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)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Services: General.
Awards per quarter
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.
| Category | This buyer | National | Ratio | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplies: General | R611k | R4m | 0.2× | 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).
Names restate the published award record; nothing analytic is attached to any name, and concentration is a market-structure observation, not an accusation: small buyers and specialist categories concentrate naturally. Right of reply →
Buyers with similar baskets
Nearest procurement mixes by revealed specialisation (cosine similarity), regardless of sphere or size. Descriptive, not a comparison of performance.
- Basic Education
- Government Printing Works
- National School of Government
- Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency
- Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa
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.