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Construction Tender Data Widgets for South African Publishers

Embed live South African construction tender data on your site — free. Heatmaps, award feeds & sector trends for construction blogs. No account needed.

Why Construction Publishers Need Live Tender Data

South Africa's construction and civil engineering sector is the single largest source of government contract opportunities in the country, accounting for a significant share of the annual national procurement budget. Infrastructure projects — roads, schools, hospitals, water treatment facilities, and housing developments — are funded through national departments, provincial governments, and municipalities, generating thousands of tender opportunities every year across all nine provinces.

For construction bloggers, quantity surveying firms, engineering associations, contractor directories, and industry news portals, this flow of procurement data is exactly the intelligence their audiences need. Site visitors want to know where tenders are being advertised, which companies are winning contracts in their region, and which sectors are seeing increased government spending. Without a dedicated data engineering team, aggregating this information in real time is prohibitively expensive.

The Tenders SA Construction Widget Hub solves this. By embedding one of our four free widgets — the Provincial Tender Heatmap, the Award Winners Feed, the Top Companies Leaderboard, or the Sector Trends chart — your construction site gains continuously updated, government-sourced procurement intelligence without writing a single line of backend code. The widget updates every hour from official South African procurement portals, meaning your readers always see current opportunities.

Whether you run a national construction industry publication, a regional contractor directory in Gauteng or the Western Cape, or a niche blog covering civil engineering infrastructure, there is a Tenders SA widget suited to your audience. Configuration takes less than five minutes using the live widget builder on this page.

How Construction Publishers Use Live Tender Data

Contractor Directories & Procurement Portals

National and regional contractor directories benefit most from the Provincial Tender Heatmap and the Award Winners Feed. The Heatmap shows your visitors a real-time density view of where construction tender activity is concentrated — invaluable for contractors considering where to register their businesses or bid for work. The Winners Feed surfaces recent contract awards, giving your audience unprecedented visibility into which competitors are winning public sector work in their region. Both widgets are available filtered by province, so a KwaZulu-Natal-focused directory can show only KZN data.

Engineering News & Industry Publications

Construction and engineering media sites can embed the Sector Trends widget filtered to Construction & Infrastructure to display month-on-month procurement trend charts directly within their editorial pages. This transforms static news articles into data-rich pages that readers bookmark and return to. Pair the Sector Trends chart with the Top Companies Leaderboard to reveal which construction firms are capturing the most government revenue — the kind of competitive intelligence that drives social sharing and newsletter sign-ups for industry publications.

Quantity Surveying & Estimating Blogs

QS firms and estimating consultants who maintain knowledge blogs can use the Sector Trends widget and the Award Winners Feed to add live market data to their content. Showing readers the average contract values being awarded in the civil engineering sector, or which departments are most active in issuing tenders that month, provides context that makes long-form technical articles more valuable and more likely to earn backlinks from other construction industry sites.

Build Your Construction Widget

Pre-filtered to Construction. Customise by province, theme, and widget type.

Build Your Widget

Configure your widget, preview it live, then copy the embed code.

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Your Embed Code
<iframe
  src="https://tenders-sa.org/embed/heatmap"
  width="100%" height="400"
  frameborder="0" loading="lazy"
  title="TenderSA Intelligence Widget">
</iframe>
<p style="font-size:11px;color:#6b7280;margin-top:4px;text-align:right;">Data: <a href="https://www.tenders-sa.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:#007A5E;">Tenders-SA.org</a></p>

Platform Integration Guides

Step-by-step instructions for WordPress, Shopify, JavaScript, and other platforms.

Pure JS / Node.js

Paste the <div> where you want the widget, add the <script> tag once before </body>. Works in any React, Vue, Next.js, or Nuxt.js application.

<div data-tendersa-widget
  data-type="heatmap">
</div>
<script src="https://tenders-sa.org/tendersa-widget.js" async defer></script>
<p style="font-size:11px;color:#6b7280;margin-top:4px;text-align:right;">Data: <a href="https://www.tenders-sa.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:#007A5E;">Tenders-SA.org</a></p>

Construction Procurement in South Africa — Key Stats

1,200+
Avg. monthly construction tenders

Across all 9 provinces

DPWI, SANRAL, Provinces
Largest awarding departments

By tender volume

Gauteng
Top construction tender province

Historically highest volume

Hourly
Widget data update frequency

From official eTenders portal

Frequently Asked Questions — Construction Tender Widgets

Can I filter the construction widget by province?

Yes. All four widgets support province-level filtering. You can configure the widget to show only Gauteng, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, or any other province using the widget builder on this page. The chosen filter is baked into the embed code, so your readers always see province-specific data.

Which widget is best for a construction contractor directory?

The Provincial Tender Heatmap and the Award Winners Feed work best for contractor directories. The Heatmap shows where tender activity is concentrated in real time. The Winners Feed surfaces recent contract awards with company names, contract values, and awarding departments — useful intelligence for contractors monitoring competition.

How often does the construction tender data update?

The underlying data is sourced hourly from the South African government's official eTenders portal and supplementary provincial procurement databases. Widgets cache data at the edge and refresh every hour.

Is the construction data widget free for commercial websites?

Yes. Standard widgets are free forever, including on monetised websites with advertising or subscription revenue. A small "Data: Tenders-SA.org" attribution line is included in the embed code.

Can I embed the construction widget in a WordPress construction blog?

Yes. In the WordPress Block Editor, add a Custom HTML block and paste the iframe embed code. Alternatively, use the JavaScript SDK snippet. Our widget is compatible with any WordPress theme.

Does the widget cover CIDB-graded tenders?

The widget displays all government-published construction tenders from the official eTenders portal regardless of CIDB grade. Full CIDB grade details are available on the individual tender pages at tenders-sa.org.

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