Prince Albert Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Western Cape · 33 published awards, 2022Q3 to 2024Q4
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: 91% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (17 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear, Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, Supplies: Electrical Equipment.
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 | R1m | R4m | 0.3× | 5 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 31 (94%)
- RFP: 2 (6%)
Median advertised window: 8 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
31 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 6% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.
Largest winners by award count: ROY STEELE AND ASSOCIATES (2), UBER TECHNOLOGIES (2), KING PIN SUPPLIERS (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.
- Kwazulu Natal - Education
- Laingsburg Municipality
- Ubuhlebezwe Local Municipality
- Bela Bela Local Municipality
- Oudtshoorn Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that Prince Albert Municipality hasn't published awards in: Services: General (2 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Manufacture of furniture (2 peers), Repair and installation of machinery and equipment (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Prince Albert (WC052) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 33 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 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