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Electoral Commission (IEC)

National department / entity · 132 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 75% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (21 categories)

Accommodation · 46 awards (34.8%)Accommodation46 awardsServices: General · 29 awards (22.0%)Services: General29 awardsSupplies: General · 16 awards (12.1%)Supplies: General16 awardsServices: Professional · 10 awards (7.6%)Services: Profession…10 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 5 awards (3.8%)Security and investiga…5 awardsInformation and communication · 4 awards (3.0%)Information and commun…4 awardsInformation service activities · 4 awards (3.0%)Information service ac…4 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 2 awards (1.5%)Food and beverage service activities · 2 awards (1.5%)Transportation and storage · 2 awards (1.5%)Printing and reproduction of recorded media · 2 awards (1.5%)Supplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (0.8%)Advertising and market research · 1 awards (0.8%)Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (0.8%)Warehousing and support activities for transportation · 1 awards (0.8%)Manufacture of textiles · 1 awards (0.8%)Rental and leasing activities · 1 awards (0.8%)Manufacture of paper and paper products · 1 awards (0.8%)Manufacturing · 1 awards (0.8%)Financial and insurance activities · 1 awards (0.8%)Professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (0.8%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Accommodation, Services: General, Supplies: General, Security and investigation activities, Information service activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 22 awards2021Q3: 5 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 1 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 1 awards2022Q4: 12 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 7 awards2023Q3: 5 awards2023Q4: 10 awards2024Q1: 12 awards2024Q2: 4 awards2024Q3: 3 awards2024Q4: 13 awards2025Q1: 9 awards2025Q2: 18 awards2025Q3: 6 awards2025Q4: 1 awards2026Q1: 3 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
AccommodationR468mR161m2.9×45
Supplies: GeneralR16mR4m4.5×14
Services: GeneralR6mR5m1.1×6
Security and investigation activitiesR5mR29m0.2×5
Services: ProfessionalR24mR9m2.8×5

Method mix

  • Open tender: 106 (80%)
  • RFQ: 21 (16%)
  • RFP: 4 (3%)
  • RFI: 1 (1%)

Median advertised window: 25 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

111 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 5% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.01.

Largest winners by award count: CORRUSEAL CORRUGATED KZN (6), TVR SYSTEMS (4), CORRUSEAL CORRUGATED KZN (PTY) LTD (3).

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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 Electoral Commission (IEC) hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.