South African Civil Aviation Authority

National department / entity · 150 published awards, 2021Q1 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: 71% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (37 categories)

Hover or focus a category for detail. Size = award count.

Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Other service activities, Food and beverage service activities, Other professional, scientific and technical activities, Education, Security and investigation activities, Disposals: 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
Food and beverage service activities	R534k	R1m	0.4×	18
Other service activities	R5m	R8m	0.6×	15
Services: General	R288k	R5m	0.1×	13
Services: Professional	R2m	R9m	0.2×	9
Other professional, scientific and technical activities	R763k	R9m	0.1×	6
Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services)	R1m	R23m	0.1×	6

Method mix

RFQ: 109 (73%)
Open tender: 22 (15%)
RFP: 16 (11%)
Other: 2 (1%)
Limited / direct: 1 (1%)

Median advertised window: 9 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

136 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 2% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.01.

Largest winners by award count: VICE WORX (3), BIDVEST SERVICES (3), LAVAN SERVICES (2).

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.

Categories at least two of these peers award that South African Civil Aviation Authority hasn't published awards in: Information and communication (3 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.