138 Federal buyers

Federal government buyers and their contract history

138 Federal agencies have contract awards on record here, covering 320,257 contracts worth $391.6B. 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 · 138 agencies

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Government buyer	Contracts	Total value	Suppliers
Department of Defence	126,136	$213.3B	13,689
Department of Veterans' Affairs	11,225	$6.6B	3,212
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	9,956	$6.3B	3,823
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	9,929	$6.7B	2,867
Services Australia	9,688	$12.4B	1,799
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	9,476	$4.2B	2,256
Department of Health and Aged Care	8,353	$9.3B	1,580
Department of Home Affairs	7,745	$22.5B	1,672
Australian Signals Directorate	7,181	$4.0B	1,247
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	7,171	$15.0B	1,708
Australian Federal Police	6,255	$5.1B	2,196
Department of Industry, Science and Resources	5,770	$2.6B	1,821
Australian Taxation Office	4,857	$8.5B	1,123
Bureau of Meteorology	4,747	$1.7B	1,013
Department of Finance	4,521	$4.1B	1,255
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts	4,091	$1.6B	1,136
Austrade	4,041	$861.7M	1,783
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission	4,029	$939.0M	724
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing	3,709	$13.5B	971
Australian Electoral Commission	3,498	$2.4B	1,373
Australian Securities and Investments Commission	3,165	$1.1B	1,003
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission	2,669	$751.1M	415
Attorney-General's Department	2,462	$1.2B	959
Geoscience Australia	2,440	$2.4B	947
Department of Education	2,148	$1.2B	646
National Indigenous Australians Agency	2,087	$591.1M	704
Department of Parliamentary Services	2,035	$802.2M	757
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet	1,993	$598.8M	751
Australian Digital Health Agency	1,963	$2.0B	475
Department of Social Services	1,866	$7.9B	644
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program	1,852	$7.0B	397
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission	1,656	$799.8M	508
Department of the Treasury	1,648	$608.9M	606
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	1,640	$298.4M	495
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority	1,489	$376.2M	495
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman	1,304	$394.7M	324
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts	1,261	$1.5B	609
Federal Court of Australia	1,234	$467.4M	378
Fair Work Commission	1,182	$214.8M	238
CSIRO	1,151	$2.3B	550
Clean Energy Regulator	1,126	$478.9M	325
IP Australia	1,096	$447.3M	452
Australian Bureau of Statistics	1,089	$722.1M	552
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research	1,046	$401.8M	480
Australian Financial Security Authority	1,025	$264.5M	354
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission	1,018	$289.6M	306
Australian Research Council	964	$116.5M	222
Royal Australian Mint	929	$129.6M	359
Grains Research and Development Corporation	912	$1.3B	256
Future Fund Management Agency	896	$427.1M	311
National Emergency Management Agency	831	$331.7M	314
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre	811	$388.3M	370
National Archives of Australia	785	$156.6M	316
Australian Public Service Commission	723	$139.0M	327
Digital Transformation Agency	695	$1.2B	319
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency	681	$74.5M	266
Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General	653	$77.1M	224
Australian Communications and Media Authority	636	$210.1M	277
Sport Integrity Australia	636	$62.5M	258
Administrative Appeals Tribunal	625	$78.3M	216
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority	621	$386.7M	343
National Capital Authority	613	$473.2M	297
Office of the eSafety Commissioner	595	$166.6M	216
Administrative Review Tribunal	574	$266.9M	249
Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman	569	$80.3M	208
Australian Submarine Agency	527	$370.1M	236
Australian National Audit Office	518	$145.0M	180
Australian Skills Quality Authority	512	$107.7M	176
Australian Fisheries Management Authority	474	$122.8M	183
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner	466	$58.1M	115
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency	402	$55.6M	142
National Health and Medical Research Council	357	$85.7M	126
Professional Services Review	351	$37.5M	126
Cancer Australia	300	$81.8M	144
National Anti-Corruption Commission	280	$121.5M	182
Australian Maritime Safety Authority	262	$853.3M	179
Productivity Commission	246	$20.6M	137
Workplace Gender Equality Agency	244	$18.5M	75
Safe Work Australia	237	$32.6M	142
National Blood Authority	223	$1.1B	126
Australian Institute of Family Studies	192	$41.0M	123
Director of National Parks	191	$351.4M	120
Murray-Darling Basin Authority	186	$183.3M	83
Office of Parliamentary Counsel	181	$37.4M	103
National Mental Health Commission	180	$22.3M	98
Net Zero Economy Authority	180	$51.2M	121
Australian Centre for Disease Control	172	$330.9M	110
Australian Transport Safety Bureau	162	$35.9M	87
Department of the House of Representatives	160	$10.8M	97
Reserve Bank of Australia	159	$1.3B	88
Australian Office of Financial Management	158	$133.2M	66
Comcare	157	$202.7M	90
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation	151	$115.7M	38
Organ and Tissue Authority	141	$18.9M	68
Office of the Australian Accounting Standards Board	138	$11.9M	60
Australian Institute of Criminology	135	$10.9M	54
Tourism Australia	128	$718.7M	102
High Speed Rail Authority	119	$225.3M	79
Australian Building and Construction Commission	117	$14.7M	50
Climate Change Authority	117	$12.6M	69
Parliamentary Workplace Support Service	115	$10.6M	79
Old Parliament House	99	$85.0M	67
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare	98	$131.2M	59
National Recovery and Resilience Agency	96	$8.2M	73
Regional Investment Corporation	95	$32.4M	42
Inspector-General of Taxation	93	$9.2M	61
Department of the Senate	90	$6.4M	42
National Gallery of Australia	86	$265.3M	58
Office of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security	83	$5.6M	54
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	82	$132.9M	62
Commonwealth Grants Commission	81	$12.3M	55
Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority	76	$132.3M	31
Australian War Memorial	73	$522.3M	55
Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority	68	$35.2M	45
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
Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator	52	$35.3M	42
Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency	51	$3.8M	34
Australian Human Rights Commission	50	$40.4M	40
Export Finance Australia	49	$60.5M	36
Parliamentary Budget Office	48	$2.6M	29
Australian Energy Regulator	35	$1.6M	32
Office of the Special Investigator	35	$8.5M	25
National Museum of Australia	30	$92.9M	25
Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care	29	$1.3M	21
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission	27	$2.0M	20
Australian Institute of Marine Science	26	$24.9M	21
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority	23	$41.8M	18
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust	19	$67.0M	18
National Environmental Protection Agency	18	$1.7M	13
Defence and Veterans' Service Commission	13	$300k	3
National Faster Rail Agency	12	$1.2M	6
North Queensland Water Infrastructure Authority	10	$2.6M	6
Australian National Maritime Museum	9	$24.3M	9
Australian Law Reform Commission	8	$275k	8
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People	5	$522k	5
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority	5	$6.0M	5