Historical Australian Government Contract Notice Data

Brief description

This is the historical contract notice (CN) data reported by Australian Government
agencies for the years 1999 to 2020. The CN data has been sourced from
the Gazette Publishing System (GaPS) for the years 1999 to 2006-07, inclusive,
and from the AusTender from 1 July 2007 onwards.

Effective 1 July 2007, mandatory contract reporting was transferred to
AusTender [www.tenders.gov.au](http://www.tenders.gov.au/) . Notices of
contracts that were active at 1 July 2007 were migrated to AusTender and will
therefore appear in both databases. These records are identifiable on
AusTender by the GaPS ID reference. The reporting requirements for GaPS differed from those for AusTender reporting in terms of value thresholds, industry sector codes and contract confidentiality. For further information please contact the AusTender Help Desk at [tenders@finance.gov.au](mailto:tenders@finance.gov.au).

The CN data reflects contractual information reported by entities in accordance with entities' procurement publishing obligations. Please note that the data contained within each file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is varied. The contract values on AusTender represent the total maximum value of each contract over its life, including where contracts span multiple years. AusTender data does not reflect annual expenditure.
There is a Data Dictionary available for AusTender Contract Notice information which provides a full list of all the Contract Notice dataset field names and explains the data type, whether it is mandatory, and contains a description to provide further context for the data.

New contracts and contract amendments published within the last eighteen (18) months can be found by perusing the weekly [AusTender Contract Notice Export
files](http://data.gov.au/dataset/austender-contract-notice-export/).

Contracts reported on AusTender are categorised under the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) which is reviewed and updated periodically. The UNSPSC is selected by an entity when reporting a contract to reflect the primary purpose of the contract. Below is a list of goods and services category codes used by Australian Government agencies to code their open approaches to market and contracts awarded for publication on AusTender. Code numbers starting with the prefixes **43 a Information Technology, Broadcasting and Telecommunications** and **81 a Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services** apply in the main to Information and Communications Technology related contracts, primarily ICT goods and services respectively.

AusTender Contract Notice data is also available as an Application Programming Interface (API) which provides CN data in the [Open Contracting Data Standard](http://standard.open-contracting.org/) (OCDS) schema.

Full description

AusTender Customised UNSPSC Codeset 1 July 2023.xlsx - AusTender, the Commonwealth Government’s procurement information system www.tenders.gov.au, uses a subset of the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC) to categorise Commonwealth Government procurements. Agencies apply the goods and services category codes to their Planned Procurements (PPs), open Approaches to Market (ATMs), Standing Offer Notices (SONs), and Contract Notices (CNs), as they are published on AusTender. The information supports analysis and policy development in relation to the Government procurement market.
2019-20 Australian Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Australian Government agencies during 2019-20. Please note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is amended.
AusTender CNs published up to 30 August 2019 - This snapshot contains the Procurement Contract Notice data published on AusTender by Australian Government agencies up until the 30th of August 2019.\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is amended
2018-19 Australian Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Australian Government agencies during 2018-19. Please note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is amended.
2017-18 Australian Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Australian Government agencies during 2017-18.\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is amended.\r\n
2016-2017 Australian Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Australian Government agencies during the 2016-2017 financial year.\r\n\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is varied.\r\n
2016 Calendar Year Commonwealth Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Commonwealth Government agencies during the 2016 calendar year.\r\n\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is varied.\r\n
2015-2016 Commonwealth Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Commonwealth Government agencies during the 2015-2016 financial year.\r\n\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is varied.\r\n
2014-2015 Commonwealth Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Commonwealth Government agencies during the 2014-2015 financial year.\r\n\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is varied.
2014-2015 Commonwealth Government Contract Data - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Commonwealth Government agencies during the 2014-2015 financial year.\r\n\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is varied.
Data Dictionary - Contract Notice - Details of the field names located in the AusTender Contract Notice Dataset
Contract Notice (API) - Open Contracting Data Standard - The APIs return AusTender contract notice (CN) data in the OCDS-compliant schema, and includes data published from 1 January 2013.\r\n\r\nThere are various Contract Notice API calls available:\r\n\r\nSearch by Contract Notice ID\r\n\r\nSearch by Contract Notice Published Date\r\n\r\nSearch by Contract Notice Start Date\r\n\r\nSearch by Contract Notice End Date\r\n\r\nSearch by Contract Notice Latest Modified Date\r\n\r\nDetailed documentation for the API can be found on https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/austender/ocds-api/1.1#/\r\n
AusTender CNs published up to 28 August 2018 -
AusTender CNs published up to 3 January 2018 -
2016-17 CNs published up to 11 September 2017 - This is the procurement contract notice data published on AusTender by Australian Government agencies during the 2016-2017 financial year and includes data up to 11 September 2017.\r\n\r\nPlease note that the data contained within the file was correct at the time of extraction. Data may change over time as agencies undertake data quality assurance processes or as contract information is varied.
AusTender CNs published up to 30 June 2017 -
AusTender CNs published up to 19 September 2016 -
AusTender CNs published up to 31 December 2015 -
GaPS Contracts Export -