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Rand Water

National department / entity · 33 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2025Q2

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: 48% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (12 categories)

Other service activities · 10 awards (30.3%)Other service activities10 awardsConstruction · 6 awards (18.2%)Construction6 awardsServices: Professional · 5 awards (15.2%)Services: Professional5 awardsServices: General · 2 awards (6.1%)Services: Gene…2 awardsWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities · 2 awards (6.1%)Water supply; …2 awardsWaste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery · 2 awards (6.1%)Waste collection, treat…2 awardsScientific research and development · 1 awards (3.0%)Scientific research and…1 awardsWater collection, treatment and supply · 1 awards (3.0%)Water collection, treat…1 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (3.0%)Services: Functional (I…1 awardsHuman health and social work activities · 1 awards (3.0%)Human health and social…1 awardsTelecommunications · 1 awards (3.0%)Telecommunicati…1 awardsSupplies: Medical · 1 awards (3.0%)Supplies: Medic…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities, Construction.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 2 awards2021Q3: 1 awards2021Q4: 2 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 1 awards2022Q4: 2 awards2023Q1: 5 awards2023Q2: 8 awards2023Q3: 8 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 1 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 1 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 1 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

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.

CategoryThis buyerNationalRation
Other service activitiesR59kR8m0.0×5

Method mix

  • RFQ: 15 (45%)
  • Open tender: 13 (39%)
  • RFP: 4 (12%)
  • Limited / direct: 1 (3%)

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

Supplier concentration

33 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 3% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.

Largest winners by award count: REFRESH NETWORKS (1), KHANGWE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (1), MOTAGANE CHEM WORKS (1).

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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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Rand Water hasn't published awards in: Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.