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Department of Sports, Arts & Culture

National department / entity · 31 published awards, 2021Q3 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: 58% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (13 categories)

Services: Professional · 9 awards (29.0%)Services: Professional9 awardsServices: General · 5 awards (16.1%)Services: General5 awardsAdvertising and market research · 3 awards (9.7%)Advertising and market research3 awardsOther service activities · 3 awards (9.7%)Other service activities3 awardsOther professional, scientific and technical activities · 2 awards (6.5%)Other professional, scientific a…2 awardsProfessional, scientific and technical activities · 2 awards (6.5%)Professional, scientifi…2 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 1 awards (3.2%)Supplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (3.2%)Education · 1 awards (3.2%)Arts, entertainment and recreation · 1 awards (3.2%)Services to buildings and landscape activities · 1 awards (3.2%)Services to buildings a…1 awardsLegal and accounting activities · 1 awards (3.2%)Legal and accounting ac…1 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (3.2%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Advertising and market research, Other service activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 2 awards2021Q4: 4 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 5 awards2023Q2: 3 awards2023Q3: 4 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 2 awards2024Q4: 1 awards2025Q1: 4 awards2025Q2: 1 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 4 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: ProfessionalR6mR9m0.7×6

Method mix

  • RFQ: 18 (58%)
  • Open tender: 10 (32%)
  • RFP: 3 (10%)

Median advertised window: 9 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

28 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 6% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.

Largest winners by award count: Panacea Healthcare Supplier (2), Roger Layton Associates (2), MANAGED INTEGRITY EVALUATION (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 Department of Sports, Arts & Culture hasn't published awards in: Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (4 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Food and beverage service activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.