Supplier · Research & Development, Agriculture & Farming, Consultancy & Legal

CSIRO

Won in the last 12 months$45M▼ 31% on the year beforeValue won per quarter, last three years
Contracts on record888$559M in total
Running now0Latest win Nov 2026
Next contract endingNov 2026$100K · Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Biggest buyerDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water24% of their value
736contractssince 2005
$432.4Mwon in totallatest Feb 2027
$135Ktypical contractmost $50K to $350K
$42.5Mlast 12 monthsdown from $47.9M
75active now46 end within a year
Biggest buyerDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water89 contracts · $106.2M · 25% of value

What they do

CSIRO supplies research and development, scientific advice, environmental monitoring, diagnostic testing and data services to Australian government agencies.

Who buys from them

Its largest buyers are the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research and the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, across 50 buyers.

Contract size

Contracts typically fall between $50K and $350K, with a median of $135K. Its largest include climate services website development at $19.4M, terminology and tooling managed services at $17M and business facilitation services at $16.6M.

Recent activity

In the last 12 months it won 71 contracts worth $42.5M. Of 75 active contracts, 46 end within 12 months, including diagnostic capability and preparedness work ending 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

Who they win it from

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

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is their biggest buyer at 24% of value, across 5 buyers shown.

Coming up

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

Contracts ending in the next three years25 contracts · $20M
Today20282029

The next one ends November 2026 at Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

About them

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

Also traded asCOMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIO, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Commonwealth Scientific and Industr Research Organisation, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH ORGANISATION, Csiro, CSIRO (ACT), CSIRO AUSTRALIA, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation), CSIRO (Division of Fisheries), CSIRO Division of Fisheries

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