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Education

Department of Education

A. Non-corporate Commonwealth Entity · Material materiality · Who this agency buys from, and what expires when. The expiry pipeline is where the next tender comes from.

Contract spend

197.1$m

FY2025-26, apportioned

Contracts

512

active in FY2025-26

Supplier groups

274

resolved to parent

Apportioned contract spend, FY2025-26, amendment-adjusted, cancelled contracts excluded, straight-line by calendar day.

Contract spend over time

Department of Education's apportioned contract spend, FY2021-22 to FY2025-26, in $m. Contracts are spread across financial years by calendar day; AusTender holds nothing signed before 1 July 2018, so earlier years are understated and are not shown.

Largest suppliers

The 5 largest supplier groups by apportioned FY2025-26 value, after entity resolution, so a prime does not fragment across spellings of its own name. Values are $m of contract value apportioned to this financial year, not cash paid.
Supplier group	FY2025-26 $m
Education Services Australia Ltd	17.7
AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (ACER)	13.7
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S EDUCATION & CARE QUALITY AUTHORITY	13.7
THE SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTRE	11.3
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited	10.4

Behind this point

Full agency detail

269 more suppliers, the 100 largest listed; 161 contracts worth $234.0m expiring in the 12 months to 2 October 2027; 4 buying divisions and 14 categories.

Included: every supplier group with its parent and how it was resolved; the expiry pipeline month by month with values; the buying-division breakdown; the UNSPSC category mix; open versus limited tender share; and supplier concentration. Portfolio and national views, this agency's top line and its trend stay free for everyone.