The Commission advertises open tenders and expressions of interest on the Australian Government tendering website AusTender, in accordance with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Suppliers interested in tendering opportunities are encouraged to visit and follow the AusTender website.
Annual Procurement Plan
The Annual Procurement Plans for the Commission can be found on the AusTender website.
Commonwealth Information – Selling to Government
For further advice on how to sell to the Commonwealth, the following resources are provided by the Department of Finance:
The Commission is committed to supporting sustainable procurement that emphasise Commonwealth best practices. The Commission undertakes procurement in accordance with the following Government policies:
Mandated usage of Whole of Government panels that include services such as travel, office supplies, ICT services and property management via existing arrangements.
Support the importance of paying suppliers on time, particularly Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as defined in the Resource Management Guide 417.
Support of Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP) in order to stimulate entrepreneurship and business development. Mandated for procurements estimated between $80K to $200K and general considerations of the IPP across all transactions.
Principals focused towards Workplace Gender Equality, Modern Slavery, and Economic Benefit to the Australian economy including the Black Economy Procurement connected policies considerations for large value procurement.