Rights to operate the accommodation (lodge), food and beverage, retail and wildlife activity (drives & walks) products on and manage roads and environmental infrastructure of the Lwakahle Concession in the Kruger National ParkClosed

Overview

The procurement seeks the rights to finance, refurbish, operate and maintain the Lwakahle Concession Area in the Kruger National Park (lodges, food & beverage, retail and wildlife activities, plus roads and environmental infrastructure) under a 25-year Public Private Partnership. Bidders should be experienced hospitality/integration operators capable of forming a Private Party SPV, complying with B-BBEE and local socio-economic objectives, and raising debt and equity for the concession.

Requirements

• Private Party SPV must be formed prior to signing; 30% of SPV equity to be held by the technical/operational partner.
• Ability to raise debt and equity and provide security to SANParks’ satisfaction.
• Compliance with B-BBEE obligations and enterprise development commitments (Annexure 3).
• Restrictions on involvement of public entities; non-eligible persons listed in 4.10 may be rejected.
• Bidder may submit responses to a maximum of four concessions; SANParks may award to a maximum of two bids per bidder (4.12.x).
• Change inMembership/ownership requires SANParks approval and related pre-signature timelines (5.12–5.14).
• Bids must meet the identity/structure rules (single company, JV, consortium or trust) and disclose ownership arrangements (5.1–5.10).
• Compliance with environmental/natural-resource regulations and SANParks’ Environmental Specifications (Schedule 7; 4.4–4.5).

How to Apply

• Submission deadline: 5 October 2026, 12:00.
• Briefing session: 20 August 2026, 11:00 (address for briefing found in tender materials).
• Submission method and detailed requirements: as specified in the RFP; see (Request For Proposal - Lwakahle - July 2026.pdf).
• Documents to complete/submit: Annexure 1A (Qualification Submissions), Annexure 1B (Information on Bidders); Schedule 5 (B-BBEE Obligations); Schedule 6 (PPP Fee); Schedule 9 (Private Party Constitutional Documents); Bid Cover Sheets (Annexure 6); and related bid submission schedules (as per the RFP and PPP Agreement). See (Request For Proposal - Lwakahle - July 2026.pdf).
• Where to obtain bid documents: from the SANParks RFP package and attachments (see filenames listed in the provided PDFs). Refer to (Request For Proposal - Lwakahle - July 2026.pdf) and the Information Memorandum (Information Memorandum - Lwakahle - 3Jul26.pdf) for context.
• Important preconditions: SPV incorporation before signature; adherence to environmental and legal frameworks (NEMPAA/NEMA), and the terms of the PPP Agreement (see the Final Draft PPP Agreement for Lwakahle).