Entity
Office of Parliamentary Counsel
+$3.5m (+9.9%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$9.3m falls in 2026-27, equal to 24.2% of this total: $9.3m 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 1.1: Legislative drafting and publicationOPC contributes to the outcome by working with government agencies to draft high quality Bills and instruments in accord… | $35m | $38m | +$3.5m +9.9% | 100.0% | – |
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
- 53
- Suppliers
- 44
- Limited tender
- 12.3% of value · 22 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $3.0m across 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cushman & Wakefield Pty Ltd | 2 | $2.0m | 0.0% |
| NCS AU PTY LTD | 2 | $1.4m | 3.0% |
| MJR Technology Pty Ltd | 2 | $1.2m | 0.0% |
| Omaha IT Services Pty Ltd | 1 | $626k | 0.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 4 | $564k | 57.6% |
| Chalfont Consulting Pty Ltd | 3 | $422k | 0.0% |
| RELATBL RECRUITING PTY LTD | 1 | $375k | 100.0% |
| HiTech Group Australia Ltd | 1 | $335k | 0.0% |
| Ionize Pty Ltd | 1 | $305k | 0.0% |
| Peoplebank Australia Ltd | 1 | $301k | 0.0% |
| Ignite Limited | 1 | $284k | 0.0% |
| Larrison Pty Ltd | 2 | $234k | 0.0% |
| BELLCHAMBERSBARRETT | 1 | $99k | 0.0% |
| HP PPS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | 1 | $92k | 0.0% |
| iCognition Pty Ltd | 1 | $86k | 0.0% |
Largest contracts
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
| Contract | Supplier | Method | Term | Total value | 2026-27 est. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property Expenes 2026-27 CN4260009 |
Cushman & Wakefield Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-07-01 to 2027-06-30 | $2.0m | $2.0m |
| Federal Register of Legislation Cloud Hosting CN4190699 |
NCS AU PTY LTD | open tender | 2025-09-19 to 2028-09-18 | $4.2m | $1.4m |
| Senior Cloud Engineer CN4259991 |
MJR Technology Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-06-11 to 2027-06-10 | $853k | $806k |
| Senior ICT Commercial Consultant CN4260008 |
Omaha IT Services Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-07-20 to 2027-07-19 | $660k | $626k |
| Senior Microsoft Cloud Engineer CN4178356 |
MJR Technology Pty Ltd | open tender | 2025-07-28 to 2027-07-27 | $884k was $442k |
$442k |
| Labour Hire - Drafting Services CN3944881 |
RELATBL RECRUITING PTY LTD | limited tender | 2023-02-08 to 2027-09-10 | $1.7m was $180k |
$375k |
| FRL Full Stack Developer CN4269915 |
HiTech Group Australia Ltd | open tender | 2026-08-03 to 2027-08-02 | $369k | $335k |
| Infrastructure Specialist CN4146827 |
Chalfont Consulting Pty Ltd | open tender | 2025-04-02 to 2027-10-02 | $783k was $339k |
$313k |
| Security Operations Centre Provider CN4269928 |
Ionize Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-06-30 to 2027-06-29 | $306k was $298k |
$305k |
| FRL Full Stack Developer CN4269914 |
Peoplebank Australia Ltd | open tender | 2026-08-03 to 2027-08-02 | $331k | $301k |
| Senior Application Developer CN4277889 |
Ignite Limited | open tender | 2026-09-08 to 2027-09-07 | $350k | $284k |
| MS Azure Consumption FY 2026-27 CN4272726 |
Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | limited tender | 2026-08-18 to 2027-06-30 | $264k | $264k |
| Microsoft VSA6 Services 1/7/2026 - 30/6/2031 CN4269924 |
Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | selective | 2026-07-01 to 2031-06-30 | $1.2m | $239k |
| Senior ICT Solution Implementer CN4212714 |
Larrison Pty Ltd | open tender | 2025-12-24 to 2026-12-24 | $393k | $190k |
| Internal Audit Services CN3913139 |
BELLCHAMBERSBARRETT | open tender | 2022-09-01 to 2027-06-30 | $479k was $329k |
$99k |
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 $83k across 3 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $206k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $209k 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 | $206k 5 contracts |
$2.5m 25 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $363k 7 contracts |
$2.5m 16 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $323k 8 contracts |
$2.2m 11 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $213k 7 contracts |
$1.2m 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Bellchambers Barrett | $119k |
| Bespoke Change Pty Ltd | $44k |
| Vision Australia | $41k |
| MSDC Consulting | $3k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Relatbl Recruiting Pty Ltd | $702k |
| Infront Systems Pty Ltd | $399k |
| KRIS Security Ptd Ltd | $310k |
| Hi-Tech Group Australia | $295k |
| Peoplebank Australia Ltd | $271k |