Integrity patterns
Statistical patterns in published procurement, shown in aggregate and against national baselines. A pattern is a reason to look closer, never a finding of wrongdoing: thin data, specialist markets and honest logistics produce the same shapes.
Capability coherence
Firms that diversify legitimately tend to win categories that sit close on the capability map. Coherence is the proximity-weighted average across a firm's won categories: high means connected capabilities, low means wins scattered across unrelated work. Only the distribution is published; no firm is named on this page.
Flag rule, stated in full: coherence below the 10th percentile (0.015) with at least 5 awards across at least 3 map categories. A flag is a statistical outlier, nothing more; publishing flagged names would require a review process and right of reply, and is deliberately not done.
Price vs category norm
Each usable award value compared with its category's bounded median (13 262 awards with usable values). 29.1% land at 5 times the category norm or more; scope and project size explain most large ratios.
Buyer-level observations
Buying entities are organs of state and are named. For buyers with 20 or more published awards, the largest supplier is named too, as a restatement of the public record with right of reply; no analytic flag is ever attached to a name. National baselines: 21% of awards land in the January-March financial-year-end quarter, 12% of tenders were advertised for under a week, and 29.1% of usable values are 5x their category norm. Cells marked · had too little volume to score.
| Buyer | Awards | Suppliers | HHI | Top firm | FY-end | Short adverts | 5x norm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice & Constitutional Development | 1 304 | 827 | 0.00 | Home Affairs - Government Printing Works3% | 8% | 47% | 15% |
| Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa | 1 024 | 668 | 0.00 | DENZHELASHU TRADING AND PROJECTS1% | 19% | 11% | 23% |
| South African Revenue Service | 824 | 492 | 0.00 | TOTAL SMART SOLUTIONS3% | 22% | 39% | 15% |
| Transnet SOC Ltd | 694 | 538 | 0.00 | PLASSER SOUTH AFRICA2% | 21% | 3% | 45% |
| ESKOM | 613 | 489 | 0.00 | ACTOM2% | 20% | 2% | 58% |
| Public Works | 527 | 395 | 0.00 | BAKONE CONSULTING ENGINEERS1% | 21% | 4% | 27% |
| South African Local Government Association | 481 | 290 | 0.01 | LAWTONS6% | 22% | 55% | 19% |
| THE MVULA TRUST | 458 | 336 | 0.00 | VUMILE CONSULTING AND PROJECTS2% | 22% | 0% | 46% |
| Kwazulu Natal - Economic Development, Tourism and Environ Affairs | 365 | 185 | 0.02 | BIDVEST OFFICE12% | 13% | 44% | 9% |
| George Municipality | 332 | 226 | 0.01 | ROY STEELE AND ASSOCIATES3% | 19% | 2% | 15% |
| Stellenbosch Municipality | 302 | 228 | 0.01 | VE RETICULATION1% | 25% | 17% | 43% |
| Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | 299 | 233 | 0.01 | OPENSERVE3% | 26% | 8% | 31% |
| Cape Winelands District Municipality | 295 | 183 | 0.01 | F E S MANUFACTURING4% | 23% | 2% | 7% |
| Ingquza Hill Local Municipality | 235 | 103 | 0.02 | LOLWETH'UTHANDO4% | 22% | 9% | 24% |
| Swellendam Municipality | 234 | 170 | 0.01 | POTGIETER BROERS GRONDVERSKUIWING2% | 29% | 1% | 13% |
| South African Social Security Agency | 196 | 170 | 0.01 | METRO COMPUTER SERVICES2% | 17% | 2% | 58% |
| Overstrand Municipality | 189 | 145 | 0.01 | BIDVEST OFFICE2% | 28% | 15% | 16% |
| Kwazulu Natal - Transport | 181 | 143 | 0.01 | SM HOLDING3% | 15% | 6% | 19% |
| Water and Sanitation | 168 | 136 | 0.01 | PAKZITO HOLDINGS3% | 27% | 5% | 13% |
| Cape Agulhas Municipality | 165 | 133 | 0.01 | POTTS DEVCO4% | 30% | 0% | 17% |
| Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development | 159 | 112 | 0.02 | GEOSPACE INTERNATIONAL8% | 24% | 1% | 21% |
| Transnet National Ports Authority | 156 | 143 | 0.01 | UKHOZI REFRIGERATION AND AIRCON2% | 18% | 2% | 27% |
| South African National Roads Agency Soc Limited (SANRAL) | 153 | 99 | 0.02 | VST CONSULTING ENGINEERS5% | 16% | 1% | 45% |
