Overberg District Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Western Cape · 45 published awards, 2021Q4 to 2023Q2
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: 71% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (20 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Other service activities.
Awards per quarter
Typical award value vs the national median
Bounded medians over awards with usable values only; small samples are excluded. A ratio above 1 means this buyer's typical award in the category is larger than the national typical award, which can reflect scope, project size or pricing.
| Category | This buyer | National | Ratio | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplies: General | R84k | R4m | 0.0× | 9 |
| Other service activities | R102k | R8m | 0.0× | 8 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 29 (64%)
- Open tender: 15 (33%)
- RFP: 1 (2%)
Median advertised window: 14 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
37 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 7% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.
Largest winners by award count: GABRIEL FRANCOIS HUGO (3), MEMOTEK TRADING (3), IGNITE ADVISORY SERVICES (2).
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.
- Northern Cape - Roads and Public works
- Gauteng - Infrastructure Development
- Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority
- Eastern Cape - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
- South African Revenue Service
Categories at least two of these peers award that Overberg District Municipality hasn't published awards in: Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Services: Building (2 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (2 peers), Information service activities (2 peers), Food and beverage service activities (2 peers), Legal and accounting activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Overberg (DC3) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 45 awards published here. Large capex with few published awards usually means procurement happens outside the eTenders portal, not that it is not happening.
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 (including this one) 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 (including this one) e.g. George Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Overstrand Municipality