Original research | Open data

114 Agency Identifiers in the ICT Notice Cohort

Name: Australian Government ICT Procurement Index
Creator: David and Goliath
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/

By David and Goliath. Last updated 20 October 2026.

Australia | Financial years 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 | Initial lifetime contract commitments

The finding

The AusTender 2025-26 ICT notice cohort covers 114 procuring-entity identifiers across 7,846 original notices.

Source: David and Goliath analysis of archived Department of Finance AusTender original contract notices. Relevant sample n=7846. Definitions and reproduction method.

Method and reproduction

Rebuild the findings and aggregate downloads offline from the hash-verified compact analytical cohort, then read the latest-agencies entry in data/research/anz-government-ict/results.json.

python3 scripts/research/anz-government-ict/analyse.py

Read the methodology for the cohort definition, source licence, exclusions and exact keyword rule. The full study provides the downloadable aggregate tables and explains the separate raw-source audit.

What this means for account planning

The coverage count describes the procuring-entity identifiers represented in the selected original notices. It gives a technology vendor a defined list to investigate, with each identifier traceable to the agency download.

Start with the latest financial year in agencies.csv, then use official AusTender notices to investigate categories, suppliers and contract dates. Check the agency's current identity and procurement plans before adding it to an account list. A published contract does not establish an open buying opportunity.

The analysis counts publisher agency identifiers rather than departments, buying committees or independently verified organisations. Government restructures can change identifiers and names. Entities with no qualifying original ICT notice in this publication year are absent, so the result is not the full Australian government buyer universe.

Read the full study and download the data. Use the account-selection guide and the ABM hub to turn the evidence into a research plan.

Sources and reuse

Australian Government Department of Finance, AusTender contract notice data, CC BY 3.0 Australia. Adapted and analysed by David and Goliath. Read the licence. No government endorsement is implied.

Official AusTender API documentation. Read the methodology, definitions and limitations.

Data collected from 2026-10-19T20:59:53.817Z to 2026-10-20T00:35:25.828Z. Source response URLs, original timestamps and hashes are pinned in the research manifest. The compact derived cohort reproduces the aggregates offline; raw source recovery is a separate audit step.

Turn evidence into an account plan

Use the agency and category tables to investigate account fit, incumbent suppliers and contract timing. Historical awards do not establish an open opportunity or a future budget.

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