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Defence

National department / entity · 66 published awards, 2023Q2 to 2026Q1

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: 95% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (14 categories)

Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 30 awards (45.5%)Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear30 awardsSupplies: General · 14 awards (21.2%)Supplies: General14 awardsServices: General · 5 awards (7.6%)Services: General5 awardsSupplies: Medical · 4 awards (6.1%)Supplies: Medical4 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 3 awards (4.5%)Services: Fun…3 awardsServices: Professional · 2 awards (3.0%)Services: Profe…2 awardsRepair and installation of machinery and equipment · 1 awards (1.5%)Information service activities · 1 awards (1.5%)Services: Electrical · 1 awards (1.5%)Services: Elect…1 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 1 awards (1.5%)Supplies: Stati…1 awardsManufacture of electrical equipment · 1 awards (1.5%)Manufacture of …1 awardsAccommodation · 1 awards (1.5%)Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities · 1 awards (1.5%)Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. · 1 awards (1.5%)Manufacture of …1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear, Supplies: General, Supplies: Medical.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 2 awards2023Q3: 8 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 6 awards2024Q3: 11 awards2024Q4: 5 awards2025Q1: 5 awards2025Q2: 4 awards2025Q3: 13 awards2025Q4: 10 awards2026Q1: 2 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: Clothing/Textiles/FootwearR726kR2m0.4×27
Supplies: GeneralR46mR4m12.6×14
Services: GeneralR23mR5m4.2×5

Method mix

  • Open tender: 66 (100%)

Median advertised window: 22 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

43 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 9% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.

Largest winners by award count: KINGSGATE CLOTHING (6), MASANA CLOTHING (4), MASI WORKWEAR (3).

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.