Department of Health tenders

55 live Department of Health tenders right nowUpdated 02 Aug 2026, 09:50 SAST · Source: National Treasury eTenders

The national Department of Health and the nine provincial health departments together run one of the largest procurement programmes in the country, supplying more than 400 public hospitals and thousands of clinics. Health tenders cover pharmaceuticals and medical consumables, hospital equipment and its maintenance, patient food services and catering, laundry, cleaning and hygiene, security at facilities, medical waste removal, oxygen supply, and construction or refurbishment of clinics and wards.

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Requirements vary sharply by category. Pharmaceutical and medical device tenders demand SAHPRA registration and cold-chain capability; catering needs a Certificate of Acceptability under the R638 food regulations; medical waste requires specialised transport permits; construction work at facilities needs CIDB grading. Across all of them, CSD registration, tax compliance and B-BBEE documents are non-negotiable, and provincial health departments frequently insist on compulsory site briefings at hospitals.

Because health tenders are published separately by national and each provincial department, tracking them manually means checking ten sources. TenderFinder consolidates every health tender from the eTenders bulletin daily. Sign up free to see full details, documents and closing dates below.

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Medical supplies and equipment, pharmaceuticals, hospital services like catering, cleaning, laundry and security, medical waste management, oxygen supply, equipment maintenance and construction at health facilities, published by the national department and all nine provinces.

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