Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Free State · MAN · 53 published awards, 2021Q3 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: 60% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (2 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities.
Awards per quarter
Typical award value vs the national median
Bounded medians over awards with usable values only; small samples are excluded. A ratio above 1 means this buyer's typical award in the category is larger than the national typical award, which can reflect scope, project size or pricing.
| Category | This buyer | National | Ratio | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other service activities | R34m | R8m | 4.2× | 32 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 36 (68%)
- RFQ: 17 (32%)
Median advertised window: 32 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
51 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 4% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.
Largest winners by award count: MANYONI AND GIJA INVESTMENTS (2), MLK ENGINEERING AND CONSULTANTS (2), XHIBITIT (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.
- King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality
- Military Veterans
- FINANCIAL SECTOR CONDUCT AUTHORITY (FSCA)
- North West - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- National - Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
Categories at least two of these peers award that Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality hasn't published awards in: Construction (3 peers), Services: Professional (2 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Other personal service activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Mangaung (MAN) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 53 awards published here. Large capex with few published awards usually means procurement happens outside the eTenders portal, not that it is not happening.
Neighbours also buying
Categories several buyers in Free State awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. ESKOM; Free State - Health; Free State - Public Works
- Construction · 2 buyers e.g. ESKOM; National Lotteries Commission
- Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 2 buyers e.g. Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; Road Accident Fund