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Ditsong: Museums of South Africa

National department / entity · 8 published awards, 2023Q1 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: 75% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (6 categories)

Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 2 awards (25.0%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services…2 awardsInformation and communication · 2 awards (25.0%)Information and communication2 awardsFinancial and insurance activities · 1 awards (12.5%)Financial and insura…1 awardsServices: Professional · 1 awards (12.5%)Services: Profession…1 awardsHuman health and social work activities · 1 awards (12.5%)Human health and soc…1 awardsEmployment activities · 1 awards (12.5%)Employment activities1 awards
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Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 3 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 1 awards2025Q2: 2 awards2025Q3: 1 awards2025Q4: 1 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 8 (100%)

Median advertised window: 27 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

7 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 25% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.16.

Largest winners by award count: MUBVUMELA CORPORATION (2), WENZILE PHAPHAMA TRADING AND PROJECTS (1), EXPRESS BUSINESS SERVICES (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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that Ditsong: Museums of South Africa hasn't published awards in: Services: General (3 peers), Other service activities (3 peers), Rental and leasing activities (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.