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National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications

National department / entity · 13 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2025Q3

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 (8 categories)

Services: General · 5 awards (38.5%)Services: General5 awardsServices: Professional · 2 awards (15.4%)Services: Professional2 awardsProfessional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Professional, scientific and technical…1 awardsActivities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities. · 1 awards (7.7%)Activities auxiliary to financial serv…1 awardsFood and beverage service activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Food and beverage s…1 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Travel agency, tou…1 awardsSupplies: Electrical Equipment · 1 awards (7.7%)Supplies: Electrical Equipment1 awardsArchitectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis · 1 awards (7.7%)Architectural and engineering activiti…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 5 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 1 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 1 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 1 awards2023Q3: 1 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 1 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 2 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • RFP: 6 (46%)
  • Open tender: 6 (46%)
  • RFQ: 1 (8%)

Median advertised window: 25 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: MICROSEP (2), DISTINCT LEARNING INSTITUTION (1), DELTA PROPERTY FUND (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 Regulator for Compulsory Specifications hasn't published awards in: Security and investigation activities (3 peers), Construction (2 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Other service activities (2 peers), Accommodation (2 peers), Financial and insurance activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.