Department of Social Services: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Department of Social Services has published 1,193 tenders in Australia.

Across 1,193 awarded contracts the median value is AUD 143k.

Its published awards total AUD 7.3bn.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Department of Social Services's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

They publish about 24.1 tenders a month, measured over 49 months of history.
Half of their 1,193 awarded contracts are worth AUD 143k or less — size your bid to that range.
Their most frequent suppliers are Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd (29), Sparke Helmore Lawyers (21), Clayton Utz (20) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Language Services	SA Group Enterprises Incorporated	-	AUD 10.8k
Legal services	Maddocks	-	AUD 33.8k
Creative design and editorial services	Culture HQ Pty Ltd	-	AUD 132k
Legal services	Maddocks	-	AUD 13.4k
ICT services	Algorithmic Finance	-	AUD 193.3k
Corporate objectives services	Ernst & Young	-	AUD 586.8k

Contracts are dated by the tender's closing date — award dates are not published in the source data.

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd	29	AUD 18.1m
Sparke Helmore Lawyers	21	AUD 8.8m
Clayton Utz	20	AUD 4.6m
Jones Lang LaSalle (ACT) Pty Ltd	17	AUD 61.2m
The Australian National University	16	AUD 4.3m
King & Wood Mallesons	16	AUD 2.4m
Info Access Group Pty Ltd	15	AUD 1.4m
Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Ltd	14	AUD 3.3m