Quality Council for Trades and Occupations
National department / entity · 28 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2025Q4
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: 64% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (9 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Information and communication, 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 | R998k | R9m | 0.1× | 5 |
Method mix
- RFP: 16 (57%)
- Open tender: 12 (43%)
Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
26 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 7% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.04.
Largest winners by award count: SELECT SIFISO (2), ARGANTIC GACS (2), LIYATECH (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.
- Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator
- National Consumer Commission
- Western Cape - Western Cape Liquor Board
- National Energy Regulator of South Africa
- Municipal Demarcation Board
Categories at least two of these peers award that Quality Council for Trades and Occupations hasn't published awards in: Accommodation (2 peers), Other professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.