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Kwazulu Natal - Transport

Provincial department · KwaZulu-Natal · 181 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2026Q1

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: 72% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (18 categories)

Construction · 98 awards (54.1%)Construction98 awardsSupplies: General · 17 awards (9.4%)Supplies: General17 awardsServices: General · 14 awards (7.7%)Services: General14 awardsServices: Professional · 13 awards (7.2%)Services: Profes…13 awardsSupplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 10 awards (5.5%)Supplies: Clothing/Textiles…10 awardsCivil engineering · 9 awards (5.0%)Civil engineering9 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 4 awards (2.2%)Services: Fu…4 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 3 awards (1.7%)Supplies: Medical · 2 awards (1.1%)Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 2 awards (1.1%)Other service activities · 2 awards (1.1%)Manufacture of textiles · 1 awards (0.6%)Manufacture of furniture · 1 awards (0.6%)Transportation and storage · 1 awards (0.6%)Sewerage · 1 awards (0.6%)Manufacture of paper and paper products · 1 awards (0.6%)Food and beverage service activities · 1 awards (0.6%)Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities · 1 awards (0.6%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Construction, Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear, Civil engineering.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 3 awards2021Q4: 4 awards2022Q1: 9 awards2022Q2: 11 awards2022Q3: 4 awards2022Q4: 6 awards2023Q1: 8 awards2023Q2: 13 awards2023Q3: 35 awards2023Q4: 8 awards2024Q1: 6 awards2024Q2: 11 awards2024Q3: 21 awards2024Q4: 7 awards2025Q1: 3 awards2025Q2: 18 awards2025Q3: 11 awards2025Q4: 2 awards2026Q1: 1 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

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.

CategoryThis buyerNationalRation
ConstructionR104mR45m2.3×73
Supplies: GeneralR972kR4m0.3×12
Services: GeneralR437kR5m0.1×10
Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/FootwearR180kR2m0.1×9
Services: ProfessionalR300kR9m0.0×8

Method mix

  • Open tender: 112 (62%)
  • RFQ: 60 (33%)
  • RFP: 9 (5%)

Median advertised window: 30 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

143 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 3% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.01.

Largest winners by award count: SM HOLDING (5), KFC PIPES AND FITTINGS (4), WSM GROUP (3).

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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 - Transport hasn't published awards in: Supplies: Computer Equipment (3 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 (including this one) 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 (including this one) e.g. Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office); Kwazulu Natal - Transport; Transnet SOC Ltd