Kannaland Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Western Cape · 23 published awards, 2025Q1 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: 100% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (11 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: Electrical Equipment, Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis, Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear.
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: Electrical Equipment | R7m | R4m | 1.5× | 7 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 23 (100%)
Median advertised window: 7 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
16 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 13% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.08.
Largest winners by award count: A L ABBOTT AND ASSOCIATES (3), CRUZLINE PROJECTS (3), SMART SWITCH DISTRIBUTORS (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.
- Kwazulu Natal - Education
- Laingsburg Municipality
- Prince Albert Municipality
- Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality
- Bela Bela Local Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that Kannaland Municipality hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Construction (4 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Rental and leasing activities (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Kannaland (WC041) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 23 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 Western Cape awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: Professional · 17 buyers e.g. Overstrand Municipality; Stellenbosch Municipality; Road Accident Fund
- Supplies: General · 13 buyers (including this one) e.g. Cape Winelands District Municipality; National Research Foundation; Swellendam Municipality
- Construction · 11 buyers e.g. Stellenbosch Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Laingsburg Municipality
- Services: General · 10 buyers e.g. Cape Winelands District Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Garden Route District Local Municipality
- Other service activities · 10 buyers e.g. George Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Overstrand Municipality