The Australian Government’s AusTenders website is a centralised publication of Australian Government business opportunities, annual procurement plans and contracts awarded. You can either manually search periodically or register to be notified of new opportunities that fit your search criteria.

For digital products and services, the Australian Government provides a platform for all federal, state and local government opportunities via their Digital Marketplace.

In addition, each state and territory government has its own agency responsible for tenders and contracts. This is suitable for businesses looking for state-specific contracts as opposed to nationwide opportunities. If you wish to apply for tenders in multiple states, you’ll need to register with each state individually.

• Australian Capital Territory: ACT Tenders
• NSW: NSW eTenders
• Northern Territory: NTGov Tenders
• Queensland: QTenders
• South Australia: SA Tenders and Contracts
• Tasmania: Tasmanian Government Tenders
• Victoria: TendersVic
• Western Australia: TendersWA

Many councils advertise procurement opportunities on their individual websites. The following are also worth investigating, in addition to the state and federal websites listed above..

• Queensland: Local Buy, Qld Local Government
• NSW: eTendering
• Northern Territory: LGANT eTendering
• South Australia: LGA Procurement, Current Tender Opportunities
• Tasmania: LGAT E-Tendering
• Victoria: TenderLink
• Western Australia: WA Industry Link

The ACT does not have a separate local government tier, tender opportunities are published through the ACT Government (see State Government above).

ICN: A business-to-business marketplace designed to rapidly link suppliers and buyers. ICN is a procurement and supply chain network designed to connect businesses and projects across Australia and New Zealand. It was created to increase economic activity and employment opportunities for local industries, and is funded by both countries’ federal and state governments. Their ICN Gateway platform was recently developed to facilitate B2B connections.

Australian Tenders: A private database of tender opportunities designed to help businesses find new tenders relevant to their industry quickly and easily. They currently have in excess of 1,000 tenders listed, with hundreds of new tenders added weekly.

Tenders.Net: Another private database offering access to thousands of tender opportunities.

CoreLogic: Offers connection to residential, commercial, industrial, community, engineering and mining projects via their paid database, Cordell Connect.

TenderSearch: A privately owned tender notification, bid management and e-tender portal provider of tender opportunities.

illion TenderLink: A tendering portal and marketplace for tender opportunities across Australia and New Zealand.

Black Business Finder: An online database designed to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses access to major projects in Queensland.