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Published long after it started
- What it measures
- The contract notice was published more than six months after the contract’s start date.
- When it applies
- Publication more than 180 days after the start date, for contracts worth $100,000 or more. AusTender does not publish the date a contract was signed, so we measure from the start date and allow a wide margin. Notices published in a batch are counted under “Published late in a batch” instead.
- Why it matters
- The Commonwealth Procurement Rules require agencies to report contracts on AusTender within 42 days of entering into them.
- Common explanations
- A start date set earlier than signing, to cover work under an earlier arrangement. A lease or agreement republished under a new notice when it was renewed or varied. Administrative delay in reporting.
By agency
| Agency | Contracts | Amount involved |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 17 | $642m |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 64 | $300m |
| Department of Defence | 130 | $235m |
| Services Australia | 55 | $162m |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | 37 | $95m |
| National Gallery of Australia | 7 | $89m |
| Director of National Parks | 16 | $78m |
| CSIRO | 52 | $73m |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program | 12 | $63m |
| Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation | 7 | $46m |
| Australian Federal Police | 29 | $43m |
| Grains Research and Development Corporation | 29 | $43m |
| National Museum of Australia | 5 | $34m |
| Australian Digital Health Agency | 22 | $34m |
| Future Fund Management Agency | 21 | $26m |
Contracts
Contracts published in 2025-26 and 2026-27 to date, largest amount first; showing the first 100. Contracts with suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals but not listed (why).
| Contract | Agency | Published | Detail | Amount involved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Lease - 50 Marcus Clarke St Canberra ACT 2600 CN4265574 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-07-31 | published 5912 days after start | $282m |
| Lease - 50 Marcus Clarke St Canberra ACT 2600 CN4265580 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-07-31 | published 1894 days after start | $246m |
| Property Lease CN4262207 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2026-07-18 | published 6954 days after start | $134m |
| Integrated Capital Works Package-B, Head Contractor CN4254034 |
National Gallery of Australia | 2026-06-29 | published 327 days after start | $79m |
| Cost Recovery Payments for Infrastructure, Information Technology, Sec… CN4219999 |
Director of National Parks | 2026-02-17 | published 231 days after start | $47m |
| Property Lease, Level 9, 10, 11 and 12, 300 George Street,Brisbane CN4266410 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-08-05 | published 612 days after start | $41m |
| Mekong-Australia Partnership Phase 2 Support Unit CN4277136 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program | 2026-09-16 | published 561 days after start | $38m |
| Maintenance and Support of ICT Equipment CN4181353 |
Department of Defence | 2025-08-19 | published 1072 days after start | $34m |
| Property Lease Canberra CN4181628 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2025-08-20 | published 292 days after start | $33m |
| Property Lease Brisbane CN4221196 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2026-02-20 | published 235 days after start | $33m |
| Governing Work Order - Implementation Services CN4178740 |
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation | 2025-08-11 | published 299 days after start | $32m |
| Deployable Bulk Fuel Distribution CN4222052 |
Department of Defence | 2026-02-26 | published 1073 days after start | $29m |
| VHC SP - Veterans' Home Care Services CN4186747 |
Department of Veterans' Affairs | 2025-09-09 | published 826 days after start | $29m |
| Office Lease - Level 3,4 and 5 360 Elizabeth Street CN4266648 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-08-05 | published 673 days after start | $19m |
| Cleaning contract for National Museum of Australia. CN4282881 |
National Museum of Australia | 2026-10-16 | published 1416 days after start | $19m |
| Property Lease CN4274443 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2026-09-04 | published 2279 days after start | $19m |
| Lease from DISR CN4214057 |
CSIRO | 2026-01-19 | published 202 days after start | $17m |
| Oracle Exadata CN4273267 |
Australian Digital Health Agency | 2026-08-31 | published 258 days after start | $16m |
| Capability Development Services CN4184542 |
Department of Defence | 2025-09-01 | published 488 days after start | $15m |
| Storage Containers CN4171113 |
Department of Defence | 2025-07-18 | published 666 days after start | $15m |
| Predicting nitrogen cycling and losses in Australian cropping systems… CN3885616 |
Grains Research and Development Corporation | 2026-02-12 | published 1333 days after start | $15m |
| DMS248- ICT Program delivery Support Services CN4168393 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2025-07-09 | published 282 days after start | $14m |
