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46 NSW Government Tenders Close in the Next Fortnight
NSW is running hot with 119 live tenders — and School Infrastructure, eHealth NSW and icare are all in the market at once. Plus the biggest closings nationally before the end of August.
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New South Wales is the busiest procurement story in the country right now. Of the 657 government tenders currently open across Australia, NSW accounts for 119 — and 46 of them close within the next fortnight. Nationally, 278 tenders close in the same window, so if you sell to government, the back half of August is not the time to look away.
This roundup focuses on the NSW rush, then covers the biggest closings in the other states before the end of the month. Every tender below is live in the AskTender database as of Wednesday 19 August 2026.
NSW: health and insurance agencies go digital
Two of the most interesting NSW closings this fortnight are large digital procurements.
HT26019 NSW Ambulance Emergency 000 Telephony Solution — eHealth NSW, closing 24 August. A Triple Zero telephony platform for NSW Ambulance is about as mission-critical as government technology gets, and contracts like this tend to anchor a supplier in the NSW health cluster for years.
Digital Experience Platform (DXP) — Insurance and Care NSW (icare), closing 24 August. icare is also in the market for Prj_1592 — Document Management Solutions, closing 21 August — two significant technology buys from the same agency in the same week. Technology suppliers should start at our NSW tenders and IT & ICT tenders pages.
Request for Tender for Pharmaceuticals — Supplementary 1 — HealthShare NSW, closing 24 August, rounds out the health cluster's buying spree.
NSW: School Infrastructure floods the market with maintenance panels
School Infrastructure NSW has released a batch of Sydney Asset Management Unit reactive maintenance tenders, all closing 24 August:
- SI-S-26-R002 Sydney AMU Lift Maintenance Reactive Services
- SI-S-26-R003 Sydney AMU Disability Equipment Maintenance Reactive Services
- SI-S-26-R004 Sydney AMU Roof and Gutter Cleaners Reactive Services
- SI-S-26-R006 Sydney AMU Motor Driven Doors and Automatic Doors Reactive Services
- SI-S-26-R007 Sydney AMU Solar Technicians Reactive Services
Five trades panels from one buyer, one closing date. For lift technicians, roofers, door installers, solar electricians and access-equipment specialists in Sydney, this is a rare chance to get onto recurring government maintenance work — the kind of steady, repeat revenue trades businesses usually only dream about. See more at electrical tenders and NSW tenders.
Also closing 21 August in NSW: Property Acquisition and Advisory Services for Transport for NSW, HW10 B1365 B7828 Swansea Bdg Op Asset Up from Transport Infrastructure Projects, and Gambling Help Online from the Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport.
Queensland: transport and ports lead the big closings
Queensland has 128 open tenders — second only to WA — and some of the largest closings nationally. CN-26461 Transport Infrastructure Contract for M1 — Exit 41 and Coomera Springs from the Department of Transport and Main Roads (South Coast) closes 24 August, a major works package on one of Australia's busiest motorway corridors. The Cairns Marine Precinct Common User Facility from Far North Queensland Ports Corporation closes 23 August, and WorkCover Queensland's Network as a Service (NaaS) closes the same day. James Cook University's Panel — Electrical Services — Townsville, Cairns & Off-Site Cairns (closing 25 August) and QBuild's Standing Offer Arrangement Trade Contractor Arboriculture Services — North Queensland (27 August) continue the regional-panels theme. Browse the full list at QLD tenders.
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Federal and the rest: Defence, health screening and a cemetery contract
The Commonwealth's standout is the Delivery of the National Cancer Screening Register from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, closing 28 August — one of the most significant federal health-technology procurements of the year. Defence's estate arm (DSRG) has three infrastructure closings: Dubbo MUD & Vietnam Veterans Precinct, NSW and HMAS Stirling System Works, WA (both 21 August) and RAAF East Sale Infrastructure Upgrades, VIC (26 August). The Department of Home Affairs closes its Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Uncrewed Maritime request on 26 August, and the Reserve Bank of Australia wants a 65 Martin Place Redevelopment — Stage 2 Operational Readiness Integration Lead by 21 August. See federal tenders.
In Victoria, Strategic Works Engineering Services Partner for Barwon Water closes 27 August and Victoria Police's Supply and Fitting of Tyres closes 28 August (VIC tenders). In WA, the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board's Security, Emergency and Rapid Response Services closes 28 August, and the Yanchep East Primary School construction package from the Department of Housing and Works closes 21 August (WA tenders).
The pattern: panels and reactive-services deals are stacking up
Look across this fortnight and one theme dominates: panel and standing-offer arrangements. School Infrastructure's five Sydney maintenance panels, JCU's electrical panel, QBuild's arboriculture standing offer — agencies are locking in pre-approved supplier lists before the September quarter. Panels are the easiest entry point into government work for small and medium businesses: the bar to get on is lower than a one-off contract, and once you're on, work flows without full tenders each time. If you only bid one thing this month, make it a panel in your trade and region.
The other signal is NSW's breadth. Health, insurance, transport, education and creative industries are all buying simultaneously — evidence that the state's procurement pipeline is firing across every cluster, not just construction. See construction tenders for the works-heavy view.
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