Kwa-Zulu Natal - Ithala Development Finance Corporation
Provincial department · KwaZulu-Natal · 9 published awards, 2022Q4 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: 56% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (5 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Information service activities.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 5 (56%)
- RFP: 3 (33%)
- Limited / direct: 1 (11%)
Median advertised window: 22 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
9 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 11% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.11.
Largest winners by award count: AVAKA (1), SIZA (1), KHANYA AFRICA NETWORKS (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.
- Moses Kotane Institute
- Road Traffic Infringement Agency
- Eastern Cape - Provincial Treasury
- Great Kei Municipality
- Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)
Categories at least two of these peers award that Kwa-Zulu Natal - Ithala Development Finance Corporation hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (5 peers), Services: General (2 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers), Legal and accounting activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Neighbours also buying
Categories several buyers in KwaZulu-Natal awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: Professional · 9 buyers e.g. Kwazulu Natal - Economic Development, Tourism and Environ Affairs; Public Works; Dube Tradeport
- Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 9 buyers e.g. Kwazulu Natal - Economic Development, Tourism and Environ Affairs; Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office); Kwa-Zulu Natal - Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife
- Services: General · 8 buyers e.g. South African Revenue Service; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa; South African Civil Aviation Authority
- Supplies: General · 6 buyers e.g. Umzimkhulu Local Municipality; Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office); Kwazulu Natal - Economic Development, Tourism and Environ Affairs
- Construction · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office); Kwazulu Natal - Transport; Transnet SOC Ltd