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Health

National department / entity · 30 published awards, 2021Q4 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: 70% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (13 categories)

Services: Professional · 9 awards (30.0%)Services: Professional9 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 4 awards (13.3%)Supplies: Computer Equipment4 awardsSupplies: Medical · 3 awards (10.0%)Supplies: Medical3 awardsOther professional, scientific and technical activities · 3 awards (10.0%)Other professional, scientific a…3 awardsComputer programming, consultancy and related activities · 2 awards (6.7%)Computer programming, consultanc…2 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 2 awards (6.7%)Supplies: Stationery/Pri…2 awardsOther service activities · 1 awards (3.3%)Other servic…1 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (3.3%)Security and…1 awardsFinancial service activities, except insurance and pension funding · 1 awards (3.3%)Financial se…1 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (3.3%)Services: Fu…1 awardsProfessional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (3.3%)Professional, scientific…1 awardsHuman health activities · 1 awards (3.3%)Human health activities1 awardsSpecialised construction activities · 1 awards (3.3%)Specialised …1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Supplies: Computer Equipment, Supplies: Medical, Other professional, scientific and technical activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 2 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 1 awards2022Q3: 1 awards2022Q4: 2 awards2023Q1: 1 awards2023Q2: 3 awards2023Q3: 3 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 1 awards2024Q4: 1 awards2025Q1: 1 awards2025Q2: 2 awards2025Q3: 10 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
Services: ProfessionalR40mR9m4.6×5

Method mix

  • Open tender: 18 (60%)
  • Other: 7 (23%)
  • Limited / direct: 4 (13%)
  • RFP: 1 (3%)

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

Supplier concentration

26 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 10% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.

Largest winners by award count: HEALTH ADVANCE INSTITUTE (3), South African Medical Research Council (2), Trust for Health Systems Planning and Development (2).

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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 Health hasn't published awards in: Construction (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (2 peers), Rental and leasing activities (2 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.