Public Works

National department / entity · 527 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2026Q1

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: 62% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (32 categories)

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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Construction of buildings, Services: Electrical, Accommodation, Services: Building.

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
Services: Professional	R14m	R9m	1.6×	71
Services: General	R8m	R5m	1.4×	63
Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)	R34m	R23m	1.5×	52
Services: Electrical	R9m	R15m	0.6×	30
Construction	R3m	R45m	0.1×	16
Accommodation	R5m	R161m	0.0×	14
Construction of buildings	R7m	R37m	0.2×	13
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	R32m	R19m	1.7×	11

Method mix

Open tender: 356 (68%)
RFQ: 110 (21%)
Limited / direct: 36 (7%)
RFP: 21 (4%)
Other: 3 (1%)
RFI: 1 (0%)

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

Supplier concentration

395 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 1% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.00.

Largest winners by award count: BAKONE CONSULTING ENGINEERS (7), HOFISI PROPERTIES (6), VLS ENTERPRISE (4).

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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.