFQ) for the appointment of a contractor for replacement of air circuit breakers (acbs) at the…
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · KwaZulu-Natal · closes 2026/08/06
Request for proposal (RFP) for the appointment of not more than two (2) 3ME or higher service provider(s) maintenance…
Services: Building · Western Cape · closes 2026/08/07
Request for quote to supply and deliver brake blocks
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/10
Request for quotation (RFQ) for the appointment of two (2) reputable horticulture service providers to provide “as and…
Services: General · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/10
Request for quotation (RFQ) for the appointment of a service provider to overhaul gearboxes & replace parts
Services: Professional · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/11
Request for quotation (RFQ) for appointment of a service provider for feasibility and concept designs services for…
Services: Professional · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/11
Request for quotation for the renewal of ibm spss statistics software license to PRASA
Administrative and support activities · National · closes 2026/08/12
Request for quotation (RFQ) for service provider for solar pv training
Education · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/12
Request for quotation for the provision of hr talent acquisition services for a period of twelve months , on an as and…
Administrative and support activities · National · closes 2026/08/12
Request for quotation (RFQ): service provider needed for the once off services of an approved inspection authority to…
Human health and social work activities · KwaZulu-Natal · closes 2026/08/12
Request for proposal (RFP) for the appointment of an 6GB or higher building contractor for the refurbishment of…
Services: General · Western Cape · closes 2026/08/12
Request for quotation (RFQ) for service provider for social media marketing training
Education · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/13
Request for quotation (RFQ): the appointment of a qualified service provider to facilitate a track master training to…
Education · KwaZulu-Natal · closes 2026/08/13
Request for quotation (RFQ) for the supply and delivery of ICT consumables for PRASA western cape region
Services: General · Western Cape · closes 2026/08/13
Re-advert - appointment of panel of internal audit service providers as and when needed for a period of three (3) years
Services: Professional · National · closes 2026/08/13
Request for quotation (RFQ) for provision of end-user technical support service for continuous controls monitoring…
Information service activities · National · closes 2026/08/13
Request for quotation (RFQ): the appointemt of a service provider for supply, deliver and installation of heavy-duty…
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · KwaZulu-Natal · closes 2026/08/13
Appointment of one (01) service provider for an as and when contractor for the supply, delivery and installation of new…
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · Eastern Cape · closes 2026/08/14
Appointment of a service provider for a national employee wellness programme (ewp) and adhoc occupational health (oh)…
Human health and social work activities · National · closes 2026/08/14
Request for proposal (RFP) for the appointment of service provider for provision of semi intensive and light coach…
Services: General · Western Cape · closes 2026/08/17
Request for proposal (RFP) for the appointment of a service provider for medical aid scheme brokerage services for a…
Services: Professional · Gauteng · closes 2026/08/19

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Largest published PRASA awards

