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Kwazulu Natal - Provincial Treasury

Provincial department · KwaZulu-Natal · 16 published awards, 2022Q4 to 2025Q2

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 inferred from the name.

What it buys (11 categories)

Services: Professional · 3 awards (18.8%)Services: Professional3 awardsProfessional, scientific and technical activities · 2 awards (12.5%)Professional, scientific and technical…2 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 2 awards (12.5%)Services: Functional (Includin…2 awardsOther service activities · 2 awards (12.5%)Other service activities2 awardsComputer programming, consultancy and related activities · 1 awards (6.3%)Computer programm…1 awardsScientific research and development · 1 awards (6.3%)Scientific resear…1 awardsWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities · 1 awards (6.3%)Water supply; sew…1 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 1 awards (6.3%)Travel agency, tour operato…1 awardsSupplies: General · 1 awards (6.3%)Supplies: General1 awardsSpecialised construction activities · 1 awards (6.3%)Specialised c…1 awardsFinancial service activities, except insurance and pension funding · 1 awards (6.3%)Financial ser…1 awards
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Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 2 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 7 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 2 awards2025Q2: 2 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 11 (69%)
  • RFQ: 5 (31%)

Median advertised window: 10 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

16 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 6% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.06.

Largest winners by award count: A-M CONSULTING ENGINEERS (1), DATACENTRIX (1), MTHENTE RESEARCH AND CONSULTING SERVICES (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Kwazulu Natal - Provincial Treasury hasn't published awards in: Services: Building (3 peers), Services: General (2 peers), Construction (2 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers), Services to buildings and landscape 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 (including this one) e.g. Kwazulu Natal - Economic Development, Tourism and Environ Affairs; Public Works; Dube Tradeport
  • Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 9 buyers (including this one) 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 (including this one) e.g. Umzimkhulu Local Municipality; Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office); Kwazulu Natal - Economic Development, Tourism and Environ Affairs
  • Construction · 5 buyers e.g. Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office); Kwazulu Natal - Transport; Transnet SOC Ltd