Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism
Provincial department · Limpopo · 23 published awards, 2022Q4 to 2026Q1
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: 83% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (13 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services).
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 12 (52%)
- RFQ: 6 (26%)
- RFP: 4 (17%)
- Other: 1 (4%)
Median advertised window: 20 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
19 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 13% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.07.
Largest winners by award count: MAPHANGA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (3), MAMADI SUSTAINABILITY (3), K MATHOLE INVESTMENTS (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.
- Eastern Cape - Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency
- Mineral Resources
- South African Tourism
- Kwazulu Natal - Human Settlements
- Council for Geoscience
Categories at least two of these peers award that Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism hasn't published awards in: Other personal service activities (3 peers), Other professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers), Advertising and market research (2 peers), Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance 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 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 (including this one) 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