Selling to the Bureau

Find out about supplying goods and services to us, payment terms and procurement processes

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Opportunities to sell to us

On the AusTender website, you'll find our:

  • open tenders and expressions of interest
  • contracts and standing offers with a value of $10,000 or more.

If you are a supplier interested in tendering for opportunities with us, you can register with AusTender for specific areas of interest and receive notifications.

Rules that apply when you sell to us

As an agency of the Australian Government, we follow the Commonwealth Procurement Rules set out by the Department of Finance.

These rules apply when you sell us goods and services for our use, including:

  • consultancy and professional services
  • construction
  • contract labour hire
  • maintenance and supply contracts
  • facilities contracts and capital equipment.

For detailed information about tenders, contracts and other frequently asked questions, see the Department of Finance website:

Payment terms

Our standard terms of payment are 20 calendar days from the date that we have received a valid invoice and accepted the goods and services.

We may agree to pay on other terms. We don't usually agree to pay in advance, unless we can make equivalent savings and these are secured.

Commonwealth standard conditions of contract

We use the Commonwealth purchase order terms, available on the Department of Finance website.

Different terms and conditions can apply to some procurement activities. If so, the terms and conditions are:

  • included in the tendering documentation, or
  • offered to the supplier prior to contract.

Australian Business Number

The Bureau's Australian Business Number (ABN) is 92 637 533 532.

Procurement disclosures

Procurement information – Senate Order

List of contracts valued at $100,000 or more

Under the Senate Order for Entity Contracts, we must list all procurement contracts of $100,000 or more on the AusTender website.

We publish an updated list at the end of each financial and calendar year. The list provides details of contracts valued at $100,000 or more, that the Bureau entered:

  • during the past financial or calendar year
  • before the start of the that year, which were not completed by its end.

Our list of procurement contracts is available on the Senate Order page on the AusTender website.

You can also download the latest list of non-procurement contracts (PDF, 173.35 KB).

Confidentiality

We treat contract information as commercial-in-confidence. We publish only summary details on AusTender and this website.

If more details are requested, we use Australian Government guidelines for official witnesses to decide what information to provide.

We do not disclose information if:

  • this would be against the Privacy Act 1988 or other legislation
  • we have given an undertaking not to disclose the information.

Our costs

We absorb the cost of complying with this Senate Order as part of our existing administrative activities.

Public Interest Certificates and suspended procurements

We publish a list of any procurement contracts that, under the Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018 either:

  • have a current public interest certificate
  • are suspended while an investigation is carried out.

No procurements are under review.

Complaints about our procurement

The complaints process information on this page is a summary of our Procurement complaints guidance for suppliers (PDF, 551 KB).

Need an accessible version of this document? Contact us about your needs.

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