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)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: General.
Awards per quarter
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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Buyers with similar baskets
Nearest procurement mixes by revealed specialisation (cosine similarity), regardless of sphere or size. Descriptive, not a comparison of performance.