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National Library of South Africa

National department / entity · 7 published awards, 2023Q1 to 2026Q1

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: 86% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (6 categories)

Services: Professional · 2 awards (28.6%)Services: Professional2 awardsSupplies: General · 1 awards (14.3%)Supplies: General1 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (14.3%)Supplies: Computer Equipment1 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (14.3%)Security and investigation activiti…1 awardsEducation · 1 awards (14.3%)Education1 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 1 awards (14.3%)Supplies: Stationery/Printing1 awards
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Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • Open tender: 5 (71%)
  • RFP: 2 (29%)

Median advertised window: 50 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

4 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 57% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.39.

Largest winners by award count: UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE SOFTWARE (4), ATLANTIS CORPORATE TRAVEL (1), MATERIALISTIC MAJESTIC (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 Library of South Africa hasn't published awards in: Services: General (4 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.