South Africa Tender/RFQ Automation Developer

Job Description I need an automation developer to build a system that monitors South African tender and RFQ websites, filters for supply-and-delivery opportunities, excludes tenders with compulsory briefing sessions, and prepares printable bid packs for my review. The system should support multiple business profiles and help me quickly identify suitable opportunities, extract the key details, and auto-fill as much of the response pack as possible. Where online submission is possible, the system should assist with pre-filling and workflow preparation, but final submission must always wait for my approval. What the system must do Scrape all major South African tender and RFQ portals. Collect all RFQs and tenders across sectors. Filter for supply-and-delivery only. Exclude opportunities with compulsory briefing sessions. Download tender documents and extract text from PDFs. Pull out key fields like closing date, reference number, buyer, location, and document requirements. Match opportunities against multiple business profiles. Auto-fill standard forms and generate printable bid packs. Create alerts by email and WhatsApp. Track deadlines and send reminders. Prepare documents so I can print, bind, sign, and send them if manual submission is required. Support online submission only where allowed and stable. Required skills Python Web scraping Browser automation PDF extraction / OCR Document automation Form filling automation Workflow automation Experience with South African tender or procurement systems is a plus Nice to have Experience with tender portals and RFQ workflows Experience building systems with multiple profiles or templates Experience with email/WhatsApp notifications Experience with e-signatures and PDF generation Deliverables Working tender/RFQ monitoring system Filter rules for supply-and-delivery only Exclusion of compulsory briefing sessions Document extraction and bid-pack generation Multiple business profile support Alerts and reminders Basic documentation on how to use and update the system Important notes This must be built as a low-cost, practical solution. I want the cheapest workable stack, but it must be reliable. I will buy a laptop and use it to run the system. Final submission must remain under my control. Budget Please quote your fixed price or monthly support cost separately. What to include in your proposal Similar projects you have completed Your approach to scraping and automation What tools you would use Estimated timeline Estimated total cost Any monthly support or maintenance fees Short version for platforms I need a Python automation developer to build a South African tender/RFQ monitoring system that scrapes all portals, filters for supply-and-delivery only, excludes compulsory briefing sessions, downloads and reads RFQ documents, matches them to multiple business profiles, auto-fills bid packs, and sends alerts. The system should be low-cost, practical, and ready for me to print, sign, and submit manually where needed. If you want, I can also turn this into: a short Upwork version a Freelancer.com version or a more professional version with screening questions