Supplier · Research & Development, Agriculture & Farming, Education & Training

Murdoch University

Won in the last 12 months$3.1M▼ 79% on the year beforeValue won per quarter, last three years
Contracts on record160$105M in total
Running now0Latest win Nov 2026
Next contract endingDec 2026$62K · Australian Research Council
Biggest buyerGrains Research and Development Corporation62% of their value
117contractssince 2007
$82.4Mwon in totallatest Aug 2026
$88Ktypical contractmost $25K to $520K
$2.6Mlast 12 monthsdown from $14.9M
22active now8 end within a year
Biggest buyerGrains Research and Development Corporation27 contracts · $55.7M · 68% of value

What they do

Murdoch University supplies research and development services, mainly in agriculture, grain crop genetics, soil and biosecurity, plus education and training.

Who buys from them

Its largest buyers are Grains Research and Development Corporation with 27 contracts, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research with 20, and CSIRO with 3. It has 27 buyers.

Contract size

Contracts usually fall between $25K and $520K, with a median of $88K. Its largest include chickpea, faba bean and lentil genetic gain research at $6.8M and fertiliser profitability research at $6.5M, both from Grains Research and Development Corporation.

Recent activity

In the last 12 months there were 8 contracts worth $2.6M. Of 22 active contracts, 8 end within 12 months, including a $659K Department of Defence research agreement 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.

Most of their work comes from one buyer: Grains Research and Development Corporation, 62% of value.

Coming up

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

Contracts ending in the next three years9 contracts · $8.8M
Today20282029

The next one ends December 2026 at Australian Research Council.

About them

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

Also traded asMurdoch Univeristy, MURDOCH UNIVERISTY, Murdoch University, MURDOCH UNIVERSITY, MURDOCH UNIVERSITY - PERTH, MURDOCH UNI (WA), Murdoch Unniversity

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