Commonwealth Signals

Week 2026-W02 (January 05 to January 11, 2026)

In this episode, we unpack $174.2M in Commonwealth procurement across 524 contracts.

Coverage spans 50 agencies and 402 suppliers.

Week-over-week spending is up 9755 percent.

Episode highlights:

- Australian National Audit Office: $3.0M awarded to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

- Australian Skills Quality Authority: $361K awarded to PLAYTIME SOLUTIONS CORPORATION P/L.

- Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre: $2.9M awarded to xAmplify Services Pty Ltd.

- Services Australia: $15.8M awarded to BMC Software (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Top agencies this week:

- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing: $29.8M across 64 contracts.

- Department of Defence: $23.2M across 157 contracts.

- Services Australia: $20.0M across 23 contracts.

Category trends:

- Other: $88.3M

- It Telecom: $34.3M

- Professional Services: $29.6M

- Agriculture Environment: $8.2M

Procurement approach mix:

- Open: 222 contracts, 56% of value.

- Limited: 302 contracts, 44% of value.

Recurring suppliers:

- AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR: 14 wins, $1.1M total value.

- PENSKE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD: 8 wins, $1.4M total value.

- Johnson Winter and Slattery Lawyers: 7 wins, $3.0M 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).