Eastern Cape - Safety and Liaison
Provincial department · Eastern Cape · 11 published awards, 2023Q2 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: 100% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (9 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- RFQ: 6 (55%)
- Open tender: 5 (45%)
Median advertised window: 7 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
10 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 18% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.11.
Largest winners by award count: FOBITECH (2), BAVIKA RAMJEE (1), GEM PRINT (1).
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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.
- The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Eastern Cape - Officer of the Premier
- Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs
- ITHALA SOC LIMITED
- Waterberg District Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that Eastern Cape - Safety and Liaison hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (5 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Services: Building (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (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 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 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