Construction Industry Development Board
National department / entity · 15 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 40% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (5 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: General.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 13 (87%)
- RFP: 2 (13%)
Median advertised window: 41 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
14 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 13% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.08.
Largest winners by award count: SWM COMMUNICATIONS (2), Enterprise University of Pretoria (1), MMT Inland (Pty) Ltd (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.
- National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa
- Khai-Ma Local Municipality
- The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
- National Agricultural Marketing Council
- Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency
Categories at least two of these peers award that Construction Industry Development Board hasn't published awards in: Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (3 peers), Construction (2 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers), Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.