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Performing Arts Council of the Free State

Provincial department · Free State · 56 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2024Q3

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: 12% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (23 categories)

Services: Professional · 13 awards (23.2%)Services: Professional13 awardsInformation and communication · 6 awards (10.7%)Information and communication6 awardsAdvertising and market research · 5 awards (8.9%)Advertising and market res…5 awardsEmployment activities · 4 awards (7.1%)Employment activities4 awardsServices: General · 3 awards (5.4%)Services: General3 awardsArts, entertainment and recreation · 2 awards (3.6%)Arts, enterta…2 awardsAdministrative and support activities · 2 awards (3.6%)Administrativ…2 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 2 awards (3.6%)Security and …2 awardsOther service activities · 2 awards (3.6%)Other service…2 awardsSupplies: General · 2 awards (3.6%)Supplies: General2 awardsConstruction · 2 awards (3.6%)Construction2 awardsTransportation and storage · 2 awards (3.6%)Transportation and …2 awardsSupplies: Stationery/Printing · 1 awards (1.8%)Legal and accounting activities · 1 awards (1.8%)Construction of buildings · 1 awards (1.8%)Disposals: General · 1 awards (1.8%)Repair and installation of machinery and equipment · 1 awards (1.8%)Repair and inst…1 awardsOther professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (1.8%)Other professio…1 awardsEducation · 1 awards (1.8%)Education1 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (1.8%)Telecommunications · 1 awards (1.8%)Supplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (1.8%)Supplies: Computer E…Rental and leasing activities · 1 awards (1.8%)Rental and leasing a…
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Information and communication, Advertising and market research, Employment activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 3 awards2021Q3: 7 awards2021Q4: 9 awards2022Q1: 5 awards2022Q2: 2 awards2022Q3: 5 awards2022Q4: 2 awards2023Q1: 9 awards2023Q2: 5 awards2023Q3: 5 awards2023Q4: 0 awards2024Q1: 2 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 1 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • RFQ: 33 (59%)
  • RFP: 18 (32%)
  • Open tender: 4 (7%)
  • Other: 1 (2%)

Median advertised window: 8 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

55 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 4% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.

Largest winners by award count: NETWORK AND COMPUTING CONSULTANTS (2), SL Debt Recovery (1), Moso Consulting Services (Pty) Ltd (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 Performing Arts Council of the Free State hasn't published awards in: Professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers), Services to buildings and landscape activities (2 peers), Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.

Neighbours also buying

Categories several buyers in Free State awarded during 2025Q4 and 2026Q1: where needs overlap, joint or transversal procurement can save real money.

  • Services: General · 4 buyers (including this one) e.g. ESKOM; Free State - Health; Free State - Public Works
  • Construction · 2 buyers (including this one) e.g. ESKOM; National Lotteries Commission
  • Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 2 buyers (including this one) e.g. Department of Rural Development & Land Reform; Road Accident Fund