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Free State - Police, Roads and Transport

Provincial department · Free State · 19 published awards, 2021Q4 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: 32% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (4 categories)

Services: Civil · 10 awards (52.6%)Services: Civil10 awardsCivil engineering · 6 awards (31.6%)Civil engineering6 awardsServices: General · 2 awards (10.5%)Services: General2 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (5.3%)Services: Functiona…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Civil, Civil engineering.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 5 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 1 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 2 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 4 awards2024Q4: 1 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 3 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 17 (89%)
  • RFP: 2 (11%)

Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

18 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 11% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.06.

Largest winners by award count: Maximus Earthworks (Pty) Ltd / Phezulu Plant (2), DINATSHE TRADING AND PROJECTS (1), Tau Pele Contruction (Pty) Ltd (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Free State - Police, Roads and Transport hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Supplies: General (3 peers), Construction (2 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Services: Electrical (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 (including this one) 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 (including this one) e.g. Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; Road Accident Fund