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National Student Financial Aid Scheme

National department / entity · 11 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2022Q3

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: 0% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (2 categories)

Services: Professional · 8 awards (72.7%)Services: Professional8 awardsServices: General · 3 awards (27.3%)Services: General3 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: General.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 3 awards2021Q3: 5 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 1 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 2 awards2022Q4: 0 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 0 awards2024Q2: 0 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 8 (73%)
  • RFP: 3 (27%)

Median advertised window: 31 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

11 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 9% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.09.

Largest winners by award count: K2015336825(South Africa) Pty Ltd t/a Oracle Media (1), DIMENSION DATA (1), SOTOBE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (1).

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