Dikgatlong Local Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Northern Cape · 5 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2022Q1
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: 0% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (3 categories)
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 3 (60%)
- RFP: 2 (40%)
Median advertised window: 20 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
4 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 40% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.28.
Largest winners by award count: MASWANA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS (2), MEKAN ENGINEERING SERVICES (1), LETSELEBE TRANSPORT AND TRADING (1).
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.
- Musina Local Municipality
- Rural Development & Land Reform
- Higher Education and Training - Mopani East TVET College
- THE MVULA TRUST
- Eastern Cape - Human Settlements
Categories at least two of these peers award that Dikgatlong Local Municipality hasn't published awards in: Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Dikgatlong (NC092) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 5 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 Northern Cape awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. Francis Baard District Municipality; Airports Company of South Africa; Northern Cape - Agriculture and Land Reform
- Supplies: General · 4 buyers e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Francis Baard District Municipality; ESKOM
- Services: Professional · 3 buyers (including this one) e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Francis Baard District Municipality; Transnet SOC Ltd
- Construction · 2 buyers (including this one) e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Water and Sanitation
- Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 2 buyers e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Solplaatje Local Municipality