Supplier · Telecommunications, IT & Software, Defense & Aerospace

Optus

Won in the last 12 months$16M▼ 29% on the year beforeValue won per quarter, last three years
Contracts on record975$2.9B in total
Running now0Latest win Sept 2026
Next contract endingNov 2026$640K · Austrade
Biggest buyerDepartment of Defence32% of their value
724contractssince 1998
$3.1Bwon in totallatest Sept 2026
$60Ktypical contractmost $21K to $255K
$8.8Mlast 12 monthsdown from $1.1B
30active now9 end within a year
Biggest buyerAustralian Taxation Office18 contracts · $1.8B · 59% of value

What they do

Optus supplies telecommunications, managed network services, satellite and ICT services to government agencies.

Who buys from them

Its largest buyers are the Australian Taxation Office, Department of Defence, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Services Australia and Department of Justice and Community Safety. It has 68 buyers.

Contract size

Contracts typically fall between $21K and $255K, with a median of $60K. Its largest contracts include satellites for the Department of Defence at $406M, managed network services for the Australian Taxation Office at $284M, $256M, $254M and $254M, and telecommunications services for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry at $143M.

Recent activity

In the last 12 months it has 14 contracts worth $8.8M. 30 contracts are active and 9 end within 12 months, the next being mobility carriage services for Austrade 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.

Who they win it from

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

Department of Defence is their biggest buyer at 32% 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 years11 contracts · $8.6M
Today20282029

The next one ends November 2026 at Austrade.

About them

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

Also traded asOptus, OPTUS, OPTUS BILLING SERVICES PTY LTD, Optus Communications, OPTUS Communications, OPTUS COMMUNICATIONS, Optus Communications Pty Ltd, OPTUS Communications Pty Ltd, OPTUS COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD, Optus Corporation, OPTUS NETWORKS PTY LTD, Optus (Optus Networks Pty Ltd), Optus Pty Ltd, OPTUS Pty Ltd, OPTUS PTY LTD

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