State Diamond Trader
National department / entity · 5 published awards, 2021Q3 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: 20% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (5 categories)
Awards per quarter
Method mix
- Open tender: 4 (80%)
- RFP: 1 (20%)
Median advertised window: 27 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
5 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 20% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.20.
Largest winners by award count: RAM International Insurance Brokers (Pty) Ltd (1), MNB CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS (1), RAM TRANSPORT (SOUTH AFRICA) (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.
- Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa Limited
- South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator
- Dawid kruiper Local Municipality
- Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa
- Limpopo - Provincial Treasury
Categories at least two of these peers award that State Diamond Trader hasn't published awards in: Services: Professional (5 peers), Services: General (3 peers), Supplies: General (2 peers), Supplies: Computer Equipment (2 peers), Information and communication (2 peers), Manufacture of furniture (2 peers), Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (2 peers), Telecommunications (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.