North West - Department of Community Safety and Transport Management
Provincial department · North West · 6 published awards, 2023Q2 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: 67% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (5 categories)
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 6 (100%)
Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
5 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 33% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.22.
Largest winners by award count: TRANSPORT AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT SERVICES (2), SUNDAY KIT UNIFORM SUPPLIES (1), LOMVULA AND MUZI TRADING AND PROJECTS (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.
- Cape Town International Convention Centre
- Stellenbosch Municipality
- Eastern Cape - Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
- ESKOM
- Newcastle Local Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that North West - Department of Community Safety and Transport Management hasn't published awards in: Construction (5 peers), Supplies: General (5 peers), Administrative and support activities (5 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (4 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (4 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (4 peers), Professional, scientific and technical activities (4 peers), Security and investigation activities (4 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Neighbours also buying
Categories several buyers in North West awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Other service activities · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. North West - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; North West - Department of Community Safety and Transport Management; National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI)
- Construction · 3 buyers e.g. North West - Department of Local Government and Human Settlements; Housing Development Agency; North West - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Rental and leasing activities · 2 buyers e.g. North West - Department of Local Government and Human Settlements; Road Accident Fund