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Entity

Defence and Veterans' Services Commission

Also appears in the PBS or AusTender as “Defence and Veterans' Service Commission”. How names are matched.

$18m 2026-27 Budget estimate

+$11m (+135.8%) on 2025-26 estimated actual

Kind of expense

Departmental (running costs: staff, suppliers, property)$18m 100.0%
Change on 2025-26 −10% or more −2 to −10% within ±2% +2 to +10% +10% or more, or new
Area shows 2026-27 Budget estimate. Hover or focus a box for figures; the table below lists every item.

Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients

$1.5m falls in 2026-27, equal to 8.4% of this total: $1.5m 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.

Program 2025-26
estimated actual
2026-27
Budget estimate
Change Share Removed
Program 1.1: Defence and Veterans' Service Commission $7.8m $18m +$11m +135.8% –

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
33
Suppliers
22
Limited tender
55.3% of value · 18 contracts
Value added by amendments
$49k across 2 amended contracts

Largest suppliers

Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why

Largest contracts

Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why

ContractSupplierMethodTermTotal value2026-27 est.
Corporate Objectives - This arrangement has been entered into by the D…
CN4238728
SCYNE ADVISORY PTY LTD open tender 2026-04-24 to 2029-04-23 $500k $167k
Audit and Assurance Services - This arrangement has been entered into…
CN4239700
Axiom Associates open tender 2026-05-01 to 2029-04-30 $400k $133k
Substantive research and policy literature relevant to the focus of th…
CN4274040
Flinders university limited tender 2026-08-27 to 2026-12-03 $84k $84k
Strategic Advice and Review Services
CN4253002
O'Connor Marsden & Associates Pty Ltd open tender 2026-06-22 to 2026-10-30 $65k $60k
Work Health and Safety Services - This arrangement has been entered in…
CN4215238
TELUS HEALTH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD open tender 2026-01-01 to 2027-12-31 $120k $60k
Recruitment Services - This arrangement has been entered into by the D…
CN4255850
Amanda O'Rourke & Associates Pty Lt Amanda O'Rourke Executive Search open tender 2026-06-26 to 2026-09-30 $46k $44k
ICT Contractor Services -This arrangement has been entered into by the…
CN4251412
Elysium Digital Pty Ltd open tender 2026-06-11 to 2026-07-23 $77k $41k
Labour Hire Services
CN4245620
Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd open tender 2026-04-28 to 2026-08-04 $111k
was $63k
$39k
Work Health and Safety Services - This arrangement has been entered in…
CN4255856
Zed Three Pty Ltd limited tender 2026-06-26 to 2026-12-26 $34k $33k
Audit and Risk Committee - This arrangement has been entered into by t…
CN4218122
Darren Box Pty Ltd open tender 2026-02-04 to 2029-02-04 $93k $31k
Training and Development Services.
CN4247198
GREG SEBERRY & ASSOCIATES PTY limited tender 2026-05-26 to 2027-06-30 $24k
was $23k
$22k
Labour Hire Services -This arrangement has been entered into by the De…
CN4245623
Capital Recruit Pty Ltd open tender 2026-04-28 to 2026-07-31 $66k $21k
Audit and Risk Committee - This arrangement has been entered into by t…
CN4218123
Dalla Costa Pty Ltd Trading as MSDC Consulting open tender 2026-02-04 to 2029-02-04 $57k $19k
Design and deliver an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to support…
CN4279284
Lived Experience Australia Ltd limited tender 2026-09-14 to 2026-12-31 $18k $18k
Office Equipment -This arrangement has been entered into by the Defenc…
CN4255194
Krost Business Furniture Centre Pty Ltd open tender 2026-06-16 to 2026-10-31 $17k $15k

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

Labour hire / contractor 3$643k 66.4%
Audit, accounting and finance 1$133k 13.8%
Consultancy 2$78k 8.1%
Recruitment 3$65k 6.7%
IT services 2$49k 5.0%

A further $167k across 1 contract has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.