State Information Technology Agency
National department / entity · 94 published awards, 2021Q2 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: 63% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.
What it buys (27 categories)
Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Information service activities, Information and communication, Computer programming, consultancy and related activities.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information service activities | R200m | R22m | 8.9× | 23 |
| Information and communication | R301m | R25m | 11.9× | 13 |
Method mix
- Open tender: 75 (80%)
- RFP: 16 (17%)
- Limited / direct: 2 (2%)
- Other: 1 (1%)
Median advertised window: 24 days (national median 19).
Supplier concentration
75 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 9% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.02.
Largest winners by award count: BLUE NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE (8), FARANANI DOCTEC (3), ALTRON TMT (3).
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.
- Great Kei Municipality
- Quality Council for Trades and Occupations
- Iziko Museums of Cape Town
- Kwa-Zulu Natal - Ithala Development Finance Corporation
- Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator
Categories at least two of these peers award that State Information Technology Agency hasn't published awards in: Construction of buildings (2 peers), Legal and accounting activities (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.