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South African Tourism

National department / entity · 21 published awards, 2021Q3 to 2025Q4

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: 57% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (7 categories)

Services: Professional · 13 awards (61.9%)Services: Professional13 awardsServices: General · 2 awards (9.5%)Services: General2 awardsAdvertising and market research · 2 awards (9.5%)Advertising and market …2 awardsActivities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities. · 1 awards (4.8%)Activities auxiliary to…1 awardsServices: Functional (Including Cleaning and Security Services) · 1 awards (4.8%)Services: Functional (I…1 awardsLibraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities · 1 awards (4.8%)Air transport · 1 awards (4.8%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 0 awards2021Q3: 3 awards2021Q4: 2 awards2022Q1: 3 awards2022Q2: 0 awards2022Q3: 1 awards2022Q4: 1 awards2023Q1: 0 awards2023Q2: 0 awards2023Q3: 0 awards2023Q4: 1 awards2024Q1: 3 awards2024Q2: 1 awards2024Q3: 1 awards2024Q4: 1 awards2025Q1: 1 awards2025Q2: 0 awards2025Q3: 1 awards2025Q4: 2 awards2026Q1: 0 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: ProfessionalR78mR9m9.0×7

Method mix

  • RFP: 17 (81%)
  • Open tender: 3 (14%)
  • RFQ: 1 (5%)

Median advertised window: 26 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

18 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 10% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.06.

Largest winners by award count: HOUSE OF THE BRAVE (2), PLUS 94 RESEARCH (2), SANKOFA INSURANCE BROKERS (2).

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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 Tourism hasn't published awards in: Other service activities (4 peers), Information and communication (3 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning (2 peers), Other personal service activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.