Research and intelligence

Procurement insights

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

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. ESKOM218,400 tenders
  2. Transnet SOC Ltd78,202 tenders
  3. Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa77,562 tenders
  4. Public Works29,522 tenders
  5. Justice & Constitutional Development23,220 tenders
  6. South African Revenue Service15,444 tenders
  7. South African National Roads Agency Soc Limited (SANRAL)10,478 tenders
  8. South African Local Government Association10,080 tenders
  9. Johannesburg Water9,962 tenders
  10. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)9,238 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. ACCESS MEDICAL1 award
  6. ENDOMED MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SUPPLIES1 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. Services11,016 tenders
  2. Goods4,287 tenders
  3. Works3,585 tenders

Geographic activity

Municipal and provincial activity

  1. Eastern Cape0 tenders
  2. Free State0 tenders
  3. Gauteng0 tenders
  4. KwaZulu-Natal0 tenders
  5. Limpopo0 tenders
  6. Mpumalanga0 tenders
  7. North West0 tenders
  8. Northern Cape0 tenders
  9. Western Cape0 tenders