Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo
Municipality / municipal entity · Gauteng · JHB · 37 published awards, 2023Q2 to 2024Q4
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: 92% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (12 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Services to buildings and landscape activities, Information service activities.
Awards per quarter
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.
| Category | This buyer | National | Ratio | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplies: General | R192k | R4m | 0.1× | 8 |
| Services: Professional | R200k | R9m | 0.0× | 7 |
| Services to buildings and landscape activities | R22m | R7m | 3.1× | 5 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 17 (46%)
- Open tender: 11 (30%)
- Limited / direct: 9 (24%)
Median advertised window: 7 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
32 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 8% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.
Largest winners by award count: MOWING AND MINING INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY (3), TPT TRADING AND PROJECTS (2), DUBE STERLING (2).
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.
- Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality
- Rustenburg Local Municipality
- Limpopo - Limpopo Roads Agency
- Port St Johns Local Municipality
- National Gambling Board of South Africa
Categories at least two of these peers award that Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo hasn't published awards in: Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (3 peers), Services: Civil (3 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (2 peers), Repair and installation of machinery and equipment (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for City of Johannesburg (JHB) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 37 awards published here. Large capex with few published awards usually means procurement happens outside the eTenders portal, not that it is not happening.
Neighbours also buying
Categories several buyers in Gauteng awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: Professional · 40 buyers (including this one) e.g. Road Accident Fund; Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (Sasseta); Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority
- Services: General · 20 buyers (including this one) e.g. South African Revenue Service; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa; Johannesburg Water
- Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 13 buyers e.g. Road Accident Fund; Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; Justice & Constitutional Development
- Other service activities · 11 buyers (including this one) e.g. South African Revenue Service; Road Accident Fund; Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority
- Supplies: General · 9 buyers (including this one) e.g. Johannesburg Water; South African Revenue Service; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa