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Higher Education & Training

National department / entity · 8 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2024Q3

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: 12% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (5 categories)

Services: Professional · 3 awards (37.5%)Services: Professional3 awardsServices: General · 2 awards (25.0%)Services: General2 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 1 awards (12.5%)Supplies: Stationery/Pr…1 awardsInformation and communication · 1 awards (12.5%)Information and communi…1 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 1 awards (12.5%)Travel agency, tour operator, reservation serv…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional.

Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • RFP: 5 (63%)
  • Open tender: 3 (38%)

Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

8 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 12% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.12.

Largest winners by award count: Samba Solutions (Pty) Ltd (1), TINCOL GROUP (1), DNA ECONOMICS (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 Higher Education & Training hasn't published awards in: Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (4 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.