Industrial Procurement

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) designated industries, sectors and sub-sectors for local production at a specified level of local content since 2011.

The following industries, sectors and sub-sectors have so far been designated for local production with minimum local content thresholds.

Industry/sector/sub-sector Minimum threshold for local content
Buses (Bus Body) 80%
Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear 100%
Steel Power Pylons,
Monopole Pylons,
Steel Substation Structures,
Powerline Hardware,
Street Light Steel Poles,
Steel Lattice Towers
100%
Canned / Processed Vegetables 80%
Pharmaceutical Products:
  • OSD Tender
  • Family Planning Tender
  • 70% (volumes)
  • 50% value
Rail Rolling Stock 65%
Set Top Boxes (STB) 30%
Furniture Products:
  • Office Furniture
  • School Furniture
  • Base and Mattress
  • 85%
  • 100%
  • 90%
Solar Water Heater Components 70%
Electrical and telecom cables 90%
Valves products and actuators 70%
Residential Electricity Meter :
  • Prepaid Electricity Meters
  • Post Paid Electricity Meters
  • SMART Meters
  • 70%
  • 70%
  • 50%
Working Vessels/Boats (All types): 60%
  • Components
  • 10% – 100%
Conveyance Pipes 80% – 100%
Transformers and Shunt Reactors:
  • Class 0
  • Class 1
  • Class 2
  • Class 3
  • Class 4
  • 90%
  • 70%
  • 70%
  • 45%
  • 10%
  • Components and conversion activities
  • 50% – 100%
Solar PV Components:
  • Laminated PV Modules
  • Module Frame
  • DC Combiner Boxes
  • Mounting Structure
  • Inverter
  • 15%
  • 65%
  • 65%
  • 90%
  • 40%
Two Way Radio Terminals and Associated Equipment:
  • Portable Radio
  • Mobile Radio
  • Repeater
  • 60%
  • 60%
  • 60%
  • Components
  • 20% – 100%
Rail Signaling:
  • 65%
  • Components
  • 40% – 100%
Wheely Bins: 100%
Fire Fighting Vehicle 30%
  • Crew Cabin
  • Super Structure
  • Assembly
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
Steel Products and Component for Construction
Steel Value-added Products

  • Fabricated Structural Steel
  • Joining/Connecting Components
  • Frames
  • Roof and Cladding
  • Fasteners
  • Wire Products
  • Ducting and Structural pipework
  • Gutters, downpipes & lauders

Steel Value-added Products

  • Plates
  • Sheets
  • Galvanised and Colour Coated Coils
  • Wire Rod and Drawn Wire
  • Sections
  • Reinforcing bars
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%

 

 

 

  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
Pumps, Medium Voltage (MV) Motor and Associated Accessories 70%
  • Casting or Frame Fabrication
  • Fabrication and winding of the Rotor Core
  • Accessories
  • Assembly and testing of the fully-built unit
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
Rail Permanent Way 90%
  • Rails and rail joints
  • Ballasts
  • Ballastless
  • Turnouts/switches and crossings
  • Railway sleepers
  • Rail fastening and accessories
  • Railway maintenance of way plant & equipment
  • Assembly and testing of fully build unitst
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 70%
  • 100%
Plastic Pipes 100%
  • Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes
  • High density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes
  • Polypropylene (PP) pipes
  • Glass reinforced plastic (GRP) pipes
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
Air insulated MV Switchgear 50%
  • Instrument Transformers
  • Busbars
  • Housing
  • Switching Devices
  • 15%
  • 5%
  • 25%
  • 5%
Bulk Material Handling 85%
    • Conveyer Idlers
    • Structural Steel
    • Rubber
    • Conveyor Belt
    • Pulleys
  • 70%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 60%
Industrial lead Acid Batteries 50%
Cement 100%
  • Cem I
  • Cem II
  • Cem III
  • Cem IV
  • Cem V
  • Masonry Cement
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%
  • 100%

The local content bidding document can be completed in line with the requirements of the SABS approved technical specification number SABS approved standard SANS 1286:2017 and the Guidance Document for the Calculation of Local Content together with the associated Annexures:

All these documents are important for the calculation, measurement and verification of local content.

Details of designated products and local content thresholds: All the circulars for each of the designated sectors are found under this folder.

For local content related enquiries, please call the helpline on +27 (12) 394 1435.

For technical enquiries please contact Ms Cathrine Matidza:
Director: Fleet Procurement
Tel: +27 (12) 394 5598
E-mail: cmatidza@thedtic.gov.za

For local content enquiries or complaints, please send an e-mail to localcontent@thedtic.gov.za

 

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