Entity
National Capital Authority
+$2.0m (+2.6%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$97m falls in 2026-27, equal to 119.7% of this total: $97m in contracts and $0 in grants. estimate: annualised
From AusTender contract notices and GrantConnect grant awards published since 2022-07-01. Each contract’s or grant’s value is spread evenly from its start to end date. These values are commitments, not payments, and records published before 2022-07-01 are not included yet.
By program
| Program | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Share | Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program 1.2: National Capital EstateTo facilitate the proper management and enhancement of National Land | $63m | $65m | +$2.0m +3.1% | 80.5% | – |
| Program 1.1: National Capital FunctionPlanning and designing areas of special national importance in Canberra and raising community awareness by ensuring that… | $16m | $16m | +$47k +0.3% | 19.5% | – |
Worth a closer look
Patterns in this agency’s contract notices published in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date. Each is a measurable pattern with common legitimate explanations; none is a finding of wrongdoing. How these are defined.
- Value increased after award 1 contract · $2.6m
The contract’s value rose after it was first published.
Who gets paid
Contracts active in 2026-27, from AusTender. Amounts for the year are each contract’s value spread across its term. estimate: annualised
- Contracts active
- 135
- Suppliers
- 108
- Limited tender
- 2.7% of value · 48 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $233m across 50 amended contracts
Largest suppliers
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
| Supplier | Contracts | 2026-27 est. | Limited tender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd | 2 | $57m | 0.0% |
| Green By Nature Landscape Services Pty Ltd | 1 | $8.2m | 0.0% |
| BGIS PTY LTD T/A | 1 | $6.4m | 0.0% |
| Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd | 2 | $3.5m | 0.0% |
| Woden Contractors Pty Limited | 1 | $2.5m | 0.0% |
| CB Excavations Pty Ltd | 1 | $2.0m | 0.0% |
| CONNELLGRIFFIN PTY LTD | 1 | $1.4m | 0.0% |
| Monarch Building Services Facilities Management | 1 | $1.4m | 0.0% |
| Brennan IT Pty Ltd | 1 | $1.4m | 0.0% |
| Mark Neilsen Pty Ltd trading as Set Square Productions | 1 | $1.3m | 0.0% |
| ICON WATER LIMITED | 1 | $1.1m | 100.0% |
| Glascott Landscape & Civil Pty Ltd | 1 | $1.1m | 0.0% |
| GHD Pty Ltd | 3 | $773k | 0.0% |
| Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty Ltd | 3 | $681k | 0.0% |
| ARTCRAFT PROPRIETARY LIMITED | 1 | $565k | 0.0% |
Largest contracts
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
Professional services by kind of work
Contracts active in 2026-27 that AusTender files under “management and business professionals”, sorted by an AI model reading each contract’s description. AI-classified estimate: annualised
A further $169k across 2 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $177k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $854k for that year (AusTender values spread over each contract’s term). The two are measured differently, so they are not expected to match. How we classify.
Contract spending reported by the entity
What the entity reported in its annual reports, from the Transparency Portal: cash paid in each year, including GST. These are actual payments, unlike the AusTender contract values above. They are shown as published and are not used in any total on this site. reported
| Year | Consultancy | Other contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $177k 3 contracts |
$49m 165 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $107k 4 contracts |
$20m 5 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $514k 7 contracts |
$42m 258 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $687k 21 contracts |
$44m 306 contracts |
Organisations paid the most in 2024-25
As listed by the entity, usually its five largest of each type. Organisations who are individuals are not listed. Why
| Consultancy | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Peg Consulting Pty Ltd | $153k |
| Ernst & Young | $16k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd | $8.5m |
| BGIS Pty Ltd | $7.3m |
| Citywide | $5.8m |
| Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd | $2.0m |
| Hawkins Civil Pty Ltd | $1.9m |