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Companies and Intellectual Property Commission

National department / entity · 21 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2025Q2

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: 76% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (7 categories)

Services: Professional · 14 awards (66.7%)Services: Professional14 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 2 awards (9.5%)Supplies: Computer Equipmen…2 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (4.8%)Security and …1 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (4.8%)Services: Functional…1 awardsServices: Building · 1 awards (4.8%)Services: Building1 awardsRental and leasing activities · 1 awards (4.8%)Rental and leasing a…1 awardsTelecommunications · 1 awards (4.8%)Telecommunications1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 1 awards2021Q4: 2 awards2022Q1: 1 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 2 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 2 awards2023Q3: 3 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 2 awards2024Q4: 4 awards2025Q1: 1 awards2025Q2: 3 awards2025Q3: 0 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
Services: ProfessionalR37mR9m4.3×10

Method mix

  • Open tender: 16 (76%)
  • RFP: 5 (24%)

Median advertised window: 37 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

16 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 14% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.07.

Largest winners by award count: DATACENTRIX (3), MEDIRO BELAY MANAGED SERVICES (2), OKS INVESTMENT 2009 (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 Companies and Intellectual Property Commission hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (2 peers), Legal and accounting activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.