Government work for facilities management.
Cleaning, grounds, property and building services businesses that keep government sites running. The published record holds 788 contract notices across 4 categories that make up this work, $10,493,612,070 of it with a published value. Below: the buyers that award it, the notices, and where Helm fits.
How this work is bought
Facilities work is usually let on term contracts by the agency or council that occupies the site, often through a panel first and an open tender when the panel expires. The published record shows which buyers let this work and which suppliers hold it; the closing dates on the open tenders are where the next term is decided.
The categories on this page: Property management services, Building Trade & Repairs & Maintenance Services, Lease and rental of property or building, Environmental management.
Buyers that award facilities management work
By notice count, as published; disclosed values are the sum of the notices that publish one.
| buyers | notices | disclosed value |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defence | 287 | A$7,334,381,906 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | 71 | A$110,681,824 |
| Department of Education | 53 | not published |
| Department of Finance | 46 | A$90,341,512 |
| QBuild | 36 | not published |
| Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 35 | A$897,293,449 |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | 28 | A$183,801,179 |
| Services Australia | 27 | A$135,710,509 |
| Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts | 18 | A$28,947,926 |
| Bureau of Meteorology | 17 | A$26,898,154 |
Recent contract notices
Where Helm fits
Helm watches the open tenders on the portals it is licensed to read and scores each one 0 to 100 against your capability statement, every point named. The award record above is the same record the score uses for buyer history. Open the live tenders or start free and set your profile to this work.
Guides for this work
Records refreshed 23 September 2026 with Helm's daily ingest.
Contract notice data from AusTender (tenders.gov.au) weekly exports, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU via data.gov.au.
Awarded tender data from QTenders (qtenders.hpw.qld.gov.au), Queensland Government, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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