National Treasury
National department / entity · 71 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: 68% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (23 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Supplies: Medical, Supplies: General, Food and beverage service activities, Information and communication.
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 | R509m | R9m | 59.0× | 12 |
| Supplies: Medical | R46k | R87m | 0.0× | 8 |
| Supplies: General | R300m | R4m | 81.6× | 5 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 37 (52%)
- Limited / direct: 11 (15%)
- RFP: 8 (11%)
- Other: 8 (11%)
- RFQ: 6 (8%)
- RFI: 1 (1%)
Median advertised window: 23 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
62 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 4% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.
Largest winners by award count: NU GILI LEGACY (3), OpenUp (2), FOURSIGHT IT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (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 Treasury hasn't published awards in: Human health activities (3 peers), Construction (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Services: Building (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers), Specialised construction activities (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.