Western Cape - Education
Provincial department · Western Cape · 29 published awards, 2023Q2 to 2025Q1
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: 100% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (6 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Transportation and storage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation and storage | R5m | R5m | 1.0× | 23 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 29 (100%)
Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
21 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 10% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.06.
Largest winners by award count: CAPEWAYS TRANSPORT (3), TYEBILE TRADING 16 (3), PARACOACH (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.
- BRAND RSA
- Limpopo - Education
- Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC)
- State Diamond Trader
- South African Heritage Resources Agency
Categories at least two of these peers award that Western Cape - Education hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Services: General (2 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Administrative and support activities (2 peers), Information service activities (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers), Financial and insurance activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
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 e.g. Stellenbosch Municipality; Swellendam Municipality; Laingsburg Municipality
- Services: General · 10 buyers 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