| Solplaatje Local Municipality | 151 | 93 | 0.02 | BLACK ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEUR TRADING5% | 32% | 3% | 5% |
| South African Civil Aviation Authority | 150 | 136 | 0.01 | VICE WORX2% | 23% | 12% | 9% |
| Umzimkhulu Local Municipality | 150 | 99 | 0.01 | HLUMI AND AZIE TRADING4% | 33% | 0% | 24% |
| Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office) | 139 | 114 | 0.01 | LUQA AND SGANANDA PROJECTS4% | 9% | 29% | 21% |
| Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality | 135 | 103 | 0.01 | LEMALWA TRADING4% | 12% | 13% | 43% |
| Midvaal Local Municipality | 134 | 105 | 0.02 | NON-AWARD9% | 10% | 1% | 55% |
| Electoral Commission (IEC) | 132 | 111 | 0.01 | CORRUSEAL CORRUGATED KZN5% | 19% | 1% | 28% |
| National Lotteries Commission | 120 | 105 | 0.01 | FEVERTREECONSULTING2% | 16% | 27% | 13% |
| Garden Route District Local Municipality | 119 | 99 | 0.01 | JOSMAP TRAINING INSTITUTE7% | 10% | 3% | 7% |
| Road Accident Fund | 119 | 90 | 0.02 | MULTI-LOCKING VEHICLE TRACKING SECURITY SYSTEMS (GAUTENG)9% | 40% | 66% | 11% |
| PetroSA | 118 | 86 | 0.02 | JOHN RAYMOND BENEKE3% | 31% | 11% | 18% |
| Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) | 115 | 103 | 0.01 | NATHI AND ELOHIM3% | 20% | 24% | 8% |
| Newcastle Local Municipality | 114 | 91 | 0.01 | SA INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES5% | 21% | 31% | 0% |
| National Research Foundation | 112 | 93 | 0.01 | DATACENTRIX4% | 27% | 2% | 45% |
| Development Bank of Southern Africa | 111 | 96 | 0.01 | Ledwaba Mazwai3% | 13% | 0% | 53% |
| Onderstepoort Biological Products Limited | 106 | 88 | 0.01 | HVAC TECHNOLOGIES4% | 25% | 14% | 8% |
| Technology Innovation Agency | 95 | 80 | 0.01 | UNITED SCIENTIFIC SA3% | 34% | 22% | 3% |
| State Information Technology Agency | 94 | 75 | 0.02 | BLUE NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE9% | 19% | 1% | 63% |
| Agricultural Research Council | 90 | 78 | 0.01 | MICROSEP4% | 22% | 7% | 43% |
| Limpopo - Public Works | 90 | 58 | 0.02 | RISANA TRADING8% | 36% | 8% | 32% |
| National - Environment, Forestry and Fisheries | 88 | 80 | 0.01 | GREEN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION5% | 11% | 2% | 17% |
| Housing Development Agency | 87 | 75 | 0.02 | NEMORANGO CONSULTING ENGINEERING3% | 24% | 0% | 30% |
| SALDANHA BAY MUNICIPALITY | 85 | 72 | 0.02 | WESTLAND CONSTRUCTION4% | 16% | 0% | 54% |
| Johannesburg Water | 82 | 59 | 0.04 | KFC PIPES AND FITTINGS13% | 32% | 18% | 19% |
| Rustenburg Local Municipality | 79 | 57 | 0.02 | KABELO MONONG TRADING AND PROJECTS5% | 18% | 0% | 40% |
| Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited | 79 | 75 | 0.01 | CAPIC SA3% | 37% | 0% | 65% |
| City of Cape Town | 77 | 67 | 0.02 | TUBOSEAL SERVICES4% | 35% | 1% | 55% |
| Eastern Cape - Roads and Public Works | 76 | 55 | 0.02 | K2020260282 (SOUTH AFRICA)7% | 12% | 0% | 69% |
| South African Weather Service | 75 | 66 | 0.02 | UBUNTU TECHNOLOGY7% | 17% | 29% | 26% |
| National Health Laboratory Service | 74 | 47 | 0.03 | BECKMAN COULTER SOUTH AFRICA9% | 20% | 3% | 63% |
| Francis Baard District Municipality | 72 | 55 | 0.02 | MOSIMA IT SOLUTIONS6% | 22% | 0% | 27% |
| National Treasury | 71 | 62 | 0.02 | NU GILI LEGACY4% | 25% | 4% | 38% |
| Kwazulu Natal - Health | 67 | 60 | 0.02 | TECMED4% | 24% | 1% | 23% |
| Defence | 66 | 43 | 0.03 | KINGSGATE CLOTHING9% | 11% | 0% | 37% |
| South African National Parks | 65 | 65 | 0.02 | GRAND UNIFORMS2% | 28% | 3% | 37% |
| King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality | 65 | 56 | 0.02 | TIDOO ENGINEERING SERVICES3% | 25% | 0% | 12% |
| Matatiele Local Municipality | 64 | 48 | 0.02 | AMANDLELA ENGINEERS AND SAFETY CONSULTANTS5% | 12% | 3% | 21% |
Showing the 60 most active matches. Amber marks a share at least 1.75x the national baseline: context before conclusions - small buyers, single projects and seasonal mandates all move these numbers. Top-firm names restate the public award record for buyers with 20+ awards; nothing analytic is attached to any name. Right of reply →