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ESKOM

National department / entity · 613 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 52% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (58 categories)

Services: General · 112 awards (18.3%)Services: General112 awardsSupplies: General · 72 awards (11.7%)Supplies: General72 awardsOther service activities · 59 awards (9.6%)Other service activities59 awardsServices: Professional · 47 awards (7.7%)Services: Professional47 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 35 awards (5.7%)Supplies: Electrical Equipme…35 awardsServices: Electrical · 28 awards (4.6%)Services: Electr…28 awardsConstruction · 26 awards (4.2%)Construction26 awardsElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · 23 awards (3.8%)Electricity, …23 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 20 awards (3.3%)Civil engineering · 19 awards (3.1%)Civil engineerin…19 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 10 awards (1.6%)Security and inv…10 awardsManufacturing · 10 awards (1.6%)Manufacturing10 awardsServices: Civil · 8 awards (1.3%)Services: CivilRepair and installation of machinery and equipment · 8 awards (1.3%)Repair and insta…Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 8 awards (1.3%)Professional, scientific and technical activities · 8 awards (1.3%)Manufacture of electrical equipment · 8 awards (1.3%)Transportation and storage · 7 awards (1.1%)Construction of buildings · 7 awards (1.1%)Real estate activities · 6 awards (1.0%)Other professional, scientific and technical activities · 6 awards (1.0%)Other manufacturing · 5 awards (0.8%)Food and beverage service activities · 4 awards (0.7%)Computer programming, consultancy and related activities · 4 awards (0.7%)Services: Building · 4 awards (0.7%)Accommodation · 4 awards (0.7%)Information and communication · 4 awards (0.7%)Telecommunications · 4 awards (0.7%)Disposals: General · 4 awards (0.7%)Information service activities · 3 awards (0.5%)Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. · 3 awards (0.5%)Supplies: Computer Equipment · 3 awards (0.5%)Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities · 3 awards (0.5%)Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery · 3 awards (0.5%)Rental and leasing activities · 3 awards (0.5%)Specialised construction activities · 3 awards (0.5%)Water collection, treatment and supply · 3 awards (0.5%)Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities · 3 awards (0.5%)Land transport and transport via pipelines · 2 awards (0.3%)Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products · 2 awards (0.3%)Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment · 2 awards (0.3%)Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis · 2 awards (0.3%)Supplies: Stationery/Printing · 2 awards (0.3%)Services to buildings and landscape activities · 2 awards (0.3%)Financial and insurance activities · 1 awards (0.2%)Administrative and support activities · 1 awards (0.2%)Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers · 1 awards (0.2%)Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles · 1 awards (0.2%)Water transport · 1 awards (0.2%)Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security · 1 awards (0.2%)Other personal service activities · 1 awards (0.2%)Human health activities · 1 awards (0.2%)Scientific research and development · 1 awards (0.2%)Supplies: Medical · 1 awards (0.2%)Warehousing and support activities for transportation · 1 awards (0.2%)Mining support service activities · 1 awards (0.2%)Supplies: Perishable Provisions · 1 awards (0.2%)Manufacture of furniture · 1 awards (0.2%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General, Supplies: General, Other service activities, Supplies: Electrical Equipment, Services: Electrical, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 14 awards2021Q3: 24 awards2021Q4: 37 awards2022Q1: 33 awards2022Q2: 53 awards2022Q3: 32 awards2022Q4: 26 awards2023Q1: 16 awards2023Q2: 36 awards2023Q3: 37 awards2023Q4: 22 awards2024Q1: 26 awards2024Q2: 35 awards2024Q3: 38 awards2024Q4: 44 awards2025Q1: 39 awards2025Q2: 47 awards2025Q3: 22 awards2025Q4: 20 awards2026Q1: 9 awards2026Q2: 3 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: GeneralR128mR5m24.0×58
Supplies: GeneralR50mR4m13.5×43
Other service activitiesR50mR8m6.3×37
Services: ProfessionalR42mR9m4.9×25
Supplies: Electrical EquipmentR75mR4m16.7×16
Services: ElectricalR269mR15m17.7×15
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioningR14mR8m1.7×12
ConstructionR271mR45m6.1×10

Method mix

  • Open tender: 384 (63%)
  • RFP: 146 (24%)
  • RFQ: 71 (12%)
  • Limited / direct: 7 (1%)
  • Other: 5 (1%)

Median advertised window: 28 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

489 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 2% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.00.

Largest winners by award count: ACTOM (10), KRM GLOBAL WORKS (8), CULLIN AFRICA (5).

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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 ESKOM hasn't published awards in: Advertising and market research (5 peers), Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (5 peers), Education (4 peers), Legal and accounting activities (4 peers), Office administrative, office support and other business support activities (4 peers), Employment activities (4 peers), Printing and reproduction of recorded media (3 peers), Manufacture of textiles (3 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.