Australia tender market report, September 2026
Published 22 Oct 2026 · computed by FreeTender from 745 notices
- Notices published
- 745
- +273% vs August 2026
- Still open
- 259
- at the time of this report
- Median bid window
- 29 days
- middle half: 23–37 days
- With a stated value
- 0
- 0% of notices
Summary
In September 2026, FreeTender recorded 745 new procurement notices from buyers in Australia (+273% on August 2026). The largest sector was Construction & Infrastructure with 180 notices (24% of the total). The fastest growing was Construction & Infrastructure, up 362% to 180. Half of all notices gave bidders 29 days or less to respond. Wednesday was the busiest publishing day (22% of notices).
Notices by sector
- Construction & Infrastructure180 notices+362%
- Water & Environment96 notices+284%
- Transport & Logistics59 notices+556%
- Sports, Recreation & Events58 notices+544%
- Education & Training51 notices+183%
- Financial & Professional Services47 notices+213%
- Healthcare & Pharma30 notices+173%
- IT & Telecom26 notices+333%
- Real Estate & Facilities24 notices+140%
- Agriculture & Food18 notices+157%
- Media, Printing & Advertising18 notices+800%
- Manufacturing & Supply17 notices+240%
- Defence & Security17 notices+325%
- Facility Management & Cleaning13 notices+225%
- Social Development & Inclusion10 notices+900%
Change is against August 2026.
How buyers tendered
- Open tender418 notices
- Grant / funding call228 notices
- Expression of interest32 notices
- rfi18 notices
- Request for quotation17 notices
- Prequalification13 notices
- Request for proposal11 notices
- Standing arrangement5 notices
- Contract award3 notices
Publishing day
- Monday161 notices
- Tuesday131 notices
- Wednesday167 notices
- Thursday125 notices
- Friday111 notices
- Saturday22 notices
- Sunday28 notices
Most active buyers in Australia
- Department of Defence - DSRG26 notices
- Barcaldine Regional Council13 notices
- QBuild12 notices
- City of Ballarat12 notices
- Department of Education10 notices
- Latrobe City Council9 notices
- Maranoa Regional Council8 notices
- Townsville City Council7 notices
Other months
Method: counts are notices first published in the month, by the buyer's country, across all sources FreeTender reads. Bid window means days from publication to the deadline. Coverage grows as we add sources, so part of any rise can be new coverage rather than new demand. You may quote these figures with a link to this page. The underlying rows are in our open dataset.