Transnet National Ports Authority

National department / entity · 156 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 58% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (45 categories)

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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Services: Building, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, Transportation and storage, Repair and installation of machinery and equipment, Manufacturing.

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	R5m	R9m	0.6×	16
Services: General	R2m	R5m	0.5×	12
Supplies: General	R794k	R4m	0.2×	9
Other service activities	R4m	R8m	0.5×	8
Services: Building	R18m	R4m	4.1×	7
Construction	R41m	R45m	0.9×	5
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning	R7m	R8m	0.9×	5

Method mix

RFP: 73 (47%)
RFQ: 66 (42%)
Open tender: 17 (11%)

Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

143 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 2% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.01.

Largest winners by award count: UKHOZI REFRIGERATION AND AIRCON (3), CORELLO PROPERTIES (2), Veracitech (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Transnet National Ports Authority hasn't published awards in: Manufacture of furniture (4 peers), Information service activities (3 peers), Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (3 peers), Administrative and support activities (2 peers), Accommodation (2 peers), Supplies: Medical (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers), Other personal service activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.