Capricorn District Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Limpopo · 56 published awards, 2022Q1 to 2025Q4
Based on tenders published to the National Treasury eTenders portal. Municipalities and SOEs are not obliged to publish here: absence of data is not absence of procurement. Coverage for this buyer: 66% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (27 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Water collection, treatment and supply, Repair and installation of machinery and equipment, Information service activities, Office administrative, office support and other business support activities, Civil engineering.
Awards per quarter
Typical award value vs the national median
Bounded medians over awards with usable values only; small samples are excluded. A ratio above 1 means this buyer's typical award in the category is larger than the national typical award, which can reflect scope, project size or pricing.
| Category | This buyer | National | Ratio | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplies: General | R876k | R4m | 0.2× | 5 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 51 (91%)
- RFQ: 4 (7%)
- RFP: 1 (2%)
Median advertised window: 20 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
43 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 4% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.
Largest winners by award count: MBUYELONYIKO HYDRO ENTERPRISES (2), MORAR (2), L-O THAMAGA AND SON S TRADING ENTERPRISE (2).
Names restate the published award record; nothing analytic is attached to any name, and concentration is a market-structure observation, not an accusation: small buyers and specialist categories concentrate naturally. Right of reply →
Buyers with similar baskets
Nearest procurement mixes by revealed specialisation (cosine similarity), regardless of sphere or size. Descriptive, not a comparison of performance.
- The Playhouse Company
- Matzikama Municipality
- Francis Baard District Municipality
- Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- National Nuclear Regulator
Categories at least two of these peers award that Capricorn District Municipality hasn't published awards in: Supplies: Computer Equipment (3 peers), Construction of buildings (3 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2 peers), Specialised construction activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Capricorn (DC35) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 56 awards published here. Large capex with few published awards usually means procurement happens outside the eTenders portal, not that it is not happening.
Neighbours also buying
Categories several buyers in Limpopo awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: Professional · 9 buyers (including this one) e.g. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Office of the Premier; Limpopo - Public Works
- Construction · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. Higher Education and Training - Mopani East TVET College; Limpopo - Public Works; South African National Biodiversity Institute
- Supplies: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. South African Revenue Service; Sekhukhune District Municipality; Limpopo - Limpopo Roads Agency
- Other service activities · 4 buyers e.g. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; South African Local Government Association
- Information and communication · 3 buyers (including this one) e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Education