Marine Living Resources Fund
National department / entity · 22 published awards, 2022Q3 to 2025Q3
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: 91% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (9 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Supplies: General, Services: Professional, Other professional, scientific and technical activities.
Awards per quarter
Typical award value vs the national median
Bounded medians over awards with usable values only; small samples are excluded. A ratio above 1 means this buyer's typical award in the category is larger than the national typical award, which can reflect scope, project size or pricing.
| Category | This buyer | National | Ratio | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supplies: General | R2m | R4m | 0.5× | 6 |
Method mix
- RFQ: 18 (82%)
- Open tender: 4 (18%)
Median advertised window: 14 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
20 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 9% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.05.
Largest winners by award count: KNEE-POINT TRADING AND PROJECTS (2), INTERDOT SOLUTIONS (2), MK Enterpprise (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.
- Nkangala District Municipality
- Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa Limited
- Dawid kruiper Local Municipality
- William Humphreys Art Gallery
- KZN Growth Fund Trust
Categories at least two of these peers award that Marine Living Resources Fund hasn't published awards in: Construction (3 peers), Education (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.