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Department of Rural Development & Land Reform

National department / entity · 35 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2026Q2

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: 63% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (8 categories)

Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 14 awards (40.0%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)14 awardsConstruction · 9 awards (25.7%)Construction9 awardsServices: Professional · 6 awards (17.1%)Services: Professional6 awardsOther service activities · 2 awards (5.7%)Other service activit…2 awardsManufacture of furniture · 1 awards (2.9%)Manufacture of furnit…1 awardsSpecialised construction activities · 1 awards (2.9%)Services: General · 1 awards (2.9%)Security and investigation activities · 1 awards (2.9%)Security and investig…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Construction.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 4 awards2021Q4: 1 awards2022Q1: 1 awards2022Q2: 3 awards2022Q3: 2 awards2022Q4: 3 awards2023Q1: 1 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 2 awards2024Q4: 5 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 4 awards2025Q4: 4 awards2026Q1: 4 awards2026Q2: 1 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: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)R163mR23m7.1×9

Method mix

  • Open tender: 15 (43%)
  • RFP: 10 (29%)
  • RFQ: 10 (29%)

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

Supplier concentration

29 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 9% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.

Largest winners by award count: DIRTY CLINIC PRESTIGE CLEANING SERVICES (3), MAMULO TRADING AND PROJECTS (3), PHUTHAMO SECURITY AND CLEANING (2).

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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 Rural Development & Land Reform hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.