Research and intelligence

Procurement insights

Explore the patterns behind the public records: active buyers, recurring suppliers and category demand.

These rankings are calculated from the records currently indexed by SAPIP. They describe the imported data, not the full universe of South African procurement.

Buyer activity

Most active buyers

  1. ESKOM254,800 tenders
  2. Transnet SOC Ltd92,232 tenders
  3. Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa92,073 tenders
  4. Public Works36,366 tenders
  5. Justice & Constitutional Development27,117 tenders
  6. South African Revenue Service16,434 tenders
  7. South African National Roads Agency Soc Limited (SANRAL)14,136 tenders
  8. Johannesburg Water13,073 tenders
  9. South African Local Government Association11,266 tenders
  10. Agricultural Research Council11,084 tenders

Supplier activity

Suppliers with the most awards

  1. SINOHYDRO REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN SOUTH AFRICA INCORPORATED IN (CHINA)1 award
  2. (WBHO CONSTRUCTION)1 award
  3. BOTONG CIVILS1 award
  4. MKHULU ELECTRO DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS1 award
  5. ENDOMED MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SUPPLIES1 award
  6. ACCESS MEDICAL1 award
  7. POWER LINE AFRICA1 award
  8. MOENADIA ROCHAN MOOSA1 award
  9. MAANO CHEMICALS1 award
  10. (2 MC CONSULTING ENGINEERS)1 award

Ranked by number of disclosed awards. Values remain available on supplier and award records.

Category demand

Most represented categories

  1. Services13,452 tenders
  2. Goods5,133 tenders
  3. Works4,247 tenders

Geographic activity

Provincial tender activity

  1. Gauteng1,999 tenders
  2. Western Cape1,438 tenders
  3. KwaZulu-Natal1,152 tenders
  4. Eastern Cape952 tenders
  5. Limpopo545 tenders
  6. Mpumalanga463 tenders
  7. Free State441 tenders
  8. North West286 tenders
  9. Northern Cape262 tenders

Based on tender provinces supplied in the OCP National Treasury data mirror.