Contract notice CN3929528 · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mail and Cargo Transport
+$1.7m (+466.5%) since first published at $357k
- Supplier
- FCDO SERVICES
- Procurement method
- limited tender
- Reason given
- 10.3.d.iii. Supply by particular business: due to an absence of competition for technical reasons.
- Term
- 2022-04-01 to 2024-06-30
- Published
- 2022-11-23
- Category (UNSPSC)
- 78100000
- Agency reference
- 4600010755
Worth a closer look
Published long after it started: published 236 days after start. The Commonwealth Procurement Rules require agencies to report contracts on AusTender within 42 days of entering into them.
Common explanations: A start date set earlier than signing, to cover work under an earlier arrangement. A lease or agreement republished under a new notice when it was renewed or varied. Administrative delay in reporting.
Value increased after award: +466% on first published value. Agencies must publish amendments that change a contract’s value. Large increases can mean the original scope or price was understated.
Common explanations: Additional work or an extended term agreed after award. Options in the original contract that were later taken up. A correction to a value entered wrongly.
Value by financial year
The total value spread evenly from start to end date. estimate: annualised
| Financial year | Estimated amount |
|---|---|
| 2021-22 | $224k |
| 2022-23 | $897k |
| 2023-24 | $900k |
Published versions
Every version of this notice we have loaded. Source: AusTender OCDS API.
| Date | Version | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-23 | original notice | $357k |
| 2023-07-20 | amendment | $421k |
| 2023-07-20 | amendment | $847k |
| 2023-07-20 | amendment | $2.0m |