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Northern Cape - Cooperative Governance Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs

Provincial department · Northern Cape · 13 published awards, 2022Q3 to 2026Q2

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: 31% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (7 categories)

Services: Professional · 6 awards (46.2%)Services: Professional6 awardsConstruction · 2 awards (15.4%)Construction2 awardsServices: General · 1 awards (7.7%)Services: General1 awardsAdministrative and support activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Administrative and support activities1 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Security and i…1 awardsLegal and accounting activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Legal and acco…1 awardsSupplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 1 awards (7.7%)Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 6 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 1 awards2023Q2: 1 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 1 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 1 awards2026Q2: 1 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 12 (92%)
  • RFP: 1 (8%)

Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

13 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 8% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.08.

Largest winners by award count: IEMSA INSTITUTE OF ELECTION MANAGEMENT SOUTH AFRICA (1), GAP INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION (1), LANGE CARR EN WESSELS (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 Northern Cape - Cooperative Governance Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (3 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.

Neighbours also buying

Categories several buyers in Northern Cape awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.

  • Services: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. Francis Baard District Municipality; Airports Company of South Africa; Northern Cape - Agriculture and Land Reform
  • Supplies: General · 4 buyers e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Francis Baard District Municipality; ESKOM
  • Services: Professional · 3 buyers (including this one) e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Francis Baard District Municipality; Transnet SOC Ltd
  • Construction · 2 buyers (including this one) e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Water and Sanitation
  • Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 2 buyers e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Solplaatje Local Municipality