Guides

Guides to South African tendering

Plain-language explainers on the parts of tendering that catch people out — B-BBEE scoring, CIDB grades, the end-to-end process, VAT, response structure, and timelines.

B-BBEE explained

What B-BBEE is, how contributor levels are scored, and how the level affects tender preference points.

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CIDB grades explained

How CIDB contractor grades 1–9 are calculated, what each grade can bid on, and how to upgrade.

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South African procurement process

End-to-end walkthrough of a public-sector tender — from advertisement to award.

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VAT on tenders

When to price inclusive vs. exclusive of VAT, and how VAT registration affects tender eligibility.

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How to structure a tender response

The standard SBD forms, mandatory attachments, and recommended response document layout.

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Tender timelines and working days

How to count working days, typical tender windows, and what triggers an extension.

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API reference for AI agents

Documented public JSON endpoints for programmatic access to TenderFlow's live tender feed.

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Machine-readable too

Every guide has a plain-text companion at the same URL plus .md. The top-level /llms.txt indexes them all, and /llms-full.txt concatenates the top pages for language-model ingestion.