Checklist · Government Procurement & Tendering
AusTender contract and amendment reporting checklist
Checklist for reporting a Commonwealth contract, amendment or standing offer on AusTender within 42 calendar days, using the reporting thresholds in the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a relevant entity has entered into, or amended, a procurement contract or standing offer and must decide whether a contract notice, amendment or standing offer notice is due on AusTender. Do not use it to decide whether the procurement achieved value for money.
Used for these tasks
- Prepare the contract and amendment reporting record within the publishing deadline
- Assess a proposed variation, extension or exercise of option against the original procurement
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may enter the contract date, value and a 42-calendar-day date from the signed record. A lawyer or official checks the entity class, whether the arrangement is a construction procurement, and what may be published.
AI may
- Enter the date the contract or amendment was entered into and count 42 calendar days from that date
- Copy the supplier name, contract value and a short description from the signed contract into the reporting fields
- Flag a contract or amendment whose reporting date falls inside the next 10 calendar days
AI must not
- Must not decide whether the entity is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity or a prescribed corporate Commonwealth entity
- Must not decide that a contract is, or is not, a consultancy
- Must not publish the notice on AusTender or describe information as confidential
The lawyer checks
- Entity class and reporting threshold checked against paragraph 7.18
- Amendment tested against each of paragraph 7.19(a), (b) and (c), including accumulated unreported amendments
- Standing offer notice checked for supplier details and the names of other participating entities
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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