Theewaterkloof Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Western Cape · WC031 · 21 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2025Q4
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: 76% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (14 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- RFP: 21 (100%)
Median advertised window: 22 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
18 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 14% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.07.
Largest winners by award count: ADENCO CONSTRUCTION (3), CAB HOLDINGS (2), OBHEJANE TRADING (PTY) LTD (1).
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.
- Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa Limited
- Dawid kruiper Local Municipality
- The Playhouse Company
- Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency
- Mpumalanga - Agriculture Rural Development and Land Administration
Categories at least two of these peers award that Theewaterkloof Municipality hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers), Accommodation (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Theewaterskloof (WC031) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 21 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 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