South Africa tender market report, November 2026
Month to date, updated 14 Nov 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 1,343 notices
- Notices published
- 1,343
- -58% vs October 2026 (month to date)
- Still open
- 1,113
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 18 days
- middle half: 8–27 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
So far in November 2026, FreeTender recorded 1,343 new procurement notices from buyers in South Africa (-58% on October 2026, comparing a part month with a full one). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 321 notices (24% of the total). Half of all notices gave bidders 18 days or less to respond. Friday was the busiest publishing day (26% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure321 notices-59%
- Education & Training112 notices-49%
- Transport & Logistics98 notices-54%
- Financial & Professional Services97 notices-49%
- IT & Telecom93 notices-52%
- Water & Environment87 notices-59%
- Manufacturing & Supply62 notices-66%
- Energy & Power55 notices-55%
- Media, Printing & Advertising50 notices-47%
- Facility Management & Cleaning41 notices-71%
- Agriculture & Food40 notices-47%
- Healthcare & Pharma36 notices-65%
- Sports, Recreation & Events33 notices-63%
- Real Estate & Facilities29 notices-73%
- Electrical Equipment29 notices-47%
Change is against October 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender1,319 notices
- Request for proposal6 notices
- Request for quotation6 notices
- Corrigendum4 notices
- Grant / funding call4 notices
- Consultancy3 notices
- Contract award1 notices
Publishing day
- Monday247 notices
- Tuesday272 notices
- Wednesday170 notices
- Thursday301 notices
- Friday344 notices
- Saturday4 notices
- Sunday5 notices
Most active buyers in South Africa
- ESKOM82 notices
- Transnet SOC Ltd55 notices
- Water and Sanitation32 notices
- Public Works29 notices
- Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa29 notices
- Johannesburg Water25 notices
- Airports Company of South Africa23 notices
- Road Accident Fund20 notices
- National Lotteries Commission16 notices
- Development Bank of Southern Africa15 notices
Other months
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.