Solplaatje Local Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Northern Cape · 151 published awards, 2021Q4 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: 93% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (30 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Supplies: Electrical Equipment, Supplies: Computer Equipment, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities, Services: Electrical, Professional, scientific and technical 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 | R2m | R4m | 0.6× | 22 |
| Services: Professional | R2m | R9m | 0.2× | 21 |
| Supplies: Electrical Equipment | R1m | R4m | 0.3× | 16 |
| Supplies: Computer Equipment | R2m | R2m | 0.9× | 12 |
| Services: General | R199k | R5m | 0.0× | 11 |
| Construction | R2m | R45m | 0.1× | 7 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | R2m | R21m | 0.1× | 7 |
| Computer programming, consultancy and related activities | R2m | R10m | 0.2× | 6 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 145 (96%)
- RFP: 5 (3%)
- Open tender: 1 (1%)
Median advertised window: 7 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
93 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 5% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.
Largest winners by award count: BLACK ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEUR TRADING (7), IDEVICK TRADING (6), NUGEN COMMUNICATIONS (6).
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.
- Mossel Bay Municipality
- Limpopo - Social Development
- National Housing Finance Corporation Limited
- Agricultural Sector Education and Training Authority
- Human Sciences Research Council
Categories at least two of these peers award that Solplaatje Local Municipality hasn't published awards in: Information and communication (3 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Information service activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Sol Plaatje (NC091) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 151 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 Northern Cape awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. Francis Baard District Municipality; Airports Company of South Africa; Northern Cape - Agriculture and Land Reform
- Supplies: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Francis Baard District Municipality; ESKOM
- Services: Professional · 3 buyers (including this one) e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Francis Baard District Municipality; Transnet SOC Ltd
- Construction · 2 buyers (including this one) e.g. Solplaatje Local Municipality; Water and Sanitation
- Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 2 buyers (including this one) e.g. Justice & Constitutional Development; Solplaatje Local Municipality