# Public tenders Canonical results: https://zephior.com/tenders?countries=ZA&categories=engineering-consulting 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: "Principal engineer for vaccine-facility GMP requirements" canonical: "https://zephior.com/tenders/066f828a-ccf1-4434-a254-7b0f8dd55f69/tender-for-principal-engineer-to-determine-requirements-and-specifications-for-vaccine-facility-to-achieve-good-manufacturing-practice-certification-a" last-updated: 2026-10-14T10:32:00.395116+00:00 --- # Principal engineer for vaccine-facility GMP requirements Onderstepoort Biological Products seeks a principal engineer to determine requirements and specifications for a vaccine facility intended to achieve Good Manufacturing Practice certification. The official eTenders record identifies RFP/OBP04/26/EMU01, a professional-services request for proposal, and names the Department, Pretoria delivery location, contact person and public contact details. The portal lists closing at 13:00 on 4 November 2026 without a zone; the available notice information separately records 11:00 UTC on that date. Because the relationship is not stated, only the date is used as the cutoff. The notice does not give a budget, detailed qualifications, evaluation criteria or the facility specifications. - Status: open - Country: ZA - Buyer: Onderstepoort Biological Products Limited - Submission deadline: 2026-11-04 (date) - Original notice: https://www.etenders.gov.za/Home/TenderDetails/173283 - Source checked: 2026-10-14T10:23:34.305294Z ## Source-backed public facts ```json { "id": "066f828a-ccf1-4434-a254-7b0f8dd55f69", "revision": 1, "modifiedAt": "2026-10-14T10:32:00.395116+00:00", "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-10-14T10:23:34.305294Z", "stale": false, "url": "https://zephior.com/tenders/066f828a-ccf1-4434-a254-7b0f8dd55f69/tender-for-principal-engineer-to-determine-requirements-and-specifications-for-vaccine-facility-to-achieve-good-manufacturing-practice-certification-a", "locale": "en", "title": "Principal engineer for vaccine-facility GMP requirements", "summary": "Onderstepoort Biological Products seeks a principal engineer to determine requirements and specifications for a vaccine facility intended to achieve Good Manufacturing Practice certification. 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