Supplier · Public Services & Welfare, Education & Training, Health & Medical

Australian Red Cross Society

Won in the last 12 months$166M▲ 1684% on the year beforeValue won per quarter, last three years
Contracts on record247$20B in total
Running now0Latest win Nov 2026
Next contract endingNov 2026$139M · Department of Home Affairs
Biggest buyerNational Blood Authority86% of their value
85contractssince 2003
$18.3Bwon in totallatest May 2026
$250Ktypical contractmost $75K to $2.9M
$229Klast 12 monthsdown from $3M
10active now6 end within a year
Biggest buyerNational Blood Authority2 contracts · $16.8B · 92% of value

What they do

Australian Red Cross Society supplies blood and blood products, humanitarian settlement and asylum seeker assistance, first aid training, and community and health services.

Who buys from them

Its largest buyers are National Blood Authority, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Social Services, Department of Communities and Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations. It has 33 buyers.

National Blood AuthorityDepartment of Home AffairsDepartment of Health, Disability and AgeingDepartment of Social ServicesDepartment of Communities

Contract size

The median contract is $250K, with most between $75K and $2.9M. Its largest contracts are blood and blood products at $11.25B and $5.56B for National Blood Authority, and asylum seeker assistance at $1.03B for Department of Home Affairs.

Recent activity

In the last 12 months there were 5 contracts worth $229K. 10 contracts are active now, with 6 ending within 12 months, including humanitarian settlement in Nov 2026.

Built from awarded contracts on record

What they win

How much they win each year, the size of a typical contract, and every contract on record.

Contract history

Award of Child and Family Services – Families Contract to Australian Red Cross SocietyPublic Services & Welfare$8.4M01/12/43738Award of Women, Violence Prevention and Youth Services – Young People to Australian Red Cross SocietyPublic Services & Welfare$2.8M01/12/43646Award of Women, Violence Prevention and Youth Services Contract to Australian Red Cross SocietyPublic Services & Welfare$6.1M01/12/43646Award of Child and Family Services Contract to Australian Red Cross SocietyPublic Services & Welfare$851K01/12/43646Provision of National Blood Stem Cell Registry Services to the Department of Health, Disability and AgeingHealth & Medical$53.5M23/10/2026Reimbursement of Expenses to AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY T/A Australian Red Cross LifebloodHealth & Medical$11M23/10/2026Reimbursement of Unrelated Donor Expenses to AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY T/A Australian Red Cross LifebloodHealth & Medical$79.2M23/10/2026Provision of Core Funding to AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY T/A Australian Red Cross LifebloodPublic Services & Welfare$5.2M23/10/2026Reimbursement of Related Donor Expenses awarded to AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY T/A Australian Red Cross LifebloodFinance & Insurance$2.2M23/10/2026Patient Accommodation Services for Torres and Cape HHS by Australian Red Cross SocietyPublic Services & Welfare$216K01/07/2026

Who they win it from

Their biggest government buyers and how much of their work each one is.

Most of their work comes from one buyer: National Blood Authority, 86% of value.

National Blood Authority$17B86%
Department of Home Affairs$2.1B11%
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing$153M1%
Department of Social Services$148M1%
Department of Communities$35M0%
Other buyers$239M1%

Coming up

Contracts that end soon and may go back out to tender.

Contracts ending in the next three years7 contracts · $139M
Today20282029

The next one ends November 2026 at Department of Home Affairs.

About them

Company details, where they work and the names they trade under.

Also traded asAustralian Red Cross, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS, Australian Red Cross Society, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS, Australian Red Cross Society (Lifeblood), Australian Red Cross Society (SA), AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY T/A Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Australian Red Cross Society (WPGBF, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS TRAINING SERVICES, Red Cross Society, The Australian Red Cross

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Open tenders that match their work

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