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Development Bank of Southern Africa

National department / entity · 111 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2025Q4

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: 70% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (13 categories)

Construction · 34 awards (30.6%)Construction34 awardsServices: Professional · 25 awards (22.5%)Services: Professional25 awardsConstruction of buildings · 22 awards (19.8%)Construction of buildings22 awardsServices: General · 17 awards (15.3%)Services: General17 awardsRental and leasing activities · 3 awards (2.7%)Rental and le…3 awardsCivil engineering · 3 awards (2.7%)Civil enginee…3 awardsActivities of head offices; management consultancy activities · 1 awards (0.9%)Information service activities · 1 awards (0.9%)Manufacture of furniture · 1 awards (0.9%)Water collection, treatment and supply · 1 awards (0.9%)Information and communication · 1 awards (0.9%)Other professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (0.9%)Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 1 awards (0.9%)Supplies: Clo…
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Construction, Services: Professional, Construction of buildings, Rental and leasing activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 2 awards2021Q4: 3 awards2022Q1: 3 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 15 awards2022Q4: 3 awards2023Q1: 4 awards2023Q2: 8 awards2023Q3: 17 awards2023Q4: 9 awards2024Q1: 4 awards2024Q2: 8 awards2024Q3: 5 awards2024Q4: 7 awards2025Q1: 3 awards2025Q2: 8 awards2025Q3: 9 awards2025Q4: 3 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
ConstructionR157mR45m3.5×24
Services: ProfessionalR58mR9m6.7×19
Construction of buildingsR535mR37m14.6×16
Services: GeneralR4mR5m0.7×12

Method mix

  • RFP: 61 (55%)
  • Open tender: 46 (41%)
  • RFQ: 3 (3%)
  • Other: 1 (1%)

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

Supplier concentration

96 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 3% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.01.

Largest winners by award count: Ledwaba Mazwai (3), THOBILEM BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (2), MVUNO ADVISORY (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 Development Bank of Southern Africa hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (2 peers), Services: Building (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.