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Small Business Development

National department / entity · 13 published awards, 2021Q4 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: 85% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (7 categories)

Other service activities · 5 awards (38.5%)Other service activities5 awardsInformation and communication · 3 awards (23.1%)Information and communication3 awardsLibraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Libraries, archives, mu…1 awardsTransportation and storage · 1 awards (7.7%)Transportation and stor…1 awardsServices: Building · 1 awards (7.7%)Services: Building1 awardsFinancial and insurance activities · 1 awards (7.7%)Financial and insurance activit…1 awardsServices: General · 1 awards (7.7%)Services: Gener…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities, Information and communication.

Awards per quarter

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

Method mix

  • Other: 4 (31%)
  • RFP: 3 (23%)
  • RFQ: 3 (23%)
  • Open tender: 2 (15%)
  • Limited / direct: 1 (8%)

Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

11 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 23% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.11.

Largest winners by award count: STATE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (3), CALANDRIA 159 (1), LYRA SOUTHERN AFRICA (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 Small Business Development hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (4 peers), Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (3 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (3 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2 peers), Advertising and market research (2 peers), Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities. (2 peers), Publishing activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.