The Top 5 Australian Government procurement market intelligence platforms

By Felix Barbalet

May 2025

The Australian government procurement market represents a substantial field of opportunity for businesses of all sizes. Annually, federal and state government entities award contracts worth billions of dollars for a vast array of goods and services.

I’m often asked about this, so here’s a list with some details about all of the Australian Government procurement market intelligence platforms I know of.

1. AusTender (and State Government Portals)

If you haven’t seen AusTender before, it is the official and primary source for Federal Government procurement information.

I’ve placed it at Number 1 because all tender information platforms pull their data from AusTender
(and the state/territory equivalents).

It serves as a centralized hub, built over 10 years ago, offering businesses a direct insight into government purchasing activities.

Despite its central role, AusTender has been the subject of considerable public criticism and scrutiny from various bodies, including the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), parliamentary committees, industry stakeholders, and small business advocates. These critiques highlight several key areas where the platform and the processes it supports fall short.

The sheer volume of data and the way search filters operate (having a cumulative effect, potentially over-limiting results if not carefully configured) can also make it difficult for users. Additionally, some AusTender reports may not be fully responsive on mobile devices, limiting accessibility for users on the go.

The very existence of a market for third-party platforms offering a “better user experience”, among other things, points to these underlying usability deficits.

State Government portals share some of the same criticisms, and many users just want a single place where they can quickly and easily find all published Government Procurement outcomes.

2. LoveMeTender

LoveMeTender is the OG of Tender Portals - it was built by Daniel McNamara back in 2013 as part of the GovHack competition.

It doesn’t have State or Territory Government data, and some of the more recent Federal data might be missing because it uses the weekly tender notices, which don’t include corrections to earlier published notices.

It also doesn’t draw on other data sources to clean up the Names of businesses against their ABN registrations, but Daniel did implement a neat algorithm that chooses the most commonly occurring name for each ABN in the dataset.

It also has an email subscription option where you can subscribe to updates for a particular search of results.

While its definitely showing it’s age, it’s still popular with lots of people who just want a slightly better way to search/visualise tender outcomes.

All up, Daniel needs to be commended for keeping it running for so long as a free resource to help people understand Government spending.

3. Intermedium

Intermedium is an Enterprise-focussed researcher of government use of ICT and digital technology.

It was founded in 2004 by Judy Hurdich, who is well respected by anyone working in Government Procurement in Australia.

Intermedium is a full service offering, providing trend information via online dashboards, detailed research reports and short research articles on a subscription basis.

So, analytical think pieces and market research reports, put together by expert analysts. It does cover all levels of Government across Australia and in addition to the analytical research reports offers regular networking and expert panel events in many capital cities.

Intermedium predominantly covers the ICT sector.

In terms of Procurement Market Intelligence, they do have an in house platform, but there’s not much publicly available information on what it offers, data coverage, how often it is updated or how it works.

Intermedium does not seem to publish a price list, but as an Enterprise-focussed offering, it’s typical for you to need to contact them and ask for pricing for your organisation.

4. TenderTrace

TenderTrace is an AI start-up co-founded by Abu Odigie and Luli Adeyemo in 2021 in Sydney.

TenderTrace is another enterprise offering designed for large enterprises who can afford an expensive “white glove” service (you’ll need to contact them for pricing). They do publish a list of features for their platform on their website.

It’s clear they’ve thought about every possible use case for this data, and have built it into their platform, including a single pane of glass view with all government historical spend data, prospect lists, reports, competitor insights, advanced filtering, an email subscription option, buyer profiles and historical trends analysis.

They also have a number of references to AI on their website, and they have an AI Q&A Agent called “Tracey”.

They don’t state how often their data is updated, and whether they go back and update historical records to account for corrections published by the Government - this is actually quiet difficult, and we wouldn’t blame them for not being able to do this!

TenderTrace has a number of partnerships with media organisations and lists some of their customers on their website (although that list looks to be out of date as some of their customers have now moved to AwardedTenders dispite still showing their logos on TenderTrace).

Abu and Luli are active in the tech scene and support initiatives such as TechDiversity and have also worked with journalists to bring news articles about procurement data to the broader community.

5. AusTenderInsights

And finally, AusTenderInsights is a Federal Government-focussed platform that is priced at only $150/year (hurrah for publishing pricing!)

It’s built by Adam Evans and Adam Williamson, and as some off-shoots to their main website they’ve created pages like KPMGCashCounter which shows the days since KPMG’s last Australian Government tender.

They’ve also contributed to media articles and Adam was interviewed by ABC’s 4 Corners program on the perceived issues around consulting and in particular those related to the big 4 consulting firms.

Thanks

Thanks for reading this far!

I’m Felix. The platform you’re on right now, AwardedTenders, is my contribution to this space. I built it from the ground up to provide comprehensive Federal, State, and Territory procurement outcomes data in one accessible location. I ensure the data is updated every week, including older corrections, and provide transparent pricing alongside other important information.

I’m always happy to chat. If you have questions about the procurement intelligence landscape, or if you’re looking for a solution that consolidates Federal, State, and Territory data, please say hello.

Cheers