Contract expiries

When the work comes back to market

Every federal contract has a recorded end date, and an end date is a signal: the agency either renews the incumbent quietly, or opens the work back up. These pages group 37,590 contracts by the kind of work and the year their term ends.

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Expiring in 2026

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	3,952	105	1,948
Engineering, research and technology-based services	1,150	80	704
Information technology, broadcasting and telecommunications	866	71	519
Education and training services	613	64	409
Vehicles and vehicle components	553	11	248
Building and facility construction and maintenance services	256	29	188
Defence, law enforcement, security and safety equipment	231	28	153
Politics and civic affairs services	225	41	175
Distribution and conditioning systems and equipment	212	6	78
Editorial, design, graphic and fine art services	183	57	145
Transportation, storage and mail services	173	26	97
Laboratory, measuring, observing and testing equipment	161	11	115
Environmental services	149	11	129
Manufacturing components and supplies	148	9	87
Public utilities and public sector related services	124	35	104
Travel, food, lodging and entertainment services	119	37	114
Medical equipment, accessories and supplies	112	9	103
Healthcare services	107	21	81
Material handling, conditioning and storage machinery	106	9	73
Power generation and distribution machinery	101	7	65
Furniture and furnishings	98	14	51
National defence, public order and safety services	87	15	76
Published products	85	24	69
Electrical systems, lighting and components	70	9	52
Electronic components and supplies	54	7	44
Organisations and clubs	51	17	44
Fuels, fuel additives and lubricants	50	4	16
Financial and insurance services	47	23	41
Apparel, luggage and personal care products	45	6	31
Structures, building and construction components	42	10	36
Farming, fishing, forestry and wildlife contracting services	40	5	39
Industrial cleaning services	34	11	31
Tools and general machinery	30	3	26
Printing, photographic, audio and visual equipment	25	12	25
Industrial manufacturing and processing machinery	22	3	16
Sports and recreational equipment	22	4	11
Office equipment, accessories and supplies	21	9	16
Domestic appliances and consumer electronics	21	3	20
Musical instruments, games, toys and educational materials	21	12	19
Paper materials and products	13	5	11
Building and construction machinery	13	4	10
Land, buildings, structures and thoroughfares	13	3	11
Live plant and animal material and accessories	10	4	10

Expiring in 2027

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	7,823	109	2,884
Engineering, research and technology-based services	1,920	99	1,285
Politics and civic affairs services	1,895	57	1,679
Information technology, broadcasting and telecommunications	1,751	85	933
Healthcare services	921	34	836
Education and training services	736	67	539
Vehicles and vehicle components	419	16	228
Building and facility construction and maintenance services	415	34	250
Public utilities and public sector related services	380	55	326
Defence, law enforcement, security and safety equipment	332	24	197
Transportation, storage and mail services	293	40	163
Editorial, design, graphic and fine art services	261	68	178
Financial and insurance services	220	59	150
Environmental services	210	19	181
National defence, public order and safety services	191	14	142
Laboratory, measuring, observing and testing equipment	170	10	124
Farming, fishing, forestry and wildlife contracting services	122	11	98
Published products	96	27	79
Medical equipment, accessories and supplies	91	13	78
Furniture and furnishings	82	12	39
Power generation and distribution machinery	77	9	51
Organisations and clubs	72	29	66
Manufacturing components and supplies	69	19	47
Industrial cleaning services	60	13	56
Travel, food, lodging and entertainment services	58	27	56
Electronic components and supplies	54	15	45
Fuels, fuel additives and lubricants	53	5	36
Distribution and conditioning systems and equipment	53	4	33
Food, beverage and tobacco products	50	5	23
Material handling, conditioning and storage machinery	45	7	39
Office equipment, accessories and supplies	35	18	31
Electrical systems, lighting and components	34	6	28
Printing, photographic, audio and visual equipment	34	16	30
Structures, building and construction components	32	11	27
Apparel, luggage and personal care products	31	6	19
Chemicals, biochemicals and gas materials	22	3	12
Musical instruments, games, toys and educational materials	20	9	18
Drugs and pharmaceutical products	18	3	10
Domestic appliances and consumer electronics	16	6	14
Live plant and animal material and accessories	14	6	13

Expiring in 2028

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	1,135	79	745
Information technology, broadcasting and telecommunications	868	73	450
Engineering, research and technology-based services	528	82	397
Politics and civic affairs services	238	33	131
Education and training services	159	38	145
Transportation, storage and mail services	137	30	49
Building and facility construction and maintenance services	135	16	93
Environmental services	116	8	86
Farming, fishing, forestry and wildlife contracting services	103	8	71
Defence, law enforcement, security and safety equipment	85	18	65
Financial and insurance services	78	48	59
Public utilities and public sector related services	77	33	66
National defence, public order and safety services	74	9	57
Vehicles and vehicle components	53	6	32
Healthcare services	53	23	45
Editorial, design, graphic and fine art services	45	25	36
Laboratory, measuring, observing and testing equipment	43	8	39
Manufacturing components and supplies	39	15	23
Industrial cleaning services	33	10	31
Published products	20	6	14
Medical equipment, accessories and supplies	18	9	18
Electronic components and supplies	17	8	16
Furniture and furnishings	15	5	11
Printing, photographic, audio and visual equipment	13	10	12
Office equipment, accessories and supplies	12	8	11
Organisations and clubs	11	7	10

Expiring in 2029

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	645	77	319
Information technology, broadcasting and telecommunications	464	60	253
Engineering, research and technology-based services	230	62	197
Building and facility construction and maintenance services	88	16	38
Office equipment, accessories and supplies	62	36	30
Farming, fishing, forestry and wildlife contracting services	61	5	45
National defence, public order and safety services	51	8	44
Politics and civic affairs services	51	18	42
Transportation, storage and mail services	45	23	33
Defence, law enforcement, security and safety equipment	40	12	31
Public utilities and public sector related services	40	21	37
Healthcare services	39	9	38
Paper materials and products	38	20	18
Financial and insurance services	37	22	33
Vehicles and vehicle components	33	9	23
Education and training services	33	15	33
Laboratory, measuring, observing and testing equipment	25	9	18
Manufacturing components and supplies	13	9	13
Environmental services	12	7	11

Expiring in 2030

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	207	44	107
Politics and civic affairs services	120	9	113
Information technology, broadcasting and telecommunications	119	25	65
Office equipment, accessories and supplies	49	5	43
Engineering, research and technology-based services	47	22	45
Transportation, storage and mail services	43	24	25
Defence, law enforcement, security and safety equipment	18	5	12
Building and facility construction and maintenance services	18	9	14
Vehicles and vehicle components	14	3	9
Financial and insurance services	12	6	11
Education and training services	12	6	11
Public utilities and public sector related services	10	6	10

Expiring in 2031

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Information technology, broadcasting and telecommunications	119	56	52
Management, business and administrative services	73	21	66
Engineering, research and technology-based services	58	29	41
Defence, law enforcement, security and safety equipment	15	6	10

Expiring in 2032

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	39	16	37
Building and facility construction and maintenance services	18	3	17

Expiring in 2033

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	50	8	49

Expiring in 2034

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	109	13	99

Expiring in 2035

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	339	13	216

Expiring in 2036

Category	Contracts	Buyers	Suppliers
Management, business and administrative services	359	11	213

How to read this

A contract nearing expiry does not guarantee a re-tender — some are extended or rolled onto a panel without a fresh notice. But an incumbent whose term is ending is exactly the signal that is easy to miss scanning a portal by hand and easy to catch by querying the award history directly.

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 5 September 2026.