Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality
Municipality / municipal entity · Eastern Cape · 35 published awards, 2021Q3 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: 63% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography hand-checked.
What it buys (15 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Administrative and support activities, Services: Electrical, Construction of buildings, Civil engineering.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative and support activities | R5m | R3m | 1.5× | 7 |
| Services: Electrical | R41m | R15m | 2.7× | 6 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 31 (89%)
- RFP: 4 (11%)
Median advertised window: 15 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
30 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 6% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.
Largest winners by award count: Phahle Construction (2), NIKHWE GROUP (2), Masilo Projects (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.
- South African Broadcasting Corporation Limited
- Nama Khoi Local Municipality
- Amatola Water Board
- Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality
- ARMSCOR
Categories at least two of these peers award that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (3 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (2 peers), Services: Civil (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.
Capital spend context
Audited capital expenditure for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (EC443) from National Treasury's Municipal Money, for scale against the 35 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 Eastern Cape awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.
- Services: General · 8 buyers (including this one) e.g. Ingquza Hill Local Municipality; Eastern Cape - Social Development and Special Programmes; Transnet SOC Ltd
- Services: Professional · 6 buyers (including this one) e.g. Eastern Cape - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs; Public Works; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
- Other service activities · 6 buyers e.g. King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality; Eastern Cape - Human Settlements; Eastern Cape - AIDC Development Centre Eastern Cape SOC Ltd
- Construction · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. THE MVULA TRUST; Eastern Cape - Roads and Public Works; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
- Supplies: General · 5 buyers (including this one) e.g. Ingquza Hill Local Municipality; Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa; Justice & Constitutional Development