Johannesburg Water
Municipality / municipal entity · Gauteng · JHB · 82 published awards, 2021Q4 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: 88% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (15 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Other manufacturing, Supplies: Stationery/Printing.
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 | R5m | R4m | 1.3× | 39 |
| Other manufacturing | R1m | R3m | 0.5× | 8 |
| Services: General | R2m | R5m | 0.4× | 7 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 72 (88%)
- Open tender: 6 (7%)
- RFP: 4 (5%)
Median advertised window: 7 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
59 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 13% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.
Largest winners by award count: KFC PIPES AND FITTINGS (11), RG CONSUMABLES (5), TAKE NOTE TRADING 245 (4).
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.
- Sekhukhune District Municipality
- Kgetlengrivier Local municipality
- Bergrivier - WC Local Municipality
- Eastern Cape - Coega Development Cooperation
- Cape Agulhas Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that Johannesburg Water hasn't published awards in: Civil engineering (3 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Rental and leasing activities (2 peers), Other professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers), Specialised construction activities (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 82 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