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South African Revenue Service

National department / entity · 824 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2026Q2

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 (62 categories)

Services: General · 128 awards (15.5%)Services: General128 awardsServices: Building · 74 awards (9.0%)Services: Building74 awardsSupplies: General · 67 awards (8.1%)Supplies: General67 awardsServices: Professional · 56 awards (6.8%)Services: Professional56 awardsOther service activities · 55 awards (6.7%)Other service activities55 awardsSupplies: Computer Equipment · 51 awards (6.2%)Supplies: Computer Equipment51 awardsDisposals: General · 40 awards (4.9%)Disposals: General40 awardsInformation and communication · 28 awards (3.4%)Information a…28 awardsConstruction · 28 awards (3.4%)Construction28 awardsElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning · 19 awards (2.3%)Computer programming, consultancy and related activities · 18 awards (2.2%)Education · 18 awards (2.2%)Services: Electrical · 17 awards (2.1%)Services: Elec…17 awardsWaste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery · 14 awards (1.7%)Waste collecti…14 awardsManufacture of furniture · 12 awards (1.5%)Manufacture of…12 awardsRental and leasing activities · 12 awards (1.5%)Rental and lea…12 awardsConstruction of buildings · 12 awards (1.5%)Construction o…12 awardsServices to buildings and landscape activities · 12 awards (1.5%)Professional, scientific and technical activities · 12 awards (1.5%)Transportation and storage · 11 awards (1.3%)Services: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 9 awards (1.1%)Supplies: Electrical Equipment · 8 awards (1.0%)Other manufacturing · 8 awards (1.0%)Other manufa…Supplies: Stationery/Printing · 8 awards (1.0%)Supplies: St…Food and beverage service activities · 8 awards (1.0%)Food and bev…Information service activities · 8 awards (1.0%)Information …Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities · 8 awards (1.0%)Activities o…Manufacturing · 7 awards (0.8%)Office administrative, office support and other business support activities · 6 awards (0.7%)Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities · 6 awards (0.7%)Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis · 5 awards (0.6%)Supplies: Clothing/Textiles/Footwear · 5 awards (0.6%)Advertising and market research · 4 awards (0.5%)Other professional, scientific and technical activities · 4 awards (0.5%)Water collection, treatment and supply · 4 awards (0.5%)Other personal service activities · 4 awards (0.5%)Civil engineering · 3 awards (0.4%)Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related activities · 3 awards (0.4%)Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment · 2 awards (0.2%)Financial and insurance activities · 2 awards (0.2%)Manufacture of textiles · 2 awards (0.2%)Administrative and support activities · 2 awards (0.2%)Printing and reproduction of recorded media · 2 awards (0.2%)Warehousing and support activities for transportation · 2 awards (0.2%)Employment activities · 2 awards (0.2%)Human health and social work activities · 2 awards (0.2%)Specialised construction activities · 1 awards (0.1%)Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding · 1 awards (0.1%)Water transport · 1 awards (0.1%)Repair and installation of machinery and equipment · 1 awards (0.1%)Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel · 1 awards (0.1%)Manufacture of basic metals · 1 awards (0.1%)Security and investigation activities · 1 awards (0.1%)Legal and accounting activities · 1 awards (0.1%)Land transport and transport via pipelines · 1 awards (0.1%)Remediation activities and other waste management services · 1 awards (0.1%)Supplies: Medical · 1 awards (0.1%)Human health activities · 1 awards (0.1%)Services: Civil · 1 awards (0.1%)Residential care activities · 1 awards (0.1%)Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities · 1 awards (0.1%)Programming and broadcasting activities · 1 awards (0.1%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Building, Supplies: Computer Equipment, Disposals: General, Information and communication, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 3 awards2021Q4: 5 awards2022Q1: 19 awards2022Q2: 49 awards2022Q3: 40 awards2022Q4: 45 awards2023Q1: 58 awards2023Q2: 48 awards2023Q3: 84 awards2023Q4: 54 awards2024Q1: 14 awards2024Q2: 41 awards2024Q3: 35 awards2024Q4: 38 awards2025Q1: 54 awards2025Q2: 57 awards2025Q3: 69 awards2025Q4: 54 awards2026Q1: 36 awards2026Q2: 21 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: GeneralR2mR5m0.5×106
Supplies: GeneralR4mR4m1.0×59
Other service activitiesR3mR8m0.4×42
Services: ProfessionalR990kR9m0.1×37
Supplies: Computer EquipmentR405kR2m0.2×35
Services: BuildingR995kR4m0.2×32
Disposals: GeneralR2mR2m1.3×29
ConstructionR6mR45m0.1×19

Method mix

  • RFQ: 685 (83%)
  • Other: 68 (8%)
  • Open tender: 26 (3%)
  • Limited / direct: 23 (3%)
  • RFP: 21 (3%)
  • RFI: 1 (0%)

Median advertised window: 7 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

492 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 3% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.00.

Largest winners by award count: TOTAL SMART SOLUTIONS (21), BRAND GUARD (18), 3G RELOCATIONS AND TRANSPORT (15).

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 Revenue Service hasn't published awards in: Accommodation (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.