TenderFinder Advisory
Know the contract before the tender drops.
Fixed price advice for Australian SMEs selling to the Commonwealth. We combine 640,000 AusTender contract records with years of selling into Canberra agencies, then coach you to make your own approach. You stay in control of every contact.
in Commonwealth contracts expire in the next 12 months
of follow-on contracts went to a different supplier in our backtest
of contracts were amended after award, median growth 2.0x
Source: AusTender contract notices, TenderFinder analysis, October 2026.
Fixed price packages
Every package starts with a written scope you approve. Prices are ex GST, with the GST inclusive amount underneath.
Opportunity Brief
For: One tender you are weighing up.
- Bid or no-bid view with reasons
- Incumbent, contract history and amendments
- Likely evaluation focus and your gaps
- A one page action list
Re-compete Brief
For: A contract expiring in the next 6 to 18 months.
- Contract, buyer and incumbent profile
- Value trend and amendment history
- Re-tender timing and route to market
- Competitor field and agency buying pattern
- Who to talk to by role and how to stay within probity
- Win themes and a 10 slide pitch outline
- What to source before the RFQ
Market Entry Pack
For: Breaking into one agency or category.
- Three Re-compete Briefs on your chosen targets
- Panel and arrangement map with join dates
- Certification and partner gap plan (ISO, IRAP, Essential Eight, clearances, Indigenous partners)
- Capability statement review
- Two 60 minute coaching calls
Bid Partner
For: A live tender that closes at least 7 days out.
- Up to 6 criteria: A$1,450
- 7 to 12 criteria: A$2,450
- Complex or panel: A$3,500
- Compliance matrix
- AI first draft of every response from your evidence
- Senior review and rewrite of each criterion
- One revision round
- Debrief coaching
Government Growth Desk
For: SMEs bidding every month.
- Monthly pipeline of expiring contracts matched to you
- Up to two Re-compete Briefs a month
- A monthly 60 minute strategy call
- Bid and no-bid reviews on request
- Priority turnaround
Ad hoc advice A$220 an hour ex GST (A$242 incl GST), billed in 30 minute blocks.
Already bought an Opportunity Brief or an AI bid draft for the same tender? We credit it in full against Bid Partner if you upgrade within 14 days.
How we work
You make the contact. We coach you.
Under the Australian Government Lobbying Code of Conduct, a third party who contacts officials to influence a contract decision on a client's behalf is lobbying. We do not do that. We do not contact agency staff for you or arrange meetings. We prepare you to speak for your own business, and once a tender is live you deal only with the contact officer named in the approach to market.
- Business data only: public contract notices, annual reports and published org charts
- No personal contact lists, no paid introductions
- Prices include a written scope you approve before we start
Sample Re-compete Brief: DEWR cyber security personnel
- Contract
- CN4085787, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Incumbent
- Thales Cyber Services Australia (formerly Tesserent)
- Value
- A$2.2m at award, A$9.97m after three amendments (4.5x)
- Term
- 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2027, options exhausted
- Route last time
- DTA Digital Marketplace Panel, SON3413842, 7 suppliers invited
- Field
- four parallel contracts, A$6.3m at award, A$19.5m now; three of four suppliers retained from the previous cycle
Sections continue
- 2.Re-tender timing
- 3.Agency buying pattern
- 4.Who to talk to, by role
- 5.Probity before and during an approach to market
- 6.Win themes
- 7.10 slide pitch outline
- 8.What to source
- 9.Insider notes
Built from public AusTender data. Full sample available on request through the form below.
Frequently asked questions
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