Free State - Agriculture and Rural Development
Provincial department · Free State · 8 published awards, 2023Q3 to 2025Q3
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: 75% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (5 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 7 (88%)
- Limited / direct: 1 (13%)
Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
7 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 25% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.16.
Largest winners by award count: MG KOBEQO TRADING (2), PHUNGO LIVE-STOCK (1), K 2 CIVIL AND CONSTRUCTION (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.
- Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority
- North West - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Kopanong Local Municipality
- Free State - Police, Roads and Transport
- Public Service & Administration
Categories at least two of these peers award that Free State - Agriculture and Rural Development hasn't published awards in: Services: General (4 peers), Services: Professional (2 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Food and beverage service activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Neighbours also buying
Categories several buyers in Free State awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: General · 4 buyers e.g. ESKOM; Free State - Health; Free State - Public Works
- Construction · 2 buyers e.g. ESKOM; National Lotteries Commission
- Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 2 buyers e.g. Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; Road Accident Fund