Government work for civil and construction.
Civil contractors, builders and trade contractors pricing government construction, maintenance and repair work. The published record holds 1,342 contract notices across 4 categories that make up this work, $36,370,157,432 of it with a published value. Below: the buyers that award it, the notices, and where Helm fits.
How this work is bought
Construction work reaches suppliers three ways: open tenders on the portals, panels and prequalified registers that agencies draw from without a public tender, and packages let by head contractors on major projects. The award record below is the first of those, as published by the buyers; Helm watches the open tenders and links every one to the portal it lives on.
The categories on this page: Building construction and support and maintenance and repair services, Construction & Operation, Building Trade & Repairs & Maintenance Services, Building Trade & Repairs & Maintenance Services, Construction & Operation.
Buyers that award civil and construction work
By notice count, as published; disclosed values are the sum of the notices that publish one.
| buyers | notices | disclosed value |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defence | 655 | A$34,052,496,981 |
| QBuild | 176 | not published |
| Department of Education | 94 | not published |
| CSIRO | 31 | A$638,023,978 |
| Australian Federal Police | 31 | A$62,332,636 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 27 | A$59,037,576 |
| Department of Parliamentary Services | 27 | A$321,569,227 |
| Department of Transport and Main Roads - North Qld | 20 | not published |
| Department of Transport and Main Roads | 14 | not published |
| Queensland Parliament: Parliamentary Service | 14 | not published |
Recent contract notices
Where Helm fits
Helm watches the open tenders on the portals it is licensed to read and scores each one 0 to 100 against your capability statement, every point named. The award record above is the same record the score uses for buyer history. Open the live tenders or start free and set your profile to this work.
Guides for this work
Records refreshed 28 October 2026 with Helm's daily ingest.
Contract notice data from AusTender (tenders.gov.au) weekly exports, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU via data.gov.au.
Awarded tender data from QTenders (qtenders.hpw.qld.gov.au), Queensland Government, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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