Commonwealth Signals
Week 2026-W07 (February 09 to February 15, 2026)
In this episode, we unpack $702.9M in Commonwealth procurement across 927 contracts.
Coverage spans 61 agencies and 713 suppliers.
Week-over-week spending is up 211 percent.
Episode highlights:
- Services Australia: $180.3M awarded to Australian Postal Corporation.
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: $23.1M awarded to Datacom Systems (AU) Pty Ltd.
- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre: $9.3M awarded to Investa External Funds Management Pty Ltd.
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission: $23.6M awarded to TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED.
- Grains Research and Development Corporation: $14.8M awarded to The University of Queensland.
Top agencies this week:
- Department of Defence: $352.3M across 435 contracts.
- Services Australia: $182.5M across 16 contracts.
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission: $25.4M across 14 contracts.
Category trends:
- Other: $407.8M
- Professional Services: $172.7M
- It Telecom: $85.6M
- Agriculture Environment: $18.6M
Procurement approach mix:
- Limited: 643 contracts, 52% of value.
- Open: 283 contracts, 48% of value.
- Selective: 1 contracts, 0% of value.
Recurring suppliers:
- THALES AUSTRALIA: 17 wins, $915K total value.
- R.G.M. MAINTENANCE PTY LTD: 11 wins, $296K total value.
- BIRDON PTY LTD: 10 wins, $2.2M 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).
