Changes to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules come into affect 17 November 2025.
Key changes include
- Increasing the $80,000 threshold for open tendering to $125,000;
- Requiring that non-corporate Commonwealth entities invite only Australian businesses to tender for procurements valued above $10,000 and below $125,000.
- For construction services, this requirement extends to procurements valued below $7.5 million.
- Requiring that non-corporate Commonwealth entities only invite small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to tender for procurements under $125,000 from the Management Advisory Services Panel, People Panels, or standing offers managed by the Digital Transformation Agency
- Clarifying that submissions and confidential information provided as part of tendering may be shared within the Commonwealth for compliance monitoring and other legitimate, non-commercial purposes.
- Clarifying when and how negotiations with tenderers may be conducted.
