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National - Department of Electricity and Energy

National department / entity · 5 published awards, 2025Q3 to 2026Q1

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: 80% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (3 categories)

Services: Electrical · 2 awards (40.0%)Services: Electrical2 awardsServices: General · 2 awards (40.0%)Services: General2 awardsServices: Professional · 1 awards (20.0%)Services: Professional1 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: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 2 awards2025Q4: 2 awards2026Q1: 1 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • RFP: 4 (80%)
  • RFQ: 1 (20%)

Median advertised window: 23 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

5 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 20% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.20.

Largest winners by award count: BIGEN AFRICA SERVICES (1), IKHWEZI LX (1), WALENA AFRICA CAPITAL (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 National - Department of Electricity and Energy hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (5 peers), Other service activities (4 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (4 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Construction of buildings (3 peers), Services: Building (3 peers), Services: Civil (3 peers), Construction (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.