Buyer directory

Who actually buys, and how often

127 Commonwealth agencies appear in the federal award record we track, across 127,089 contract notices. Each profile shows how an agency buys — open tender or limited, in which categories, from how many suppliers — and which of its contracts reach their end date in the next twelve months.

An expiring contract is not a guaranteed re-tender, but an incumbent whose term is ending is the signal most easily missed by scanning a portal by hand.

All agencies, by contracts awarded

Agency	ABN	Contracts	Suppliers	Expiring 12mo
Department of Defence	62950639680	52,402	10,005	6,175
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	47065634525	5,872	2,841	1,500
Department of Veterans' Affairs	23964290824	5,346	2,832	2,087
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	63573932849	4,589	2,087	1,029
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing	83605426759	4,163	1,092	1,327
Services Australia	90794605008	4,132	1,217	1,297
Department of Home Affairs	33380054835	3,018	1,015	677
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	34190894983	2,651	1,088	798
Australian Federal Police	17864931143	2,598	1,311	967
Australian Signals Directorate	22323254583	2,570	789	513
Department of Industry, Science and Resources	74599608295	2,073	956	514
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	96584957427	2,022	833	518
Department of Finance	61970632495	1,941	827	402
Australian Taxation Office	51824753556	1,909	663	619
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts	86267354017	1,869	782	314
Austrade	11764698227	1,608	987	295
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	94410483623	1,524	378	512
Australian Electoral Commission	21133285851	1,482	888	552
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	86768265615	1,388	654	461
Bureau of Meteorology	92637533532	1,355	575	296
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	41036606436	1,354	614	56
Geoscience Australia	80091799039	909	516	196
Department of Parliamentary Services	52997141147	783	412	211
National Indigenous Australians Agency	30429895164	763	535	118
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	18108001191	679	395	204
Attorney-General's Department	92661124436	668	417	160
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	11259448410	665	391	245
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority	79635582658	647	324	176
Australian Digital Health Agency	84425496912	632	253	150
Department of Education	12862898150	605	293	133
Department of Social Services	36342015855	536	348	128
Department of the Treasury	92802414793	522	308	135
Fair Work Commission	93614579199	521	157	161
Federal Court of Australia	49110847399	513	249	89
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission	80246994451	501	226	105
Clean Energy Regulator	72321984210	471	233	122
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre	32770513371	462	280	139
Australian Research Council	35201451156	444	185	52
CSIRO	41687119230	434	322	98
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research	34864955427	426	307	96
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman	43884188232	410	168	59
Royal Australian Mint	45852104259	402	222	54
Australian Bureau of Statistics	26331428522	399	323	126
Grains Research and Development Corporation	55611223291	398	200	89
Australian Financial Security Authority	63384330717	369	214	109
IP Australia	38113072755	358	221	132
National Emergency Management Agency	40816261802	338	183	74
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	61321195155	336	180	79
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission	40293545182	309	191	134
National Archives of Australia	36889228992	293	213	46
Future Fund Management Agency	53156699293	261	168	70
Digital Transformation Agency	96257979159	245	168	43
Australian Communications and Media Authority	55386169386	240	170	56
Australian Public Service Commission	99470863260	228	149	42
Sport Integrity Australia	70588505483	223	127	33
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	12949356885	212	161	51
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General	67582329284	211	137	55
Australian Skills Quality Authority	72581678650	202	109	33
Cancer Australia	21075951918	199	147	38
Office of the eSafety Commissioner	12212931598	197	116	42
National Capital Authority	75149374427	183	145	37
Net Zero Economy Authority	47465420890	174	137	46
Australian Fisheries Management Authority	81098497517	170	98	21
Australian National Audit Office	33020645631	167	90	40
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner	85249230937	166	68	25
Australian Centre for Disease Control	37898522818	158	112	64
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman	53003678148	155	114	20
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation	48882817243	152	37	13
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency	50658250012	137	90	22
National Health and Medical Research Council	88601010284	134	84	25
Safe Work Australia	81840374163	133	92	22
Professional Services Review	45307308260	127	82	31
High Speed Rail Authority	88675754520	118	78	22
Productivity Commission	78094372050	107	76	28
Workplace Gender Equality Agency	47641643874	101	28	11
Director of National Parks	13051694963	96	76	25
National Blood Authority	87361602478	89	77	29
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	41425630817	88	67	24
Reserve Bank of Australia	50008559486	87	61	20
Australian Maritime Safety Authority	65377938320	84	66	19
Office of the Australian Accounting Standards Board	92702019575	83	45	12
Murray-Darling Basin Authority	13679821382	82	65	29
Australian Office of Financial Management	13059525039	75	47	9
Australian Institute of Family Studies	64001053079	69	60	13
Department of the House of Representatives	18526287740	68	56	12
Australian Transport Safety Bureau	65061156887	67	50	11
Comcare	41640788304	61	51	22
Australian Institute of Criminology	63257175248	56	38	17
Tourism Australia	99657548712	56	50	12
Climate Change Authority	60585018782	53	45	13
Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator	21446524780	51	43	15
Organ and Tissue Authority	56253405315	51	32	11
Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency	50802255175	47	31	3
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security	67332668643	47	40	18
Old Parliament House	30620774963	46	37	10
Regional Investment Corporation	99528049038	45	21	10
National Gallery of Australia	27855975449	44	41	14
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	90680970626	44	39	0
Department of the Senate	23991641527	41	29	5
Export Finance Australia	96874024697	41	35	4
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	16515245497	40	35	8
National Environmental Protection Agency	28692388950	40	32	30
Australian Energy Regulator	18105599265	32	30	11
Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority	27598959960	32	18	13
Inspector-General of Taxation	51248702319	32	29	6
Australian War Memorial	64909221257	32	28	11
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority	26424781530	25	21	6
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	47956969590	25	22	6
Australian Human Rights Commission	47996232602	25	23	5
Australian Institute of Marine Science	78961616230	20	17	4
Commonwealth Grants Commission	64703642210	18	15	3
Office of the Special Investigator	87767208148	18	14	2
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission	99696833561	17	14	6
Parliamentary Budget Office	49775240532	16	13	2
Defence and Veterans' Service Commission	87842103934	15	5	2
National Mental Health Commission	83537016476	12	12	0
National Museum of Australia	70592297967	11	11	1
National Health Funding Body	15337761242	10	9	3
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority	19495043447	10	9	5
Australian National Maritime Museum	35023590988	9	9	2
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	14178614905	7	7	3
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority	22385178289	4	4	0
Australian Law Reform Commission	88913413914	3	3	0
National Portrait Gallery of Australia	54742771196	2	2	0
Commonwealth of Australia	98724451651	2	2	0
Seacare	32745854352	1	1	0
National Competition Council	56552760098	1	1	0

Why there is no total here. AusTender restates a contract’s value on every amendment, and a small number of published values are wrong by orders of magnitude. Counts, dates and methods are unaffected, so that is what this page reports.

Methodology. Source: AusTender OCDS award releases (Commonwealth/federal only), public.awarded_contracts; category names are the standard UNSPSC 2-digit segment titles mapped from each contract's unspsc_code — the source data's unspsc_title field is not populated, deduplicated by one release per OCID — the highest-value release, ties broken by release_id (the deployed public.awarded_contracts view rule), retrieved 4 November 2026.

Contracts expiring, by category

The same record read the other way round — by the kind of work rather than by the agency buying it. Browse contracts by category and expiry year.