Western Cape - Nature Conservation Board
Provincial department · Western Cape · 12 published awards, 2023Q3 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: 100% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (7 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Services: Professional.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 12 (100%)
Median advertised window: 33 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
10 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 17% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.11.
Largest winners by award count: BETTY JOLENE OCKHUIS (2), LBC MULTISERV (2), SKY METRO EQUIPMENT (1).
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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.
- Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality
- Tygerburg Hospital
- Free State - Health
- Eastern Cape - Health
- Gauteng - Health
Categories at least two of these peers award that Western Cape - Nature Conservation Board hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (5 peers), Services: General (4 peers), Supplies: Medical (4 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Services: Building (2 peers), Food and beverage service 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 (including this one) e.g. Overstrand Municipality; Stellenbosch Municipality; Road Accident Fund
- Supplies: General · 13 buyers 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 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