Commonwealth Signals
Week 2025-W52 (December 22 to December 28, 2025)
In this episode, we unpack $1.3B in Commonwealth procurement across 970 contracts.
Coverage spans 53 agencies and 720 suppliers.
Week-over-week spending is up 136 percent.
Episode highlights:
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission: $12.6M awarded to Macquarie Technology Operations Pty Ltd.
- Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency: $209K awarded to UNION AID ABROAD - APHEDA.
- Department of Finance: $8.5M awarded to KPMG Australia.
- Department of Defence: $206.9M awarded to CAE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
- Department of Defence: $178.1M awarded to VMWARE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD.
Top agencies this week:
- Department of Defence: $1.1B across 576 contracts.
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: $99.8M across 77 contracts.
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts: $27.5M across 9 contracts.
Category trends:
- Other: $733.0M
- It Telecom: $226.9M
- Workforce: $208.3M
- Professional Services: $70.7M
Procurement approach mix:
- Limited: 651 contracts, 77% of value.
- Open: 319 contracts, 23% of value.
Recurring suppliers:
- THALES AUSTRALIA: 15 wins, $8.4M total value.
- TOLL REMOTE LOGISTICS PTY LTD: 12 wins, $228K total value.
- DELL AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED: 10 wins, $7.4M total value.
Why this matters:
This briefing tracks real procurement signals across agency activity, supplier concentration, contract size mix, and category-level shifts so public sector teams can spot patterns early.
Keywords: Australian government tenders, AusTender, procurement intelligence, contract awards, public sector spending, supplier trends, agency procurement.
Source data: AusTender OCDS (CC BY 3.0 AU).
