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ITHALA SOC LIMITED

National department / entity · 42 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2024Q2

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: 14% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (16 categories)

Services: Professional · 19 awards (45.2%)Services: Professional19 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 3 awards (7.1%)Services: Functional (Includi…3 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 3 awards (7.1%)Supplies: Electrical Equipmen…3 awardsOther service activities · 2 awards (4.8%)Other service activities2 awardsRepair and installation of machinery and equipment · 2 awards (4.8%)Repair and installation of ma…2 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 2 awards (4.8%)Supplies: Stationer…2 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 2 awards (4.8%)Supplies: Computer …2 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (2.4%)Human health and social work activities · 1 awards (2.4%)Services: General · 1 awards (2.4%)Services: Building · 1 awards (2.4%)Information service activities · 1 awards (2.4%)Information ser…1 awardsPrinting and reproduction of recorded media · 1 awards (2.4%)Printing and re…1 awardsSpecialised construction activities · 1 awards (2.4%)Telecommunications · 1 awards (2.4%)Construction · 1 awards (2.4%)Construction1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Supplies: Electrical Equipment.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 3 awards2021Q4: 5 awards2022Q1: 10 awards2022Q2: 7 awards2022Q3: 2 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 3 awards2023Q2: 2 awards2023Q3: 5 awards2023Q4: 3 awards2024Q1: 1 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • RFQ: 25 (60%)
  • RFP: 8 (19%)
  • Open tender: 7 (17%)
  • Limited / direct: 1 (2%)
  • RFI: 1 (2%)

Median advertised window: 9 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

34 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 7% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.

Largest winners by award count: Global Payment Technologies (3), STORAGE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (2), MySolutions (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 ITHALA SOC LIMITED hasn't published awards in: Other professional, scientific and technical activities (3 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.