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Mineral Resources

National department / entity · 43 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: 53% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (11 categories)

Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 16 awards (37.2%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)16 awardsServices: General · 8 awards (18.6%)Services: General8 awardsServices: Professional · 8 awards (18.6%)Services: Professional8 awardsOther service activities · 3 awards (7.0%)Other service …3 awardsSupplies: General · 2 awards (4.7%)Supplies: General2 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (2.3%)Supplies: Electrical…1 awardsOther personal service activities · 1 awards (2.3%)Other personal servi…1 awardsAir transport · 1 awards (2.3%)Air transport1 awardsRepair and installation of machinery and equipment · 1 awards (2.3%)Repair and installat…1 awardsHuman health and social work activities · 1 awards (2.3%)Human health …1 awardsOther professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (2.3%)Other profess…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Services: General.

Awards per quarter

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

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.

CategoryThis buyerNationalRation
Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)R20mR23m0.9×11
Services: ProfessionalR77mR9m8.9×5

Method mix

  • Open tender: 27 (63%)
  • RFP: 14 (33%)
  • Other: 1 (2%)
  • Limited / direct: 1 (2%)

Median advertised window: 26 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

32 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 14% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.05.

Largest winners by award count: OKS INVESTMENT 2009 (6), MAREDI558 PROPERTIES AND SECURITY (4), ESIMEME ENTERPRISES (2).

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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 Mineral Resources hasn't published awards in: Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities. (3 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers), Office administrative, office support and other business support activities (2 peers), Advertising and market research (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.