Oudtshoorn Municipality

Municipality / municipal entity · Western Cape · 35 published awards, 2022Q1 to 2024Q2

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 hand-checked.

What it buys (21 categories)

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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Manufacturing, Construction, Education, Supplies: Computer Equipment.

Awards per quarter

Method mix

RFQ: 34 (97%)
Open tender: 1 (3%)

Median advertised window: 9 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

33 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 6% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.

Largest winners by award count: ENKOSI KAKHULU TRADING (2), J AND E COMMUNICATIONS (2), ARCTIPOINT (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Oudtshoorn Municipality hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (2 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Rental and leasing activities (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.

Capital spend context

Audited capital expenditure for Oudtshoorn (WC045) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 35 awards published here. Large capex with few published awards usually means procurement happens outside the eTenders portal, not that it is not happening.

FY2023

R76m

FY2024

R104m

FY2025

R201m

Full financials on Municipal Money →

Neighbours also buying

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

Services: Professional · 17 buyers (including this one) e.g. Overstrand Municipality; Stellenbosch Municipality; Road Accident Fund
Supplies: General · 13 buyers e.g. Cape Winelands District Municipality; National Research Foundation; Swellendam Municipality
Construction · 11 buyers (including this one) e.g. Stellenbosch Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Laingsburg Municipality
Services: General · 10 buyers (including this one) e.g. Cape Winelands District Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Garden Route District Local Municipality
Other service activities · 10 buyers e.g. George Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Overstrand Municipality