---
title: "AusTender contract and amendment reporting checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering/austender-contract-and-amendment-report"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a50-austender-contract-and-amendment-report"
area_id: "A50"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A50-E20261018-1", "A50-X20260927-9"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering/austender-contract-and-amendment-report  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Government Procurement & Tendering](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## 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](https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/prepare-the-contract-and-amendment-reporting-record-within-the-publishin.md)
- [Assess a proposed variation, extension or exercise of option against the original procurement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/government-procurement-and-tendering/assess-a-proposed-variation-extension-or-exercise-of-option-against-the.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Commonwealth Procurement Rules (17 November 2025) paragraphs 7.18 to 7.20, 9.11 and Appendix B (Days, Amendment, Contract)](https://www.finance.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-10/Commonwealth-Procurement-Rules-2025.pdf)
- [Resource Management Guide 423, Procurement publishing and reporting obligations (updated for the 17 November 2025 CPRs; page last updated 22 December 2025)](https://www.finance.gov.au/publications/resource-management-guides/procurement-publishing-and-reporting-obligations-rmg-423)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/government-procurement-and-tendering/austender-contract-and-amendment-report and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*