Compliance · South Africa
Get your MAAA reference and become eligible for every South African government tender.
The Central Supplier Database (CSD) is National Treasury's single register of all suppliers to government. Every South African organ of state — national departments, provinces, municipalities, SOEs like Eskom, Transnet, Sasol and PRASA — is legally required to procure only from CSD-registered suppliers for contracts above R 30,000.
Registration issues a unique MAAA supplier number that appears on every tender submission and every payment. Without a MAAA number, your tender is disqualified before it's even opened.
Amashad handles the full CSD registration — from creating your profile and linking your CIPC, SARS and banking details, to submitting for National Treasury verification and confirming your active MAAA reference.
We collect CIPC docs, SARS tax number, bank confirmation and BEE Affidavit.
CSD profile built on the National Treasury portal.
Profile submitted for verification against SARS, CIPC and banking data.
You receive your active MAAA supplier reference — ready to quote on tenders.
CSD verification is automated: National Treasury cross-checks your company against CIPC (for legal existence and directors), SARS (for tax compliance status), and your bank (for account ownership). Any mismatch — a stale CIPC director record, expired tax compliance, wrong bank branch code — will block registration.
Amashad reviews and repairs these mismatches before submitting — a common reason DIY CSD registrations get stuck. If your SARS tax status is non-compliant, we can bundle a Tax Compliance Pin request into the CSD workflow.
Your CSD profile must be updated annually and whenever directors, shareholders, banking or tax status changes. We offer an optional CSD maintenance retainer for active tenderers.
Yes for any company doing government business above R 30,000. Below that threshold it's optional but still recommended to appear on the preferred supplier lists.
3 to 7 business days once submitted, provided your SARS, CIPC and banking data all match. Mismatches can extend it by weeks.
Yes. Your SARS tax status must be compliant. If it's not, we bundle a Tax Compliance Pin request first.
Yes. The Central Supplier Database replaced all separate departmental supplier databases in 2016 — one register serves the entire South African public sector.
Request a free, no-obligation quote — we respond within one business day.