DOMESTIC NAT RFP SS-JE-98-2026

NatPharm wants a consultancy to run a six-month job evaluation, restructuring and grading exercise at its Southerton head office; proposals but the notice records this as single-source selection. Bids close 23 September 2026 at 10:28 CAT.

NatPharm is looking for a consultancy to take its organisation through a full job evaluation, restructuring and grading exercise over six months, based at its head office at 14 Lobengula Road, Southerton, Harare. The work is broken into six lump-sum deliverables: customising a methodology and designing the job evaluation framework with stakeholder alignment; a structure review with competency modelling and a succession planning framework; desk audits and the rewriting of job descriptions; implementing the grading matrix with panel testing and grade mapping; pay scale modelling, market benchmarking and salary structuring; and a final report with change management toolkits and handover workshops. That is a human resources consulting engagement end to end — framework, audit, grading, pay structure and handover — rather than a piece of advice. Proposals must stay valid for 60 days, and the work is funded from NatPharm's own internally generated funds. The full tender document was not available where we read this, so the deliverables above are all that was published and the terms of reference could not be seen. Anyone considering this should download the request for proposal from the source.

High 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.

• Bid form fee is listed as 0. No proposal fee or bid security appears in what was published, though the full document was not available to confirm.

• The procurement method is recorded as Single-Source Selection, not open competition. The notice does not say whether firms other than an already-identified supplier can submit, and that is worth establishing before spending time on a proposal.
• All six deliverables are priced as lump sums with no staff numbers, grade counts or site count given, so the scale of the desk audits and job description rewriting cannot be estimated from what was published.
• The engagement runs six months and asks for pay scale modelling and market benchmarking, which normally needs salary survey data the consultant supplies.

• 2 Oct 2026, 00:00 — Awarded to MBB Training & Development P/L
• 23 Sept 2026, 10:28 — Closing date passed
• 21 Sept 2026, 12:54 — Closing date moved from 2026-09-10 11:00 to 2026-09-23 10:28
• 10 Sept 2026, 11:00 — Closing date passed
• 6 Sept 2026, 09:18 — Published by NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS