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Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development

National department / entity · 159 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2025Q3

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: 65% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (28 categories)

Services: Professional · 58 awards (36.5%)Services: Professional58 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 30 awards (18.9%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)30 awardsServices: General · 12 awards (7.5%)Services: General12 awardsConstruction · 9 awards (5.7%)Construction9 awardsSupplies: General · 8 awards (5.0%)Supplies: Gener…8 awardsProfessional, scientific and technical activities · 7 awards (4.4%)Professional, scie…7 awardsManufacture of chemicals and chemical products · 7 awards (4.4%)Manufacture of che…7 awardsTelecommunications · 3 awards (1.9%)Other professional, scientific and technical activities · 3 awards (1.9%)Supplies: Computer Equipment · 2 awards (1.3%)Other service activities · 2 awards (1.3%)Food and beverage service activities · 2 awards (1.3%)Administrative and support activities · 1 awards (0.6%)Services to buildings and landscape activities · 1 awards (0.6%)Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers · 1 awards (0.6%)Office administrative, office support and other business support activities · 1 awards (0.6%)Manufacture of electrical equipment · 1 awards (0.6%)Specialised construction activities · 1 awards (0.6%)Services: Civil · 1 awards (0.6%)Construction of buildings · 1 awards (0.6%)Civil engineering · 1 awards (0.6%)Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities · 1 awards (0.6%)Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (0.6%)Supplies: Medical · 1 awards (0.6%)Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. · 1 awards (0.6%)Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities. · 1 awards (0.6%)Legal and accounting activities · 1 awards (0.6%)Repair and installation of machinery and equipment · 1 awards (0.6%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Professional, scientific and technical activities, Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, Telecommunications, Other professional, scientific and technical activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 1 awards2021Q3: 11 awards2021Q4: 8 awards2022Q1: 7 awards2022Q2: 4 awards2022Q3: 3 awards2022Q4: 5 awards2023Q1: 6 awards2023Q2: 13 awards2023Q3: 10 awards2023Q4: 14 awards2024Q1: 16 awards2024Q2: 7 awards2024Q3: 25 awards2024Q4: 14 awards2025Q1: 9 awards2025Q2: 2 awards2025Q3: 4 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

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.

CategoryThis buyerNationalRation
Services: ProfessionalR1mR9m0.1×31
Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)R3mR23m0.1×24
ConstructionR4mR45m0.1×7
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical productsR4mR837k4.8×7
Services: GeneralR4mR5m0.7×7
Professional, scientific and technical activitiesR3mR21m0.1×6

Method mix

  • Open tender: 79 (50%)
  • RFQ: 48 (30%)
  • RFP: 28 (18%)
  • Other: 4 (3%)

Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

112 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 8% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.

Largest winners by award count: GEOSPACE INTERNATIONAL (13), TSHANI CONSULTING (6), M-JNR AND OLWETHU CONSULTING (4).

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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development hasn't published awards in: Information and communication (4 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2 peers), Information service activities (2 peers), Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers), Financial and insurance activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.