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)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Services: General.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) | R20m | R23m | 0.9× | 11 |
| Services: Professional | R77m | R9m | 8.9× | 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).
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
- Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism
- South African Tourism
- Council for Geoscience
- Midvaal Local Municipality
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.