# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=legal-services-panel 1 matching notices. Page 1. Filter semantics: OR within a filter, AND across filters and text search. Omitted statuses use active defaults; [] includes all statuses. --- title: "Panel of up to five legal practitioners for 36 months" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/b33cd22f-e5a2-4cfa-a73b-d03834221ea4/ratlou-legal-services-practitioner-panel" last-updated: 2026-10-14T00:46:13.802128+00:00 --- # Panel of up to five legal practitioners for 36 months Ratlou Local Municipality invites bids to establish a panel of no more than five legal services practitioners for 36 months. The official public record identifies an open request for bid, reference NW381/CORPS03/2026/2027, in the legal and accounting category. It lists a closing date of 5 November 2026; the structured record provides 11:00 without a stated time zone. No budget, panel allocation or detailed eligibility terms are available in the returned public notice fields. - Status: open - Country: ZA - Buyer: Ratlou Local Municipality - Submission deadline: 2026-11-05 (date) - Original notice: https://www.etenders.gov.za/Home/TenderDetails/172801 - Source checked: 2026-10-14T00:40:03.024951Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "b33cd22f-e5a2-4cfa-a73b-d03834221ea4", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-14T00:46:13.802128+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-14T00:40:03.024951Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/b33cd22f-e5a2-4cfa-a73b-d03834221ea4/ratlou-legal-services-practitioner-panel", "locale": "en", "title": "Panel of up to five legal practitioners for 36 months", "summary": "Ratlou Local Municipality invites bids to establish a panel of no more than five legal services practitioners for 36 months. 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