Limpopo - Agriculture
Provincial department · Limpopo · 19 published awards, 2021Q1 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: 58% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (10 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Construction, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 12 (63%)
- Limited / direct: 4 (21%)
- Other: 2 (11%)
- RFP: 1 (5%)
Median advertised window: 27 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
16 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 11% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.07.
Largest winners by award count: PITSI YA MABALA BUSINESS PROJECTS AND GENERAL TRADING (2), ONDERSTEPOORT BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (2), CHM VUWANI COMPUTER SOLUTIONS (2).
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.
- Umgeni Water
- Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
- Technology Innovation Agency
- Interfront
Categories at least two of these peers award that Limpopo - Agriculture hasn't published awards in: Services: General (4 peers), Other service activities (4 peers), Supplies: General (3 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (2 peers), Other professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers), Repair and installation of machinery and equipment (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 Limpopo 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. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Office of the Premier; Limpopo - Public Works
- Construction · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. Higher Education and Training - Mopani East TVET College; Limpopo - Public Works; South African National Biodiversity Institute
- Supplies: General · 4 buyers e.g. South African Revenue Service; Sekhukhune District Municipality; Limpopo - Limpopo Roads Agency
- Other service activities · 4 buyers e.g. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; South African Local Government Association
- Information and communication · 3 buyers (including this one) e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Education