Human Settlements
National department / entity · 19 published awards, 2021Q1 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: 21% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (6 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- RFP: 12 (63%)
- Open tender: 5 (26%)
- Other: 1 (5%)
- RFQ: 1 (5%)
Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
19 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 5% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.05.
Largest winners by award count: BLUE OCEANS INFORMATION SOLUTIONS (1), Madiali Security and Projects (1), SUD AFRIQUE FORENSICS (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.
- Western Cape - Office of the Premier
- Northern Cape - Economic Development and Tourism
- Artscape
- Higher Education & Training
- Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority
Categories at least two of these peers award that Human Settlements hasn't published awards in: Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.