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International Relations & Cooperation

National department / entity · 13 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 23% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (12 categories)

Accommodation · 2 awards (15.4%)Accommodation2 awardsServices: General · 1 awards (7.7%)Services: General1 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (7.7%)Supplies: Computer Equipment1 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (7.7%)Services: Functional (Includ…1 awardsServices to buildings and landscape activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Services to buildings and la…1 awardsArts, entertainment and recreation · 1 awards (7.7%)Arts, entertainment and recr…1 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Travel agency, tou…1 awardsPrinting and reproduction of recorded media · 1 awards (7.7%)Printing and reprod…1 awardsFood and beverage service activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Food and beverage …1 awardsTransportation and storage · 1 awards (7.7%)Transportation and storage1 awardsInformation service activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Information service activities1 awardsAdvertising and market research · 1 awards (7.7%)Advertising and ma…1 awards
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Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • Open tender: 7 (54%)
  • RFP: 3 (23%)
  • Limited / direct: 2 (15%)
  • RFQ: 1 (8%)

Median advertised window: 22 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

11 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 15% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.10.

Largest winners by award count: BRILLIANT TELECOMMUNICATIONS (2), ADDSCAPES (2), CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE COMPANY (RF) (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 International Relations & Cooperation hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (5 peers), Services: Professional (3 peers), Supplies: General (3 peers), Security and investigation activities (3 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (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.