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Government Communications (GCIS)

National department / entity · 22 published awards, 2022Q3 to 2025Q3

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: 77% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (14 categories)

Other service activities · 7 awards (31.8%)Other service activities7 awardsInformation and communication · 2 awards (9.1%)Information and communication2 awardsRepair and installation of machinery and equipment · 2 awards (9.1%)Repair and installation of m…2 awardsHuman health and social work activities · 1 awards (4.5%)Human health and social work…1 awardsManufacture of electrical equipment · 1 awards (4.5%)Manufacture of electrical eq…1 awardsInformation service activities · 1 awards (4.5%)Information service activiti…1 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (4.5%)Supplies: Compu…1 awardsAdvertising and market research · 1 awards (4.5%)Advertising an…1 awardsMotion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities · 1 awards (4.5%)Motion picture…1 awardsOffice administrative, office support and other business support activities · 1 awards (4.5%)Office administrative, offi…1 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 1 awards (4.5%)Travel agency, tour operato…1 awardsScientific research and development · 1 awards (4.5%)Scientific research and dev…1 awardsElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · 1 awards (4.5%)Electricity, gas,…1 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (4.5%)Supplies: Electri…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 2 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 1 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 4 awards2024Q4: 2 awards2025Q1: 7 awards2025Q2: 3 awards2025Q3: 2 awards2025Q4: 0 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
Other service activitiesR51mR8m6.4×6

Method mix

  • RFQ: 14 (64%)
  • Open tender: 8 (36%)

Median advertised window: 18 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

21 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 9% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.05.

Largest winners by award count: TONDANI SOLUTIONS (2), Blind SA (1), Factiva Limited (1).

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 Government Communications (GCIS) hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Services: General (3 peers), Supplies: General (3 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Other professional, scientific and technical activities (3 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Administrative and support activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.