Entity
Australian Signals Directorate
+$272m (+9.1%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$314m falls in 2026-27, equal to 9.6% of this total: $314m 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 - Foreign Signals Intelligence, Cyber Security and Offensive Cyber OperationsTo defend Australia from global threats and advance our national interests through the provision of foreign signals inte… | $3.0bn | $3.3bn | +$272m +9.1% | 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 14 contracts · $13m
The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date. - Repeated limited tenders to one supplier 11 contracts · $15m
The same agency awarded the same supplier several contracts by limited tender in one financial year. - Supplier’s ABN was new 2 contracts · $869k
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
- 1139
- Suppliers
- 360
- Limited tender
- 34.9% of value · 393 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $139m across 218 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMAZON WEB SERVICES AUSTRALIA | 5 | $30m | 100.0% |
| Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited | 24 | $20m | 0.0% |
| KEANE CONSULTING PTY LTD | 69 | $19m | 0.0% |
| Whizdom Pty Ltd | 58 | $14m | 0.0% |
| Hewlett-Packard Enterprise | 52 | $13m | 13.3% |
| REMOTE PTY LTD | 45 | $12m | 0.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 40 | $11m | 20.9% |
| Compas Pty Ltd | 49 | $11m | 0.0% |
| Talent International (ACT) Pty Ltd | 29 | $7.1m | 0.0% |
| Amnesium Pty Ltd | 20 | $6.0m | 13.9% |
| SFDC Australia Pty Ltd | 3 | $5.6m | 100.0% |
| Malware Security Pty Ltd | 22 | $5.5m | 0.0% |
| BOEING DEFENCE AUSTRALIA LTD | 4 | $5.3m | 98.0% |
| KINETIC DEFENCE SERVICES PTY LTD | 19 | $5.0m | 0.0% |
| The Recruitment Hive | 23 | $5.0m | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Services CN4158623 |
AMAZON WEB SERVICES AUSTRALIA | limited tender | 2025-05-01 to 2028-04-30 | $73m was $70m |
$24m |
| Software Licence Renewal CN4215599 |
SFDC Australia Pty Ltd | limited tender | 2026-01-29 to 2028-01-28 | $11m | $5.5m |
| Electrical Distribution System Infrastructure Installation and Substat… CN4212500 |
BOEING DEFENCE AUSTRALIA LTD | limited tender | 2026-01-06 to 2027-06-30 | $6.8m | $4.6m |
| Network Infrastructure CN4093641 |
ONE DIVERSIFIED | open tender | 2024-04-04 to 2027-04-04 | $17m was $297k |
$4.4m |
| Software Services CN4198492 |
AMAZON WEB SERVICES AUSTRALIA | limited tender | 2025-10-01 to 2027-10-24 | $9.0m | $4.3m |
| Software Services CN4240417 |
Amnesium Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-06-01 to 2027-05-31 | $4.0m | $3.7m |
| Network Equipment CN4051864 |
Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | open tender | 2024-04-12 to 2027-04-11 | $12m | $3.1m |
| Software CN4170570 |
NEO4J INC | limited tender | 2025-06-30 to 2028-07-31 | $8.7m | $2.8m |
| ICT Hardware and Support Services CN3977539 |
Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited | open tender | 2023-06-01 to 2028-05-31 | $13m | $2.7m |
| Network Service CN3986236 |
ATTURRA | open tender | 2023-06-09 to 2028-06-30 | $13m was $1.7m |
$2.6m |
| ICT Hardware and Support Services CN3977516 |
Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited | open tender | 2023-06-01 to 2028-05-31 | $13m | $2.5m |
| Software CN4155157 |
PING IDENTITY CORP | limited tender | 2025-06-02 to 2028-06-15 | $7.6m was $7.6m |
$2.5m |
| Commercial Advice CN4217034 |
SHREWD SERVICES | open tender | 2026-01-16 to 2030-01-15 | $7.2m | $1.8m |
| Software Maintenance and Support CN4114217 |
BAE SYSTEMS DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE PTY LIMITED | limited tender | 2024-10-01 to 2027-06-30 | $4.8m | $1.8m |
| ICT Support CN4172725 |
AMAZON WEB SERVICES AUSTRALIA | limited tender | 2025-07-17 to 2028-07-16 | $5.3m | $1.8m |
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 $73m across 301 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $24k on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $27m 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 | $24k 1 contract |
$808m 1755 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $1.1m 4 contracts |
$883m 1959 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $938k 3 contracts |
$669m 1850 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $1.3m 14 contracts |
$424m 1996 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 |
|---|---|
| Yardstick Advisory Pty Ltd | $24k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Data 3 Group | $57m |
| Boeing Defence Australia Ltd | $51m |
| VMware Australia Pty Ltd | $37m |
| DXC Technology Australia Pty Limited | $31m |
| Whizdom Pty Ltd | $30m |
| Keane Consulting Pty Ltd | $30m |
| Leidos Australia Pty Limited | $30m |
| Splunk Services Singapore Pte Ltd | $24m |
| Nominet Australia Pty Ltd | $19m |
| Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited | $19m |