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Eastern Cape - Health

Provincial department · Eastern Cape · 33 published awards, 2022Q3 to 2025Q2

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: 76% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (15 categories)

Services: General · 6 awards (18.2%)Services: General6 awardsRepair and installation of machinery and equipment · 5 awards (15.2%)Repair and installation of machinery and …5 awardsServices: Professional · 4 awards (12.1%)Services: Professional4 awardsConstruction of buildings · 4 awards (12.1%)Construction of buildings4 awardsSupplies: Medical · 3 awards (9.1%)Supplies: Medical3 awardsServices: Building · 2 awards (6.1%)Services: Building2 awardsSupplies: General · 1 awards (3.0%)Supplies: Perishable Provisions · 1 awards (3.0%)Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · 1 awards (3.0%)Electricity, gas,…1 awardsManufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. · 1 awards (3.0%)Manufacture of ma…1 awardsServices: Electrical · 1 awards (3.0%)Services: Electri…1 awardsDisposals: General · 1 awards (3.0%)Food and beverage service activities · 1 awards (3.0%)Construction · 1 awards (3.0%)Construction1 awardsInformation service activities · 1 awards (3.0%)Information service act…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General, Repair and installation of machinery and equipment, Construction of buildings, Supplies: Medical.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 1 awards2022Q4: 3 awards2023Q1: 1 awards2023Q2: 1 awards2023Q3: 4 awards2023Q4: 4 awards2024Q1: 6 awards2024Q2: 3 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 4 awards2025Q1: 3 awards2025Q2: 3 awards2025Q3: 0 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: GeneralR228mR5m42.8×6

Method mix

  • Open tender: 32 (97%)
  • Other: 1 (3%)

Median advertised window: 25 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

29 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 12% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.

Largest winners by award count: FLAT-FOOT AIR CONDITIONERS (4), ANNABEL ANAJUA GROUP (2), B4 ARCHITECTS (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Eastern Cape - Health hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (2 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.

Neighbours also buying

Categories several buyers in Eastern Cape awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.

  • Services: General · 8 buyers (including this one) e.g. Ingquza Hill Local Municipality; Eastern Cape - Social Development and Special Programmes; Transnet SOC Ltd
  • Services: Professional · 6 buyers (including this one) e.g. Eastern Cape - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; Public Works; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
  • Other service activities · 6 buyers e.g. King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality; Eastern Cape - Human Settlements; Eastern Cape - AIDC Development Centre Eastern Cape SOC Ltd
  • Construction · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. THE MVULA TRUST; Eastern Cape - Roads and Public Works; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
  • Supplies: General · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. Ingquza Hill Local Municipality; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa; Justice & Constitutional Development