South African Weather Service
National department / entity · 75 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 63% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (25 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Services: Professional, Supplies: Electrical Equipment, Professional, scientific and technical activities, Information service activities, Other professional, scientific and technical activities, Information and communication.
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 | R4m | R9m | 0.5× | 18 |
| Supplies: Electrical Equipment | R41m | R4m | 9.1× | 7 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 43 (57%)
- Limited / direct: 24 (32%)
- RFQ: 3 (4%)
- RFP: 3 (4%)
- Other: 2 (3%)
Median advertised window: 21 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
66 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 7% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.
Largest winners by award count: UBUNTU TECHNOLOGY (5), ADVANCENET IT SERVICES (2), Campbell Scientific South Africa (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.
- Airports Company of South Africa
- National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)
- Construction Industry Development Board
- The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
- Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
Categories at least two of these peers award that South African Weather Service hasn't published awards in: Legal and accounting activities (3 peers), Civil engineering (2 peers), Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.