North West - Department of Health
Provincial department · North West · 21 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2025Q3
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: 62% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (11 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General, Services: Professional.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 18 (86%)
- RFP: 2 (10%)
- Limited / direct: 1 (5%)
Median advertised window: 29 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
18 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 14% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.07.
Largest winners by award count: AXIM (3), TECMED (2), WANGA POWER PROJECTS (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.
- Gauteng - Infrastructure Development
- Eastern Cape - Social Development and Special Programmes
- Northern Cape - Roads and Public works
- South African Revenue Service
- Limpopo - Limpopo Roads Agency
Categories at least two of these peers award that North West - Department of Health hasn't published awards in: Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (3 peers), Information service activities (2 peers), Food and beverage service activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers), Services: Civil (2 peers), Services to buildings and landscape activities (2 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 (including this one) 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