Social Development
National department / entity · 9 published awards, 2021Q4 to 2023Q2
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: 22% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (4 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 7 (78%)
- RFP: 2 (22%)
Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
9 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 11% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.11.
Largest winners by award count: CYBERLINX SECURITY (1), METROFILE (1), GALEBOE HOLDINGS (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.
- Department of Sports, Arts & Culture
- National Credit Regulator
- Limpopo - Limpopo Tourism Agency
- Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC)
- Kwa-Zulu Natal - Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal
Categories at least two of these peers award that Social Development hasn't published awards in: Information and communication (3 peers), Legal and accounting activities (3 peers), Professional, scientific and technical activities (2 peers), Education (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (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.