Artscape
National department / entity · 10 published awards, 2021Q4 to 2026Q1
Based on tenders published to the National Treasury eTenders portal. Municipalities and SOEs are not obliged to publish here: absence of data is not absence of procurement. Coverage for this buyer: 60% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (4 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Supplies: General.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 9 (90%)
- RFP: 1 (10%)
Median advertised window: 26 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
9 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 20% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.12.
Largest winners by award count: DWR DISTRIBUTION (2), TSEBO SOLUTIONS GROUP (1), PROSOUND (1).
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Buyers with similar baskets
Nearest procurement mixes by revealed specialisation (cosine similarity), regardless of sphere or size. Descriptive, not a comparison of performance.
- Northern Cape - Economic Development and Tourism
- Statistics South Africa
- Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority
- Independent Police Investigative Directorate
- Higher Education & Training
Categories at least two of these peers award that Artscape hasn't published awards in: Services: General (3 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.