134 Federal buyers

Federal government buyers and their contract history

134 Federal agencies have contract awards on record here, covering 314,869 contracts worth $383.6B. Each agency page shows who they buy from, their largest contracts, and how their activity has moved year to year.

Federal procurement is published through AusTender and is by far the deepest dataset we hold. Defence alone accounts for more contract notices than most states publish in total, so the tail below is long and the top is very concentrated.

Every Federal buyer · 134 agencies

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Government buyer	Contracts	Total value	Suppliers
Department of Defence	123,398	$208.9B	13,541
Department of Veterans' Affairs	11,070	$6.5B	3,186
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	9,970	$6.7B	2,992
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	9,701	$6.0B	3,747
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	9,396	$4.1B	2,244
Services Australia	9,264	$12.1B	1,773
Department of Health and Aged Care	8,353	$9.3B	1,580
Department of Home Affairs	7,639	$22.3B	1,658
Australian Signals Directorate	7,181	$4.0B	1,247
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	7,035	$14.3B	1,684
Australian Federal Police	6,098	$4.6B	2,157
Department of Industry, Science and Resources	5,709	$2.5B	1,808
Australian Taxation Office	4,762	$8.4B	1,108
Bureau of Meteorology	4,675	$1.6B	1,002
Department of Finance	4,445	$4.0B	1,237
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	4,091	$1.6B	1,136
Austrade	3,963	$837.6M	1,764
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	3,940	$904.0M	719
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing	3,586	$13.3B	953
Australian Electoral Commission	3,475	$2.4B	1,368
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	3,080	$1.0B	985
Department of Education	2,656	$1.5B	754
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission	2,651	$743.8M	408
Attorney-General's Department	2,435	$1.2B	950
Geoscience Australia	2,408	$2.4B	939
National Indigenous Australians Agency	2,061	$587.3M	696
Department of Parliamentary Services	2,006	$737.0M	748
Australian Digital Health Agency	1,944	$1.7B	472
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	1,941	$573.0M	740
Department of Social Services	1,847	$7.9B	637
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program	1,816	$6.9B	389
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	1,626	$773.6M	502
Department of the Treasury	1,626	$605.8M	603
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	1,605	$317.1M	503
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority	1,465	$359.2M	491
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman	1,291	$393.7M	324
Federal Court of Australia	1,212	$464.5M	377
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts	1,209	$1.5B	599
Fair Work Commission	1,163	$206.4M	234
CSIRO	1,140	$2.2B	546
Clean Energy Regulator	1,099	$461.8M	320
Australian Bureau of Statistics	1,078	$721.5M	547
IP Australia	1,069	$432.8M	446
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research	1,017	$391.0M	464
Australian Financial Security Authority	1,009	$262.6M	350
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission	1,003	$273.1M	300
Australian Research Council	951	$115.2M	213
Royal Australian Mint	909	$126.2M	352
Grains Research and Development Corporation	898	$1.2B	251
Future Fund Management Agency	883	$425.1M	310
National Emergency Management Agency	810	$322.3M	307
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre	798	$378.5M	367
National Archives of Australia	776	$156.0M	310
Australian Public Service Commission	716	$134.7M	325
Digital Transformation Agency	687	$1.2B	318
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	661	$72.5M	257
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General	637	$74.3M	220
Australian Communications and Media Authority	631	$197.7M	276
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	625	$78.3M	216
Sport Integrity Australia	624	$60.0M	256
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	613	$380.0M	339
National Capital Authority	605	$468.2M	294
Office of the eSafety Commissioner	586	$161.7M	215
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman	567	$79.9M	208
Administrative Review Tribunal	543	$213.9M	240
Australian National Audit Office	513	$144.9M	179
Australian Submarine Agency	512	$349.5M	231
Australian Skills Quality Authority	501	$103.7M	176
Australian Fisheries Management Authority	465	$118.0M	182
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner	464	$58.0M	115
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency	395	$54.8M	142
National Health and Medical Research Council	350	$84.9M	124
Professional Services Review	348	$37.2M	126
Cancer Australia	277	$81.1M	138
National Anti-Corruption Commission	275	$120.7M	179
Australian Maritime Safety Authority	254	$834.8M	177
Productivity Commission	241	$18.9M	137
Workplace Gender Equality Agency	240	$18.3M	73
Safe Work Australia	219	$22.6M	136
National Blood Authority	213	$1.1B	120
Australian Institute of Family Studies	189	$40.7M	122
Director of National Parks	186	$347.4M	117
Murray-Darling Basin Authority	184	$182.4M	82
National Mental Health Commission	180	$22.3M	98
Net Zero Economy Authority	174	$50.4M	116
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	172	$34.8M	101
Australian Transport Safety Bureau	156	$30.9M	85
Australian Centre for Disease Control	154	$311.7M	98
Comcare	154	$200.7M	89
Department of the House of Representatives	154	$10.3M	94
Australian Office of Financial Management	153	$121.7M	66
Reserve Bank of Australia	153	$1.3B	87
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation	148	$115.5M	36
Organ and Tissue Authority	141	$18.9M	68
Office of the Australian Accounting Standards Board	137	$11.9M	60
Australian Institute of Criminology	130	$10.6M	53
Tourism Australia	126	$715.5M	101
Australian Building and Construction Commission	117	$14.7M	50
Climate Change Authority	115	$12.6M	69
High Speed Rail Authority	113	$202.5M	76
Parliamentary Workplace Support Service	112	$10.4M	79
Old Parliament House	97	$84.1M	66
National Recovery and Resilience Agency	96	$8.2M	73
Regional Investment Corporation	95	$32.4M	42
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	93	$117.6M	56
Inspector-General of Taxation	92	$9.0M	60
Department of the Senate	86	$6.2M	42
National Gallery of Australia	81	$229.6M	57
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	80	$121.8M	60
Commonwealth Grants Commission	80	$12.2M	54
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security	80	$5.4M	51
Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority	76	$132.3M	31
Australian War Memorial	70	$510.8M	54
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority	65	$23.1M	43
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency	61	$3.7M	41
National Health Funding Body	57	$5.6M	26
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity	55	$7.6M	39
Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency	51	$3.8M	34
Australian Human Rights Commission	50	$40.4M	40
Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator	48	$35.0M	38
Export Finance Australia	48	$58.5M	35
Parliamentary Budget Office	46	$2.6M	29
Office of the Special Investigator	33	$8.3M	24
National Museum of Australia	30	$92.9M	25
Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care	27	$1.2M	19
Australian Institute of Marine Science	26	$24.9M	21
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission	22	$1.9M	16
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority	20	$33.7M	16
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	18	$66.0M	17
National Faster Rail Agency	12	$1.2M	6
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority	10	$2.6M	6
Australian Law Reform Commission	8	$275k	8
Australian National Maritime Museum	8	$23.8M	8
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority	5	$6.0M	5