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Lepelle Northern Water

National department / entity · 10 published awards, 2021Q4 to 2024Q2

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: 40% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (6 categories)

Services: General · 3 awards (30.0%)Services: General3 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 2 awards (20.0%)Security and investigation activities2 awardsConstruction · 2 awards (20.0%)Construction2 awardsSupplies: General · 1 awards (10.0%)Supplies: General1 awardsServices: Professional · 1 awards (10.0%)Services: Professional1 awardsOther service activities · 1 awards (10.0%)Other service activities1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General.

Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • Open tender: 9 (90%)
  • RFP: 1 (10%)

Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

9 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 20% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.12.

Largest winners by award count: PRECISION FITTINGS AND SPECIALS (2), MADITSI JAN CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS (1), LEBAKA CONSTRUCTION (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 Lepelle Northern Water hasn't published awards in: Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (2 peers), Other professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.