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Mpumalanga - Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust (MRTT)

Provincial department · Mpumalanga · 5 published awards, 2024Q3 to 2024Q3

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: 100% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (5 categories)

Security and investigation activities · 1 awards (20.0%)Security and investigation activities1 awardsRental and leasing activities · 1 awards (20.0%)Rental and leasing activities1 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 1 awards (20.0%)Supplies: Stationery/Printing1 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (20.0%)Supplies: Electrical Equipment1 awardsServices: General · 1 awards (20.0%)Services: General1 awards
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Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • Open tender: 5 (100%)

Median advertised window: 17 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

4 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 40% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.28.

Largest winners by award count: BIDVEST OFFICE (2), BOTHILA TRADING (1), VULUMBONO CREATIONS (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Mpumalanga - Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust (MRTT) hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (5 peers), Supplies: General (3 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.

Neighbours also buying

Categories several buyers in Mpumalanga awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.

  • Services: General · 6 buyers (including this one) e.g. Mpumalanga - Agriculture Rural Development and Land Administration; ESKOM; Mpumalanga - Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements, and Traditional Affairs
  • Other service activities · 3 buyers e.g. Eskom National Transmission Company of South Africa; Agricultural Research Council; ESKOM
  • Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 3 buyers e.g. Labour; Justice & Constitutional Development; Road Accident Fund
  • Services: Professional · 2 buyers e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Transnet SOC Ltd
  • Construction · 2 buyers e.g. Water and Sanitation; Eskom National Transmission Company of South Africa