Security is one of the most consistently advertised service categories in public procurement: nearly every government building, hospital, school cluster, depot, pay point and construction site needs guarding. Tenders range from single-site day guarding to multi-year, multi-site contracts covering entire provincial departments, plus armed response, cash-in-transit support, control room and CCTV monitoring, event security and specialised protection at courts and rail corridors through buyers like SAPS facilities management, SASSA, PRASA and the metros.
The regulatory bar is clear: the bidding company must hold current PSIRA registration, deployed officers must be PSIRA-registered at the grades specified (typically Grade C for access control up to Grade A for supervisors), and firearm-carrying posts add SAPS competency and firearm licensing requirements. Buyers scrutinise compliance with sectoral determination wages, and bids priced below the legal wage floor are routinely disqualified as abnormally low. The standard CSD, tax and B-BBEE pack applies on top.
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The company must hold valid PSIRA registration and be in good standing, and every deployed officer must be individually PSIRA-registered at the grade the tender specifies, commonly Grade C for guarding posts and Grade B or A for site supervision.
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