| Provision of leasing arrangement CN4267435 |
Australian Federal Police | 2026-08-07 | published 1314 days after start | $14m |
| Industry Prototype CN4183469 |
Department of Defence | 2025-08-27 | published 517 days after start | $14m |
| Cost Recovery Payments for Infrastructure, Information Technology, Sec… CN4170870 |
Director of National Parks | 2025-07-16 | published 380 days after start | $14m |
| Property Lease CN4168694 |
Services Australia | 2025-07-10 | published 3478 days after start | $14m |
| Aircraft Services CN4180192 |
Department of Defence | 2025-08-15 | published 2967 days after start | $13m |
| Office Leave - 100 Waymouth St, Level 3,4,5 and 6 CN4266421 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-08-05 | published 400 days after start | $13m |
| Security guarding and mobile patrol services CN4245370 |
National Museum of Australia | 2026-05-29 | published 1489 days after start | $13m |
| Engineering Service CN4234772 |
Department of Defence | 2026-04-24 | published 1387 days after start | $13m |
| ICT Hardware Maintenance CN4175303 |
Services Australia | 2025-07-31 | published 1582 days after start | $12m |
| Lease to CSIRO - Dutton Park (Boggo Road) CN4263222 |
CSIRO | 2026-07-23 | published 5799 days after start | $12m |
| VHC SP - Veterans' Home Care Services CN4186748 |
Department of Veterans' Affairs | 2025-09-09 | published 698 days after start | $12m |
| operational security services CN4191563 |
Australian National Maritime Museum | 2025-09-30 | published 799 days after start | $12m |
| Software CN4261199 |
Services Australia | 2026-07-15 | published 1901 days after start | $11m |
| Property Lease, Level 2, 1 Giffnock Ave, Macquarie Park NSW 2113 CN4267393 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-08-07 | published 937 days after start | $11m |
| Chancery Lease agreement CN4201958 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2025-11-14 | published 1778 days after start | $11m |
| Property Lease CN4253093 |
Services Australia | 2026-06-24 | published 190 days after start | $11m |
| BAU - Lease for Ingleburn - 7 Williamson Road CN4187089 |
Australian Electoral Commission | 2025-09-10 | published 1444 days after start | $11m |
| VHC SP - Veterans' Home Care Services CN4179010 |
Department of Veterans' Affairs | 2025-08-12 | published 798 days after start | $11m |
| VHC SP - Veterans' Home Care Services CN4179011 |
Department of Veterans' Affairs | 2025-08-12 | published 670 days after start | $10m |
| Gender, Equality, Disability and Scoial Inclusion (GEDSI) Support Unit CN4274080 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program | 2026-09-03 | published 265 days after start | $10m |
| Property Lease CN4259097 |
Services Australia | 2026-07-08 | published 229 days after start | $10m |
| Application Support Managed Services CN4185528 |
Future Fund Management Agency | 2025-09-04 | published 216 days after start | $9.8m |
| Chancery rental CN4216420 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2026-01-30 | published 1073 days after start | $9.6m |
| Property Lease CN4202684 |
Services Australia | 2025-11-19 | published 248 days after start | $9.3m |
| Property Lease CN4237991 |
Services Australia | 2026-05-06 | published 247 days after start | $8.9m |
| ePASS Software Licensing & Maintenance Agreement CN4256007 |
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation | 2026-06-30 | published 5116 days after start | $8.8m |
| Project Design Services CN4213554 |
Department of Defence | 2026-01-16 | published 1159 days after start | $8.8m |
| Design and Construction of Campus Service Corridor Phase 2 CN4174054 |
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation | 2025-07-28 | published 221 days after start | $8.6m |
| Jervis Bay Territory Water Pipeline CN4184603 |
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | 2025-09-01 | published 207 days after start | $8.6m |
| Domestic Leasing CN4269943 |
Department of Defence | 2026-08-18 | published 655 days after start | $8.4m |
| Leasing and Rental of Property or Building CN4227501 |
Department of Industry, Science and Resources | 2026-03-24 | published 266 days after start | $8.3m |
| Property Lease CN4175305 |
Services Australia | 2025-07-31 | published 2992 days after start | $7.9m |
| Lease of Property CN4178406 |
Australian Digital Health Agency | 2025-08-08 | published 341 days after start | $7.6m |
| New Internal Cafe CN4281085 |
National Gallery of Australia | 2026-10-07 | published 266 days after start | $7.6m |
| Microsoft VSA5 CN4183441 |
Federal Court of Australia | 2025-08-27 | published 1153 days after start | $7.5m |
| Mechanical upgrades CN4258766 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2026-07-08 | published 296 days after start | $7.1m |
| Sydney Container Examination Facility Project CN4188719 |
Department of Home Affairs | 2025-09-16 | published 293 days after start | $7.0m |
| Commercial Lease - Base property rent CN4255671 |
Austrade | 2026-06-30 | published 272 days after start | $6.9m |
| Blood Safe eLearning CN4249186 |
National Blood Authority | 2026-06-23 | published 1118 days after start | $6.7m |
