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South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator

National department / entity · 15 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2025Q3

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: 60% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (10 categories)

Services: General · 4 awards (26.7%)Services: General4 awardsServices: Professional · 2 awards (13.3%)Services: Professional2 awardsTelecommunications · 2 awards (13.3%)Telecommunications2 awardsActivities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities. · 1 awards (6.7%)Activities auxiliary to financial…1 awardsSecurity and investigation activities · 1 awards (6.7%)Security and investigation activi…1 awardsManufacture of furniture · 1 awards (6.7%)Manufacture of furni…1 awardsComputer programming, consultancy and related activities · 1 awards (6.7%)Computer programming…1 awardsFinancial and insurance activities · 1 awards (6.7%)Financial and insurance act…1 awardsSupplies: General · 1 awards (6.7%)Supplies: General1 awardsInformation and communication · 1 awards (6.7%)Information a…1 awards
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: General.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 2 awards2021Q3: 0 awards2021Q4: 0 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 3 awards2022Q3: 0 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 1 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 2 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 0 awards2024Q4: 0 awards2025Q1: 1 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 3 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 0 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Method mix

  • Open tender: 10 (67%)
  • RFP: 2 (13%)
  • RFQ: 2 (13%)
  • Limited / direct: 1 (7%)

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

Supplier concentration

13 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 13% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.08.

Largest winners by award count: ARGANTIC GACS (2), ATLANTIS CORPORATE TRAVEL (2), Sky Metro Equipment (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 South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (2 peers), Information service activities (2 peers), Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.