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South African National Parks

National department / entity · 65 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2026Q1

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 (22 categories)

Services: Professional · 17 awards (26.2%)Services: Professional17 awardsConstruction · 7 awards (10.8%)Construction7 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 6 awards (9.2%)Services: Functional (Includ…6 awardsServices: General · 5 awards (7.7%)Services: General5 awardsOther service activities · 4 awards (6.2%)Other service activities4 awardsSupplies: General · 3 awards (4.6%)Supplies: General3 awardsConstruction of buildings · 3 awards (4.6%)Construction of bu…3 awardsRental and leasing activities · 2 awards (3.1%)Rental and l…2 awardsTravel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 2 awards (3.1%)Travel agency, tour op…2 awardsSupplies: Medical · 2 awards (3.1%)Supplies: Medical2 awardsHuman health activities · 2 awards (3.1%)Human health activitie…2 awardsInformation service activities · 2 awards (3.1%)Information service ac…2 awardsAdvertising and market research · 1 awards (1.5%)Postal and courier activities · 1 awards (1.5%)Food and beverage service activities · 1 awards (1.5%)Printing and reproduction of recorded media · 1 awards (1.5%)Repair and installation of machinery and equipment · 1 awards (1.5%)Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products · 1 awards (1.5%)Specialised construction activities · 1 awards (1.5%)Specialised c…1 awardsReal estate activities · 1 awards (1.5%)Real estate a…1 awardsScientific research and development · 1 awards (1.5%)Transportation and storage · 1 awards (1.5%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Construction of buildings.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 3 awards2021Q3: 3 awards2021Q4: 6 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 2 awards2022Q3: 2 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 7 awards2023Q2: 3 awards2023Q3: 3 awards2023Q4: 2 awards2024Q1: 5 awards2024Q2: 2 awards2024Q3: 6 awards2024Q4: 3 awards2025Q1: 5 awards2025Q2: 3 awards2025Q3: 8 awards2025Q4: 0 awards2026Q1: 1 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

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.

CategoryThis buyerNationalRation
Services: ProfessionalR22mR9m2.6×12
ConstructionR21mR45m0.5×7

Method mix

  • Open tender: 51 (78%)
  • RFP: 11 (17%)
  • RFQ: 2 (3%)
  • Other: 1 (2%)

Median advertised window: 23 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

65 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 2% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.

Largest winners by award count: GRAND UNIFORMS (1), BDO ADVISORY SERVICES (1), IMI TRADING AND PROJECTS (1).

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 National Parks hasn't published awards in: Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Supplies: Electrical Equipment (2 peers), Security and investigation activities (2 peers), Legal and accounting activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.