| Provision of SaaS and support services. CN4264220 |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | 2026-07-27 | published 2869 days after start | $6.2m |
| Property Lease CN4196594 |
Services Australia | 2025-10-23 | published 237 days after start | $6.1m |
| Provision of Enabling Services CN4219991 |
Director of National Parks | 2026-02-17 | published 231 days after start | $6.0m |
| Supply of Low Vision Aids and Appliances (Non-Optical) and Associated… CN4197358 |
Department of Veterans' Affairs | 2025-10-27 | published 2248 days after start | $5.6m |
| Property Lease CN4207246 |
Services Australia | 2025-12-10 | published 264 days after start | $5.6m |
| Financial Services CN4244722 |
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | 2026-05-27 | published 330 days after start | $5.6m |
| Property Lease CN4226351 |
Services Australia | 2026-03-18 | published 1142 days after start | $5.4m |
| Commercial lease CN4284107 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2026-10-21 | published 2029 days after start | $5.3m |
| BAU - Lease for Eaton - 11 Osgood Drive CN4175585 |
Australian Electoral Commission | 2025-07-31 | published 1276 days after start | $5.0m |
| Property Lease CN4283949 |
Services Australia | 2026-10-21 | published 546 days after start | $5.0m |
| Schedule 1 under the MoU between Cancer Australia and the AIHW. The AI… CN4177224 |
Cancer Australia | 2025-08-07 | published 430 days after start | $5.0m |
| Property Lease CN4213587 |
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | 2026-01-16 | published 229 days after start | $5.0m |
| Office lease CN4282725 |
Australian Bureau of Statistics | 2026-10-16 | published 229 days after start | $5.0m |
| Provision of property lease CN4266019 |
Australian Federal Police | 2026-08-03 | published 1138 days after start | $4.6m |
| Supply of equipment CN4178512 |
Australian Federal Police | 2025-08-08 | published 679 days after start | $4.4m |
| Vehicle Components CN4265288 |
Department of Defence | 2026-07-30 | published 958 days after start | $4.4m |
| Provision of management advisory services CN4234877 |
Australian Federal Police | 2026-04-24 | published 297 days after start | $4.4m |
| Property Lease CN4213591 |
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission | 2026-01-16 | published 1356 days after start | $4.4m |
| Lease to CSIRO - Bribie Island, QLD CN4263230 |
CSIRO | 2026-07-23 | published 5413 days after start | $4.3m |
| Property Operating Expenses CN4186303 |
Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman | 2025-09-08 | published 244 days after start | $4.3m |
| Disaster assistance response team Australia team 1 Partnership CN4181858 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program | 2025-08-20 | published 433 days after start | $4.2m |
| Disaster assistance response team Australia team 1 Partnership CN4181860 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program | 2025-08-20 | published 433 days after start | $4.2m |
| Disaster assistance response team Australia Partnering (Asia Pacific) CN4274634 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Australian Aid Program | 2026-09-07 | published 816 days after start | $4.2m |
| Car Park Licence - Garema Court CN4267406 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-08-07 | published 5241 days after start | $4.1m |
| Research Seed Mulitplication program CN4272962 |
Grains Research and Development Corporation | 2026-08-31 | published 756 days after start | $4.1m |
| Provision of Enabling Services CN4184625 |
Director of National Parks | 2025-09-01 | published 427 days after start | $4.0m |
| Property Lease CN4244062 |
Services Australia | 2026-05-27 | published 330 days after start | $4.0m |
| Property Lease CN4193200 |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 2025-10-08 | published 891 days after start | $3.9m |
| Land Purchase CN4213227 |
CSIRO | 2026-01-14 | published 194 days after start | $3.9m |
| Multimedia Hardware Services CN4264473 |
Australian War Memorial | 2026-07-28 | published 491 days after start | $3.8m |
| New Lease - 108 Wakefield Street, Adelaide CN4266428 |
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 2026-08-05 | published 1434 days after start | $3.8m |
| ICT Services CN4210216 |
Department of Defence | 2025-12-19 | published 445 days after start | $3.8m |
| Labour Hire CN4191624 |
Services Australia | 2025-09-30 | published 736 days after start | $3.6m |
| Cloud Backup Services CN4182140 |
Services Australia | 2025-08-22 | published 428 days after start | $3.6m |
| Lease - State Office Level 8 - Perth WA CN4280781 |
Department of Veterans' Affairs | 2026-10-06 | published 366 days after start | $3.6m |
| Annual Assessed Contribution 2025 CN4245495 |
Department of Home Affairs | 2026-05-29 | published 513 days after start | $3.5m |
| Variation 17 to utilise available extension period. CN4252380 |
National Archives of Australia | 2026-06-22 | published 915 days after start | $3.5m |
| VHC SP - Veterans' Home Care Services CN4200776 |
Department of Veterans' Affairs | 2025-11-11 | published 889 days after start | $3.4m |
| Provision of police services CN4225206 |
Australian Federal Police | 2026-03-13 | published 190 days after start | $3.3m |