Stellenbosch Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Western Cape · 302 published awards, 2021Q1 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: 63% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (43 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, Services: Electrical, Civil engineering, Information service 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services: Professional | R26m | R9m | 3.0× | 49 |
| Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) | R77m | R23m | 3.4× | 19 |
| Supplies: General | R2m | R4m | 0.5× | 17 |
| Construction | R313m | R45m | 7.0× | 15 |
| Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning | R305m | R8m | 36.5× | 12 |
| Information service activities | R16m | R22m | 0.7× | 11 |
| Services: Electrical | R76m | R15m | 5.0× | 7 |
| Civil engineering | R150m | R47m | 3.2× | 6 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 225 (75%)
- Other: 53 (18%)
- RFP: 19 (6%)
- RFQ: 2 (1%)
- Limited / direct: 2 (1%)
- RFI: 1 (0%)
Median advertised window: 30 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
228 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 1% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.01.
Largest winners by award count: VE RETICULATION (4), IMPOLO TRADING SOLUTIONS (4), TMT SERVICES AND SUPPLIES (4).
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.
- North West - Department of Community Safety and Transport Management
- Cape Town International Convention Centre
- ESKOM
- Eastern Cape - Rural Development and Agrarian Reform
- Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that Stellenbosch Municipality hasn't published awards in: Accommodation (2 peers), Repair and installation of machinery and equipment (2 peers), Specialised construction activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers), Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery (2 peers), Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (2 peers), Manufacture of electrical equipment (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Stellenbosch (WC024) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 302 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 (including this one) e.g. Cape Winelands District Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Garden Route District Local Municipality
- Other service activities · 10 buyers (including this one) e.g. George Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Overstrand Municipality