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Swartland Municipality

Municipality / municipal entity · Western Cape · 44 published awards, 2022Q3 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: 93% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.

What it buys (9 categories)

Supplies: General · 26 awards (59.1%)Supplies: General26 awardsServices: General · 4 awards (9.1%)Services: General4 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 3 awards (6.8%)Services: Funct…3 awardsConstruction · 3 awards (6.8%)Construction3 awardsCivil engineering · 2 awards (4.5%)Civil engineering2 awardsServices: Professional · 2 awards (4.5%)Services: Professional2 awardsServices: Civil · 2 awards (4.5%)Services: Civil2 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (2.3%)Services: Electrical · 1 awards (2.3%)Services: Electrical
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services).

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 2 awards2022Q4: 2 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 8 awards2023Q3: 7 awards2023Q4: 2 awards2024Q1: 1 awards2024Q2: 3 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 2 awards2025Q1: 2 awards2025Q2: 5 awards2025Q3: 6 awards2025Q4: 3 awards2026Q1: 1 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
Supplies: GeneralR2mR4m0.6×25

Method mix

  • Open tender: 29 (66%)
  • Limited / direct: 14 (32%)
  • RFP: 1 (2%)

Median advertised window: 16 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

33 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 11% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.

Largest winners by award count: Fuzion Motors (5), SHACHA TRADING (4), Skyewatch Security (3).

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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.

Capital spend context

Audited capital expenditure for Swartland (WC015) 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.

FY2023
R323m
FY2024
R484m
FY2025
R694m

Full financials on Municipal Money →

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 e.g. George Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Overstrand Municipality