Mine Health and Safety Council
National department / entity · 20 published awards, 2022Q4 to 2026Q2
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: 90% 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): Mining support service activities, Services: Professional.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mining support service activities | R32m | R32m | 1.0× | 7 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 18 (90%)
- Other: 1 (5%)
- Limited / direct: 1 (5%)
Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
18 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 10% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.06.
Largest winners by award count: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (2), ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (2), SAB AND T CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (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.
Categories at least two of these peers award that Mine Health and Safety Council hasn't published awards in: Services: General (5 peers), Supplies: General (5 peers), Construction (4 peers), Other service activities (4 peers), Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear (4 peers), Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery (4 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Civil engineering (3 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.