GE/20/26

Mpilo Central Hospital wants 155 single bed mattresses — white, fluid-proof, 200x90x20cm — and a sample must be brought or you are automatically disqualified; bids close 26 August, 8am.

One hundred and fifty-five single bed mattresses for Mpilo Central Hospital: covered in fluid-proof material, white, 200cm long, 90cm wide, 20cm thick, delivered to general stores within 30 days. The description carries a condition the earlier version of this notice did not: bring a sample, and failure to bring a sample leads to automatic disqualification. The full tender document was not available to us — only the notice fields above were published where we can read them. Download it from the eGP portal before quoting.

Moderate effort to bid.

Written from the published notice — the full tender document was not available to us. Download it from the source before bidding: eligibility rules, fees and specifications may only appear there.

• A physical sample mattress must be submitted — the notice states in capitals that failure to bring a sample leads to automatic disqualification. That is a manufactured unit at your cost before you win anything.

• The sample requirement is absolute: no sample, no bid. Budget the cost and the lead time to make one.
• This notice repeats reference GE/20/26, which also appears on the board closing a day earlier without the sample clause. Bid against this later version and confirm which is live.
• The covering material is written as 'macking torch', most likely meant as mackintosh — a fluid-proof hospital covering.
• No foam density or grade is specified, which is the main cost variable in a 20cm mattress.

• 21 Aug 2026, 13:30 — Published by MPILO CENTRAL HOSPITAL