Mpumalanga Social Development
Provincial department · Mpumalanga · 11 published awards, 2024Q2 to 2025Q1
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 (1 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): 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: General | R38m | R5m | 7.1× | 11 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 11 (100%)
Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
11 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 9% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.09.
Largest winners by award count: KHULA ZIKODE GENERAL TRADING (1), READYFIT (1), INDUMANE TRADING (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.
- Garden Route District Local Municipality
- South African Social Security Agency
- Ingquza Hill Local Municipality
- Gauteng - Education
- Gauteng - Provincial Treasury
Categories at least two of these peers award that Mpumalanga Social Development hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Supplies: General (4 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (3 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (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