Sekhukhune District Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Limpopo · 44 published awards, 2023Q2 to 2026Q2
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: 89% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (11 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Construction, Construction of buildings, Sewerage, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services).
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 | R16m | R4m | 4.2× | 13 |
| Construction | R796m | R45m | 17.8× | 7 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 44 (100%)
Median advertised window: 20 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
40 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 5% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.
Largest winners by award count: KEEWAVE TRADING 334 (2), TADI ENTERPRISE (2), FITO AND SONS CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS (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.
- Kgetlengrivier Local municipality
- Bergrivier - WC Local Municipality
- Cape Agulhas Municipality
- Water and Sanitation
- Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office)
Categories at least two of these peers award that Sekhukhune District Municipality hasn't published awards in: Services: Electrical (4 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (4 peers), Services: Building (3 peers), Rental and leasing activities (3 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (3 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Sekhukhune (DC47) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 44 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 Limpopo awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: Professional · 9 buyers (including this one) e.g. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Office of the Premier; Limpopo - Public Works
- Construction · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. Higher Education and Training - Mopani East TVET College; Limpopo - Public Works; South African National Biodiversity Institute
- Supplies: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. South African Revenue Service; Sekhukhune District Municipality; Limpopo - Limpopo Roads Agency
- Other service activities · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; South African Local Government Association
- Information and communication · 3 buyers e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Limpopo - Economic Development Environment & Tourism; Limpopo - Education