KZN Growth Fund Trust
Provincial department · KwaZulu-Natal · 30 published awards, 2024Q3 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: 97% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (11 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities, Manufacture of furniture, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other service activities | R5m | R8m | 0.6× | 11 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 28 (93%)
- RFP: 2 (7%)
Median advertised window: 19 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
28 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 7% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.
Largest winners by award count: AFRICAN WEALTH EMPOWERMENT NETWORK (AWEN) (2), KNS OFFICE DESIGN (2), FIRST TECHNOLOGY KWAZULU NATAL (1).
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.
- National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications
- Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa Limited
- Dawid kruiper Local Municipality
- Labour
- Nkangala District Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that KZN Growth Fund Trust hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Services: General (3 peers), Professional, scientific and technical activities (3 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (2 peers), Education (2 peers), Office administrative, office support and other business support 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