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)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional.
Awards per quarter
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).
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.
- Western Cape - Social Development
- Northern Cape - Economic Development and Tourism
- Artscape
- Council for the Built Environment
- Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority
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.