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Government Printing Works

National department / entity · 10 published awards, 2022Q1 to 2025Q2

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: 80% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (8 categories)

Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 3 awards (30.0%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Secu…3 awardsServices: Professional · 1 awards (10.0%)Services: Professional1 awardsDisposals: General · 1 awards (10.0%)Disposals: General1 awardsManufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. · 1 awards (10.0%)Manufacture of machinery and equipmen…1 awardsSupplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 1 awards (10.0%)Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear1 awardsFinancial service activities, except insurance and pension funding · 1 awards (10.0%)Financial service …1 awardsInformation and communication · 1 awards (10.0%)Information and co…1 awardsPrinting and reproduction of recorded media · 1 awards (10.0%)Printing and reproduction of recorded…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services).

Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • Open tender: 10 (100%)

Median advertised window: 29 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

10 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 10% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.10.

Largest winners by award count: PHOLELA BUSINESS ADVISORY (1), INFRATEC CONSULTING (1), DLOZI MAN TRADING ENTERPRISE (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 Government Printing Works hasn't published awards in: Services: General (3 peers), Construction (2 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Services: Electrical (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.