South African Police Service
National department / entity · 15 published awards, 2022Q4 to 2024Q4
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: 73% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (9 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Electrical.
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 15 (100%)
Median advertised window: 20 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
12 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 13% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.09.
Largest winners by award count: DERCA (2), UKUZA CONSULTING (2), MASANA WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (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.
- The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
- Eastern Cape - Officer of the Premier
- Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs
- National Development Agency
- Waterberg District Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that South African Police Service hasn't published awards in: Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.