Public Service & Administration
National department / entity · 24 published awards, 2021Q3 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: 50% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (8 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: General.
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 | R3m | R9m | 0.3× | 5 |
Method mix
- RFP: 14 (58%)
- Open tender: 10 (42%)
Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
22 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 8% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.05.
Largest winners by award count: TRAVEL WITH FLAIR (2), INTELLEHUB (2), EMERGENCE GROWTH SA (1).
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.
- Trade & Industry
- Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority
- Western Cape - Economic Development and Tourism
- Northern Cape - Economic Development and Tourism
- North West - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Categories at least two of these peers award that Public Service & Administration hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (3 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.