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National Economic Development and Labour Council

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

What it buys (9 categories)

Professional, scientific and technical activities · 3 awards (23.1%)Professional, scientific and technical activiti…3 awardsServices: Professional · 2 awards (15.4%)Services: Professional2 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 2 awards (15.4%)Travel agency, tour operator, reservat…2 awardsServices: General · 1 awards (7.7%)Services: General1 awardsAdvertising and market research · 1 awards (7.7%)Advertising and market research1 awardsOther professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Other professional,…1 awardsEducation · 1 awards (7.7%)Education1 awardsFinancial service activities, except insurance and pension funding · 1 awards (7.7%)Financial service activities, except i…1 awardsLegal and accounting activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Legal and accounting activities1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Professional, scientific and technical activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 1 awards2021Q3: 2 awards2021Q4: 1 awards2022Q1: 2 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 4 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 1 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 1 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 1 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 10 (77%)
  • RFP: 3 (23%)

Median advertised window: 33 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

12 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 15% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.09.

Largest winners by award count: ATLANTIS CORPORATE TRAVEL (2), Vox Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd (1), Lungiswa Energy (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 National Economic Development and Labour Council hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Rental and leasing activities (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.