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)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Security and investigation activities, Supplies: General.
Awards per quarter
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.
- Lepelle Northern Water
- Limpopo - Office of the Premier
- SA Bureau of Standards
- Mpumalanga - Community Safety Security and Liaison
- National Library of South Africa
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