Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent
National department / entity · 54 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 33% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (9 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Construction, Civil engineering.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil engineering | R381m | R47m | 8.0× | 8 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 33 (61%)
- RFP: 20 (37%)
- RFI: 1 (2%)
Median advertised window: 23 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
42 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 11% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.
Largest winners by award count: Naidu Consulting (6), MM INDUSTRIES (4), Mbanga Trading Enterprise (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.
- Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (Sasseta)
- South African National Roads Agency Soc Limited (SANRAL)
- Emadlangeni Local Municipality
- South African Local Government Association
- SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH PRODUCTS REGULATORY AUTHORITY
Categories at least two of these peers award that Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (3 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Office administrative, office support and other business support activities (3 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.