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Limpopo - Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs

Provincial department · Limpopo · 17 published awards, 2024Q2 to 2025Q4

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 (9 categories)

Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 4 awards (23.5%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Securi…4 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 3 awards (17.6%)Security and investigation activities3 awardsSupplies: General · 3 awards (17.6%)Supplies: General3 awardsServices: Professional · 2 awards (11.8%)Services: Professional2 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (5.9%)Supplies: Computer…1 awardsProfessional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (5.9%)Professional, scie…1 awardsOther professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (5.9%)Other professional…1 awardsSupplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 1 awards (5.9%)Supplies: Clothing…1 awardsElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · 1 awards (5.9%)Electricity, gas, steam and air cond…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Security and investigation activities, Supplies: General.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 3 awards2024Q3: 4 awards2024Q4: 1 awards2025Q1: 2 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 5 awards2025Q4: 2 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 17 (100%)

Median advertised window: 22 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

16 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 12% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.07.

Largest winners by award count: DROSS SECURITY (2), MCTREND SYSTEM (1), TERSUS GNSS SOUTH AFRICA (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 Limpopo - Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (3 peers), Services: General (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 e.g. Higher Education and Training - Mopani East TVET College; Limpopo - Public Works; South African National Biodiversity Institute
  • Supplies: General · 4 buyers (including this one) 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 e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Education