Government work for ICT and software.
Software, cloud, IT services and hardware suppliers selling to government. The published record holds 1,948 contract notices across 7 categories that make up this work, $13,214,766,860 of it with a published value. Below: the buyers that award it, the notices, and where Helm fits.
How this work is bought
ICT is bought through open tenders, the federal digital marketplace, and standing panels; software and cloud services are among the largest categories in the record. Helm watches the marketplace and the portals, scores the open approaches against your capability statement, and shows the buyers that award this category most.
The categories on this page: Computer services, Software, Software as a Service (SaaS - Cloud), Information technology consultation services, Software maintenance and support, Data services, Hardware.
Buyers that award ICT and software work
By notice count, as published; disclosed values are the sum of the notices that publish one.
| buyers | notices | disclosed value |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defence | 496 | A$5,123,503,947 |
| Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 231 | A$173,600,029 |
| Department of Home Affairs | 172 | A$218,449,440 |
| Services Australia | 138 | A$538,115,671 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 52 | A$343,002,823 |
| Australian Taxation Office | 49 | A$2,874,983,684 |
| Australian Securities and Investments Commission | 46 | A$50,757,883 |
| Department of Health, Disability and Ageing | 39 | A$2,123,201,965 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 37 | A$113,575,204 |
| Department of Finance | 25 | A$36,776,088 |
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 13 September 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.
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