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)
Awards per quarter
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).
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.
- Lepelle Northern Water
- Mpumalanga - Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust (MRTT)
- Limpopo - Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs
- Free State - Education
- Special Investigation Unit
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.