Register of government contracts

The contracts are published on the Government tender's website.

Details of each contract must be entered into the register within 45 working days of coming into effect, and must remain on the register for 20 working days or until the contract is complete, whichever is longer.

The Government tender’s website also provides details of current tender opportunities in accordance with Premiers Memorandum 2007-01.

The contracts and tenders currently registered with respect to the Department of Customer Service (DCS) are disclosed on the Government tender's website.

Class 3 contracts

Contracts which are larger than $5m can be class 3 contracts with an increased level of disclosure.

The Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA) requires the publication of a copy of the contract document (minus commercial-in-confidence content) for all ‘class 3’ contracts on the department's website.

Copies of the class 3 contracts entered into by the Department of Customer Service (DCS) can be found on this page. See also disclosure details for these contracts on the Department's eTendering website

Please note that agencies are not required to publish the following information in their contracts register:

• commercial-in-confidence provisions of a contract;
• details of an unsuccessful tender;
• any matter that could affect public safety or security;
• any information for which there is an overriding public interest against disclosure.

Commercial-in-confidence provisions of a contract means any provisions of the contract that disclose: 

• the contractor’s financing arrangements;
• the contractor’s cost structure or profit margins;
• the contractor’s full base case financial model;
• any intellectual property in which the contractor has an interest;
• any matter the disclosure of which would place the contractor at a substantial commercial disadvantage in relation to other contractors or potential contractors, whether at present or in the future.