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Broadband Infraco SOC

National department / entity · 26 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2025Q3

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: 46% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (10 categories)

Telecommunications · 10 awards (38.5%)Telecommunications10 awardsInformation and communication · 5 awards (19.2%)Information and communication5 awardsServices: Professional · 3 awards (11.5%)Services: Professional3 awardsOther service activities · 2 awards (7.7%)Other service activi…2 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (3.8%)Services: Functional (Incl…1 awardsInformation service activities · 1 awards (3.8%)Information service activi…1 awardsComputer programming, consultancy and related activities · 1 awards (3.8%)Computer programming, cons…1 awardsEmployment activities · 1 awards (3.8%)Employment a…1 awardsFinancial and insurance activities · 1 awards (3.8%)Financial an…1 awardsLegal and accounting activities · 1 awards (3.8%)Legal and accounting activ…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Telecommunications, Information and communication.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 1 awards2021Q4: 4 awards2022Q1: 4 awards2022Q2: 1 awards2022Q3: 2 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 1 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 2 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 1 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 1 awards2024Q4: 2 awards2025Q1: 4 awards2025Q2: 1 awards2025Q3: 1 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Typical award value vs the national median

Bounded medians over awards with usable values only; small samples are excluded. A ratio above 1 means this buyer's typical award in the category is larger than the national typical award, which can reflect scope, project size or pricing.

CategoryThis buyerNationalRation
TelecommunicationsR56mR56m1.0×8

Method mix

  • RFP: 14 (54%)
  • Open tender: 10 (38%)
  • RFQ: 2 (8%)

Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

22 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 12% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.05.

Largest winners by award count: BAWULA'S GROUP (3), UBUNTU TECHNOLOGY (2), BOLEAN SOLUTIONS (2).

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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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Broadband Infraco SOC hasn't published awards in: Services: General (2 peers), Office administrative, office support and other business support activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.