South African National Space Agency
National department / entity · 57 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: 67% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (17 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Other service activities, Information and communication, Telecommunications, Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services), Services: Electrical.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Services: Professional | R16m | R9m | 1.9× | 7 |
| Other service activities | R17m | R8m | 2.1× | 6 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 37 (65%)
- RFP: 9 (16%)
- RFQ: 6 (11%)
- Limited / direct: 5 (9%)
Median advertised window: 29 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
56 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 4% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.
Largest winners by award count: K CONZEPT (2), Citek (1), Finlec (PTY) Ltd (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.
- Elundini Local Municipality
- Takeover Regulation Panel
- Dannhauser Local Municipality
- Broadband Infraco SOC
- Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and training Authority (MICT SETA)
Categories at least two of these peers award that South African National Space Agency hasn't published awards in: Supplies: General (2 peers), Construction of buildings (2 peers), Civil engineering (2 peers), Administrative and support activities (2 peers), Manufacture of furniture (2 peers), Legal and accounting activities (2 peers), Financial and insurance activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.