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Weekly AusTender Intelligence
Deep dives on government procurement, and the opportunities everyone else is missing.
587 Planned Procurements: What the Government Is Buying Next
We pulled the full Annual Procurement Plan from AusTender — 587 planned procurements across 53 agencies. Defence dominates at 26%, construction leads all categories, and a third of the pipeline is hitting the market this quarter.
Read moreWeek of 9 February 2026
Solar panel recycling goes national at $24.7M, DFAT drops $40.8M for Pacific Security College Phase II, and Parliament House needs someone to paint 70,000 square metres of wall.
Read moreHow We Actually Build a Bid Accelerator Report (And Why We Don't Trust General-Purpose AI to Do It)
We get asked a lot: can't I just upload my tender docs to ChatGPT? Short answer: you can try. Here's what we learned, and how we built something that doesn't hallucinate your compliance requirements.
Read moreWeek of 26 February 2026
Submarines and drones: the government is putting serious money into building sovereign capability. Plus $50M for remote infrastructure at Mutitjulu, and $100M for First Nations water rights.
Read moreThe Algorithm is Reading Your Bid: What's Actually Happening Inside Federal Government AI
The DTA is already using AI to assess Digital Marketplace applications. Here's what's actually running inside government right now, and what it means for your next tender submission.
Read moreWeek of 20 January 2026
The ATO drops a billion-dollar contact centre tender, Defence spending hits $1.1B across 19 contracts, and some monster deadlines are closing this week.
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