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Council for Geoscience

National department / entity · 36 published awards, 2022Q2 to 2026Q2

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: 58% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (13 categories)

Services: General · 14 awards (38.9%)Services: General14 awardsOther service activities · 5 awards (13.9%)Other service activities5 awardsSupplies: General · 4 awards (11.1%)Supplies: General4 awardsConstruction of buildings · 2 awards (5.6%)Construction o…2 awardsOther professional, scientific and technical activities · 2 awards (5.6%)Other professi…2 awardsOther personal service activities · 2 awards (5.6%)Other personal…2 awardsActivities of head offices; management consultancy activities · 1 awards (2.8%)Activities of head …1 awardsMining support service activities · 1 awards (2.8%)Mining support serv…1 awardsAir transport · 1 awards (2.8%)Air transport1 awardsSupplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 1 awards (2.8%)Supplies: Cl…1 awardsAdvertising and market research · 1 awards (2.8%)Advertising …1 awardsManufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. · 1 awards (2.8%)Manufacture of machinery …1 awardsActivities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities. · 1 awards (2.8%)Activities auxiliary to f…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General, Other service activities, Supplies: General.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 1 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 4 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 3 awards2023Q3: 2 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 3 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 1 awards2024Q4: 4 awards2025Q1: 5 awards2025Q2: 1 awards2025Q3: 4 awards2025Q4: 2 awards2026Q1: 4 awards2026Q2: 1 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: GeneralR56mR5m10.5×8

Method mix

  • Open tender: 27 (75%)
  • RFP: 4 (11%)
  • Limited / direct: 4 (11%)
  • Other: 1 (3%)

Median advertised window: 23 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

32 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 6% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.

Largest winners by award count: VHUSO GENERAL TRADING (2), MSHANDUKANI HOLDINGS (2), MALVERN PANALYTICAL (2).

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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Council for Geoscience hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Accommodation (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.