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Home Affairs

National department / entity · 28 published awards, 2021Q1 to 2025Q4

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: 43% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (12 categories)

Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 7 awards (25.0%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Ser…7 awardsServices: Professional · 6 awards (21.4%)Services: Professional6 awardsServices: General · 3 awards (10.7%)Services: General3 awardsInformation service activities · 2 awards (7.1%)Information service activities2 awardsLegal and accounting activities · 2 awards (7.1%)Legal and accounting activities2 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 2 awards (7.1%)Supplies: Computer Equi…2 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (3.6%)Manufacture of furniture · 1 awards (3.6%)Professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (3.6%)Postal and courier activities · 1 awards (3.6%)Information and communication · 1 awards (3.6%)Information and c…1 awardsOther service activities · 1 awards (3.6%)Other service act…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Services: Professional.

Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • Open tender: 11 (39%)
  • RFP: 10 (36%)
  • Limited / direct: 3 (11%)
  • RFQ: 2 (7%)
  • Other: 2 (7%)

Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

27 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 7% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.

Largest winners by award count: SMEC SOUTH AFRICA (2), NEC XON SYSTEMS (1), Sarski Trading (Pty) Ltd (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 Home Affairs hasn't published awards in: Construction (4 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers), Human health activities (2 peers), Printing and reproduction of recorded media (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.