(VALOSTAR 159)
Request for proposal (RFP) for the provision of cleaning, hygiene and horticultural services at johannesburg park…
R 5 698 298 541
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DIGNITY SUPPLY AND PROJECTS
Tender 06/2024/ctn/region - as and when supply and delivery of personnel protective clothing and equipment for the…
R 790 851 219
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MUDAU PICTURE FRAMERS
Request for quotation (RFQ) for the appointment of as and when contractor for supply and installation of signage for…
R 500 000 000
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RASSOL PROJECTS
Request for proposal (RFP) for the appointment of a service provider for provision of pest control management services…
R 407 002 141
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(VALOSTAR 159)
Request for quotation (RFQ) for the appointment of a service provider to provide cleaning, hygiene and horticultural…
R 363 597 164
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(DENZHELASHU TRADING AND PROJECTS)
Appointment of a contractor for a cleaning service provider to semi-intensive cleaning of PRASA trains and sanitization…
R 308 337 540
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(MBELE ELECTRICAL)
The provision of an electrical maintenance contractor on as and when basis for a period of 36 months in the western…
R 274 452 125
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CIVMAQ PROJECTS
Re-issue 1 request for proposal for the appointment of a 6GB or higher turnkey contractor for the refurbishment of…
R 141 315 692
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TIGER LIFTING SOLUTIONS
Repair Lifting Equipment’s
R 132 904 834
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MAKGAI COMMODITIES
Request for proposal (RFP) for the appointment of service provider for the provision of intensive coach cleaning at…
R 82 563 586
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ACCENTURE (SOUTH AFRICA)
Appointment of a service provider for the development of a PRASA ICT strategy and technology roadmap.
R 49 795 000
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SIBAKULU TRADING
Request for quotation for the cleaning of the rail reserve for the central corridor for the period of 3 months
R 48 692 380
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(VULULWANI TECHNOLOGIES)
The review and develop ICT governance frameworks.
R 48 001 000
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(RIDAS GROUP)
The appointment of a contractor for cleaning service provider to deep clean PRASA trains and sanitization (metro, emu…
R 36 162 690
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(ECOAN ENGINEERING)
Supply and delivery of telecoms material
R 33 969 850
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Open work by province

Gauteng — 11
KwaZulu-Natal — 11
Western Cape — 6
National — 5
Eastern Cape — 1

About PRASA procurement

Corridor recovery dominates the PRASA tender list. Years of vandalism and cable theft left whole Metrorail lines without overhead traction equipment, signalling or intact perway, and the work to reverse that is packaged as civil, electrical and signalling contracts on a line-by-line basis. Read the notice for which corridor and which depot it belongs to before anything else, because mobilisation distance drives the price.

Security is a procurement category here in a way it is not at most buyers. Guarding of stations, rail reserve and construction sites is tendered at scale, and physical works contracts frequently carry their own security obligation, because unguarded material on an open corridor does not survive the night. Firms bidding construction should price that obligation rather than assume the client carries it.

The rolling stock and station sides of PRASA are procured very differently from the corridor work. New train sets come through long-running manufacture and maintenance agreements, while station refurbishment, ablution blocks, roofing and platform work reach the feed as ordinary building contracts a mid-grade CIDB contractor can carry. The category breakdown below separates the two quickly.

PRASA tenders — questions

What kind of work does PRASA tender for?: Mostly commuter rail recovery: perway and track rehabilitation, overhead traction equipment, signalling, substations, station and depot buildings, and a very large volume of security and facilities services. Rolling stock and its long-term maintenance sit under separate PRASA manufacture agreements rather than routine notices.
Does PRASA publish tenders in every province?: Not evenly. PRASA commuter services concentrate in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and the tender list follows that footprint, with mainline passenger and property work appearing more sporadically elsewhere. The province breakdown on this page shows where open work currently sits.
Is a CIDB grade needed for PRASA work?: For civil, electrical and building contracts, yes, and the notice normally states the grade and class of works. Security, cleaning and professional service contracts do not use CIDB at all, which is why filtering on grade alone hides a large share of what is open.
How competitive is bidding on PRASA contracts?: Corridor and signalling work draws a narrow field, because few firms hold the specialist competence. Station buildings, cleaning and guarding draw very wide ones. The PRASA award records below are the fastest way to see which of the two a category behaves like.
What should a first-time bidder check on a PRASA notice?: Whether the site sits inside an operating rail reserve. That determines safety accreditation, permit-to-work arrangements, night or weekend occupations between train services, and escort requirements, all of which change the programme and the price well beyond a comparable job on open ground.
How soon can a new PRASA notice reach me?: A saved search on your trade categories, province and keywords catches the match. On WhatsApp, Pro and Enterprise subscribers see it inside 30 minutes; through the daily email digest, everyone sees it the next morning — both early enough, in practice, to arrange a site visit rather than arrive after the compulsory briefing. Whether your CIDB grade covers the work is answered on the tender itself, by the Bid Readiness check.

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