Government tenders this month, November 2026: Honde

Government tenders this month, November 2026

Name: Government tenders this month, November 2026
Creator: Honde

Updated 10 November 2026 at 14:04, from Honde's live data. Refreshed every hour.

Key figures

On 10 November 2026, 1 617 South African government tenders on National Treasury's eTenders portal were open for bids, by Honde's count.
From 1 November 2026 to 10 November 2026, 616 government tenders were released on National Treasury's eTenders portal, by Honde's count.
From 1 November 2026 to 10 November 2026, national departments and entities released 62% of the government tenders on eTenders (382 of 616).
From 1 November 2026 to 10 November 2026, 47% of the government tenders released on eTenders were for services (287 of 616).
From 1 November 2026 to 10 November 2026, ESKOM released the most government tenders on eTenders (44).
From 1 November 2026 to 10 November 2026, 100% of the government tenders released on eTenders gave no estimated value (616 of 616).

How to cite: Honde, "Government tenders this month, November 2026", https://www.honde.co.za/insights/government-tenders-this-month, data as of 10 November 2026.

616 government tenders have been released on National Treasury's eTenders portal so far in November 2026. 1 617 tenders are open for bids right now.

By province

National382 (62%)
Province not stated149 (24%)
Gauteng31 (5%)
KwaZulu-Natal19 (3%)
Western Cape13 (2%)
Limpopo7 (1%)
Mpumalanga5 (1%)
Eastern Cape4 (1%)
Free State3 (0%)
North West2 (0%)
Northern Cape1 (0%)

From the buyer's name: "National" is a national department or entity; a municipality that doesn't name its province is "not stated".

By category

Services287 (47%)
Not stated170 (28%)
Goods86 (14%)
Works73 (12%)

By estimated value

616 of this month's tenders give no value; the bands below are the 0 that do.

Under R100 0000 (0%)
R100 000 to R1m0 (0%)
R1m to R10m0 (0%)
R10m to R50m0 (0%)
R50m or more0 (0%)

Buyers advertising most this month

ESKOM44 tenders
Transnet SOC Ltd28 tenders
Water and Sanitation22 tenders
Public Works17 tenders
Airports Company of South Africa15 tenders
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa14 tenders
Road Accident Fund14 tenders
Johannesburg Water13 tenders
Thulamela Local Municipality12 tenders
Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Limited9 tenders
Department of Land Reform and Rural Development8 tenders
National - Environment, Forestry and Fisheries8 tenders
Tourism7 tenders
National Research Foundation7 tenders
Kwazulu Natal - Public Works (Head Office)7 tenders

How this is counted

Tenders published on National Treasury's eTenders portal (its open contracting data), counted by release date in South African time from the 1st of November 2026. "Open now" counts every tender whose closing time hasn't passed, whenever it was released. Values are the buyer's estimate where eTenders gives one. Browse them on our government tenders pages.

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