Northern Cape - Roads and Public works
Provincial department · Northern Cape · 6 published awards, 2021Q3 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: 83% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (4 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Construction.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 5 (83%)
- RFQ: 1 (17%)
Median advertised window: 30 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
6 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 17% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.17.
Largest winners by award count: Tirhani Auctioneers Gauteng (1), Manyaka Trading (1), DITIRO TSA KA TRADING 6 (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.
- Gauteng - Infrastructure Development
- North West - Department of Health
- Eastern Cape - Social Development and Special Programmes
- Limpopo - Limpopo Roads Agency
- South African Revenue Service
Categories at least two of these peers award that Northern Cape - Roads and Public works hasn't published awards in: Services: General (5 peers), Supplies: General (5 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Services: Building (3 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Accommodation (2 peers), Information service 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 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