Entity
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
−$1.0m (−0.7%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$28m falls in 2026-27, equal to 18.9% of this total: $28m 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: An independent service to prosecute alleged offences against the criminal law of the CommonwealthCommonwealth. The CDPP delivers a national prosecution service across the following practice groups: • Fraud and Special… | $150m | $149m | −$1.0m −0.7% | 100.0% | – |
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.
- Published long after it started 48 contracts · $11m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Published late in a batch 16 contracts · $5.5m
An agency published many contract notices on one day, each more than six months after the contract started. - Grew past the open-tender threshold 1 contract · $46k
A contract awarded by limited tender below the open-tender threshold later rose in value to the threshold or above. - Supplier’s ABN was new 2 contracts · $313k
The supplier’s ABN had been active for less than three months when the contract started or was 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
- 1212
- Suppliers
- 366
- Limited tender
- 47.4% of value · 1152 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $16m across 251 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 Goulburn Landowner Pty Ltd | 1 | $3.1m | 100.0% |
| EDT SOLUTIONS PTY LTD | 1 | $2.8m | 0.0% |
| Macquarie Technology Operations Pty Ltd | 2 | $2.4m | 0.6% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 3 | $1.9m | 8.2% |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited | 7 | $1.2m | 0.0% |
| Objective Corporation Limited | 1 | $997k | 0.0% |
| Thomson Reuters | 1 | $741k | 100.0% |
| Gartner Australasia Pty Limited | 4 | $617k | 96.1% |
| TELUS HEALTH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD | 1 | $604k | 0.0% |
| MCGIRR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PTY LIMITED | 1 | $582k | 100.0% |
| Thinkstream Pty Ltd as trustee for Mitchell Family Trust | 1 | $507k | 0.0% |
| Certis Security Australia | 1 | $413k | 100.0% |
| TELSTRA (VIC) | 1 | $405k | 0.0% |
| HP PPS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | 1 | $379k | 0.0% |
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 1 | $364k | 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
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $1.6m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $1.0m 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 | $1.6m 15 contracts |
$44m 290 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $635k 12 contracts |
$33m 242 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $553k 12 contracts |
$33m 319 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $720k 10 contracts |
$30m 248 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 |
|---|---|
| Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | $448k |
| North Security Digital Pty Ltd | $295k |
| Gartner Australasia Pty Limited | $242k |
| Synergy Group Australia Pty Ltd | $182k |
| Tullius Pty Ltd | $122k |
| KPMG | $120k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| MPA Construction Group Pty Limited | $8.9m |
| The Trustee for 52 Goulburn Landowning Trust | $4.4m |
| GPT Pty Limited | $2.3m |
| Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Limited | $2.2m |
| Sicard Pty Ltd | $1.7m |