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Small Enterprise Finance Agency

National department / entity · 36 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2024Q2

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: 39% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (17 categories)

Services: Professional · 8 awards (22.2%)Services: Professional8 awardsConstruction of buildings · 4 awards (11.1%)Construction of buildings4 awardsServices: Electrical · 3 awards (8.3%)Services: Electrical3 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 2 awards (5.6%)Services: Functional (Including…2 awardsServices: General · 2 awards (5.6%)Services: General2 awardsSpecialised construction activities · 2 awards (5.6%)Specialised construction activi…2 awardsElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · 2 awards (5.6%)Electricity, gas,…2 awardsServices: Building · 2 awards (5.6%)Services: Buildin…2 awardsInformation and communication · 2 awards (5.6%)Information and c…2 awardsHuman health activities · 2 awards (5.6%)Human health activitie…2 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 1 awards (2.8%)Supplies: Computer Equ…1 awardsOther service activities · 1 awards (2.8%)Other service activiti…1 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (2.8%)Security and i…1 awardsAccommodation · 1 awards (2.8%)Accommodation1 awardsTelecommunications · 1 awards (2.8%)Telecommunications1 awardsAdvertising and market research · 1 awards (2.8%)Advertising and mar…1 awardsSupplies: General · 1 awards (2.8%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Construction of buildings, Services: Electrical.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 2 awards2021Q4: 2 awards2022Q1: 1 awards2022Q2: 1 awards2022Q3: 15 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 6 awards2023Q2: 2 awards2023Q3: 1 awards2023Q4: 2 awards2024Q1: 2 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 0 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 0 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • RFQ: 22 (61%)
  • Open tender: 8 (22%)
  • RFP: 5 (14%)
  • Limited / direct: 1 (3%)

Median advertised window: 10 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

33 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 8% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.03.

Largest winners by award count: KWEN N TEE (3), SAFE WORKING PRACTICE SA (2), Finfind (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 Small Enterprise Finance Agency hasn't published awards in: Rental and leasing activities (2 peers), Information service activities (2 peers), Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (2 peers), Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities (2 peers), Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.