Open Knowledge

Procurement tenders 45% open

South Africa


What data is expected?

All tenders and awards of the national/federal government aggregated by office. Monitoring tenders can help new groups to participate in tenders and increase government compliance. Data submitted in this category must be aggregated by office, updated at least monthly & satisfy the following minimum criteria:

Tenders:

  • tenders name
  • tender description
  • tender status

Awards:

  • Award title
  • Award description
  • value of the award
  • suppliers name

What data is available

  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as eTender Publication published by National Treasury)
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

Most, if not all, government departments publish tender information online, generally in PDF format. There is no single, machine-readable source of information across all of government.

Reviewer comments

Updated the link to the eTender platform.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Georg Neumann

Submitters

  • Greg Kempe