Australian government tenders

Know if a tender is worth it before you write a word.

Send us any federal, state or territory tender. You get a free bid/no-bid memo: what the buyer wants, what you're missing, and our honest call.

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Bid/no-bid memo

Example · fictional tender

Grounds maintenance for regional depots · Request for tender

Bid, if you can show two similar contracts.You meet 3 of the 4 conditions for participation.

Closes: Thu 3 Dec 2026, 2:00 pm ACT local time
1:00 pm in Brisbane, 11:00 am in Perth
Must-haves: Met: ABN, WHS management system, Working with Children checks. Missing: $20 million public liability cover (you hold $10 million).
How it's scored: Capability 40% · Price 30% · Past work 20% · Local jobs 10%
Writing time: About 3 days, plus 1 for the pricing schedule

Two things we draft

One for businesses chasing government work, one for the people running the local fundraiser.

For businesses

Tender memos

Federal agencies and state and territory departments. Send the link, get a free bid/no-bid memo, and decide with the facts in front of you.

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For community groups

Event drafts

Working bees, sausage sizzles, street Christmas parties. Pick the event and get the invite, the run sheet and the shopping list, sized to your headcount.

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What's in a memo

One page you can read in five minutes, built from the tender's own documents.

The conditions for participation, checked against your business. Miss one and the bid is out before it's scored.
How the bid will be scored, with the weightings the documents give.
The closing time in your own time zone. AusTender closes in ACT local time, so in summer a 2:00 pm close is 1:00 pm in Brisbane and 11:00 am in Perth.
The paperwork to gather now: insurance certificates, policies, referees, the pricing schedule.
Our call, bid or don't, and why. A no costs you nothing either.