National Lotteries Commission

National department / entity · 120 published awards, 2021Q3 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: 77% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (34 categories)

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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Administrative and support activities, Information service activities, Professional, scientific and technical activities, Security and investigation activities, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning.

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
Services: Professional	R4m	R9m	0.5×	31
Administrative and support activities	R598k	R3m	0.2×	9
Information service activities	R17m	R22m	0.7×	7
Professional, scientific and technical activities	R4m	R21m	0.2×	5
Services: General	R932k	R5m	0.2×	5

Method mix

RFQ: 61 (51%)
RFP: 47 (39%)
Open tender: 11 (9%)
Other: 1 (1%)

Median advertised window: 9 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

105 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 2% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.01.

Largest winners by award count: FEVERTREECONSULTING (2), ALTRON TMT (2), EMERGENCE GROWTH SOUTH AFRICA (2).

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 National Lotteries Commission hasn't published awards in: Supplies: Computer Equipment (3 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Supplies: Stationery/Printing (2 peers), Manufacture of furniture (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.