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Castle Control Board

National department / entity · 18 published awards, 2023Q3 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: 94% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (8 categories)

Supplies: General · 6 awards (33.3%)Supplies: General6 awardsServices: General · 4 awards (22.2%)Services: General4 awardsServices: Professional · 3 awards (16.7%)Services: Professional3 awardsPrinting and reproduction of recorded media · 1 awards (5.6%)Printing and …1 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 1 awards (5.6%)Supplies: Stationery/Printi…1 awardsFinancial service activities, except insurance and pension funding · 1 awards (5.6%)Financial service activitie…1 awardsConstruction · 1 awards (5.6%)Construction1 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (5.6%)Supplies: Ele…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Services: General.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 1 awards2023Q4: 2 awards2024Q1: 4 awards2024Q2: 2 awards2024Q3: 4 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 1 awards2025Q2: 2 awards2025Q3: 2 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
Supplies: GeneralR611kR4m0.2×5

Method mix

  • RFQ: 18 (100%)

Median advertised window: 15 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

17 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 11% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.06.

Largest winners by award count: COLOUR YOUR BUSINESS DESIGNS (2), Blue Dreams EnterPrise (1), KHANIMAMBO GROUP (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Castle Control Board hasn't published awards in: Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.