# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?categories=systems-engineering 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: "Appointment of a Systems Engineering Consultant for specialised technical services for the Africa2Moon Project" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/fffca26a-2d93-4545-af9e-3710cd1753d3/africa2moon-systems-engineering-consultant" last-updated: 2026-10-15T18:17:54.030387+00:00 --- # Appointment of a Systems Engineering Consultant for specialised technical services for the Africa2Moon Project The National Research Foundation seeks a systems engineering consultant to provide specialised technical services for the Africa2Moon Project. The exact eTenders record identifies bid SARAO-SDSE-TM-(PRF-4581)-2026-27, procedure Request for Quotation, and category Other professional, scientific and technical activities. The record identifies the Western Cape and a delivery location in Mowbray, Cape Town. Its public summary gives a closing time of 12:00 on 23 October 2026 without a timezone, while the source timestamp is 10:00 UTC on that date; the deadline is presented as date-only. The anonymous exact-record response exposes only summary metadata, so scope, evaluation criteria, value, formal items/lots and contract duration are unavailable. - Status: open - Country: ZA - Buyer: National Research Foundation - Submission deadline: 2026-10-23 (date) - Original notice: https://www.etenders.gov.za/Home/TenderDetails/173183 - Source checked: 2026-10-15T18:16:50.408978Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "fffca26a-2d93-4545-af9e-3710cd1753d3", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-15T18:17:54.030387+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-15T18:16:50.408978Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/fffca26a-2d93-4545-af9e-3710cd1753d3/africa2moon-systems-engineering-consultant", "locale": "en", "title": "Appointment of a Systems Engineering Consultant for specialised technical services for the Africa2Moon Project", "summary": "The National Research Foundation seeks a systems engineering consultant to provide specialised technical services for the Africa2Moon Project. 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