AusTender · Live feed
AusTender, live inside ChatGPT and Claude
AusTender (tenders.gov.au) is the official source for Australian Government procurement — every federal tender, panel and contract notice. AskTender is how you use it: plain-English search, instant alerts and bid analysis inside ChatGPT and Claude, with all eight state and territory portals included in the same feed.
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Checking AusTender every day is a job nobody wants
AusTender's search is famously hard work — rigid categories, clunky filters, daily digest emails that land after the market has moved. AskTender closes the experience gap: ask your AI a normal question and get live federal tender data back in seconds, alongside every state opportunity.
What AskTender covers in Federal
~2,000
open tenders right now
80,000+
contracts tracked per year
Every listing from AusTender is merged with AusTender and the other seven Australian jurisdictions, deduplicated, and delivered live into your AI — with full attribution back to the original source.
Who actually buys in Federal
Open tenders show what is available now. Award history shows who has been buying, from whom, and for how much — which tells you whether a bid is worth the effort.
| Federal government buyer | Contracts awarded | Total value |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defence | 125,056 | $212.7B |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | 11,176 | $6.6B |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 9,861 | $6.1B |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 9,834 | $6.6B |
| Services Australia | 9,643 | $12.4B |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 9,444 | $4.2B |
| Department of Health and Aged Care | 8,353 | $9.3B |
| Department of Home Affairs | 7,705 | $22.4B |
Try it — ask about Federal tenders
How it works
Add AskTender to ChatGPT or Claude
One-click setup guides. A 2-minute copy-paste job.
Ask for tenders in plain English
Live data from all 9 Australian government portals, in your AI.
Federal tenders by industry
Federal tenders by trade
Tendering guides
Frequently asked questions
What is AusTender?+
AusTender (tenders.gov.au) is the Australian Government's official procurement information system. All open federal tenders, planned procurements and awarded contracts are published there. It's the single authoritative source for federal opportunities.
Is AusTender free?+
Yes — AusTender is free for suppliers to search and register on. AskTender doesn't replace it; we add AI access on top: live monitoring, conversational search and analysis inside ChatGPT and Claude.
How is AskTender different from AusTender email alerts?+
AusTender alerts arrive as batched emails against saved categories. AskTender delivers new tenders to your AI within 15 minutes of publication, answers plain-English questions, and includes all eight state and territory portals in the same feed — so federal and state opportunities appear together.
Does AskTender cover state tenders too?+
Yes. The same feed covers all 8 Australian jurisdictions we cover — AusTender plus every state and territory portal — so you never need to work out which portal an opportunity lives on.
Can ChatGPT search AusTender natively?+
No — ChatGPT and Claude can't query AusTender's live database on their own. That's the gap AskTender fills: a live, structured connection between the official tender data and your AI.
Put AusTender inside your AI
Live Federal tenders in ChatGPT and Claude, within 15 minutes of publishing.
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