National department / entity · 694 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 64% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (64 categories)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Electrical, Supplies: Electrical Equipment, Services: Building, Manufacturing, Repair and installation of machinery and equipment, Services: Civil.
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.
Median advertised window: 18 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
538 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 2% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.00.
Largest winners by award count: PLASSER SOUTH AFRICA(15), BEAPO(10), Lennings Rail(7).
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 SOC Ltd hasn't published awards in: Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles(2 peers), Land transport and transport via pipelines(2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.