askTender / Partners / Australia

askTender Partners · Australia

Tender work in Australia. Signed by you.

Companies bidding on Australia’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.

For accountants, lawyers, notaries and licensed specialists licensed in Australia · no joining fee · your fee is yours in full

9Partner roles
10Services for Partners
18Done by the askTender Desk
34Steps mapped in Australia

How filing works in Australia

You work on the portal under your own login. In Australia, the client adds you as a named user on its account on AusTender: you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login.

The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.

Who we work with in Australia

Tax Practitioners Board (Tax Agent Services Act 2009)

Registered tax agent (often a CA ANZ, CPA Australia or IPA member)

Apply for an ABN for the client (a tax agent service); Register the client for GST and lodge BAS (non-residents with standard GST registration can't lodge electronically themselves); Apply for the Statement of Tax Record through Online services for agents;…

3 services on the DeskAccountants

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State and territory legal regulators and law societies. The Legal Profession Uniform Law…

Australian legal practitioner (solicitor)

Review the Commonwealth Contracting Suite and bespoke contract terms, deeds and conditions of tender; Draft powers of attorney, the local-agent memorandum for an ASIC foreign-company registration, deeds of confidentiality and JV or teaming agreements;…

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Each state or territory keeps its own notary list. DFAT holds notaries' signatures so it…

Notary public (appointed in an Australian state or territory, or an overseas notary)

Certify original documents and witness signatures for use overseas; Notarise documents before DFAT issues an apostille or authentication; Witness Commonwealth statutory declarations, including notaries appointed overseas

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State and territory JP registers

Justice of the Peace (JP)

Witness Commonwealth statutory declarations, oaths and affidavits; Certify true copies of original documents for use in Australia

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NAATI

NAATI-certified translator

Certified English translations of foreign company documents (incorporation certificates, constitutions, financials) for ASIC, the ABR or a tender; Credentials can be checked by Certified Practitioner Number in the NAATI online directory

1 service on the DeskTranslators

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Certification bodies

Accredited management-system certification body (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO/IEC…

Certify management systems that tenders often ask for as evidence of capability; ISO/IEC 27001:2022 documentation can partly show Essential Eight alignment for DISP

1 service on the DeskCertification bodies

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Australian Signals Directorate (Australian Cyber Security Centre)

IRAP assessor (ASD-endorsed Infosec Registered Assessors Program)

Independent security assessments of ICT systems, cloud services and managed services against the ISM, for systems up to SECRET; Assessment reports that agencies expect from cloud and managed service providers

Called in when a tender asksLicensed specialists

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Banks and sureties

Bank or financial institution issuing guarantees or financial bonds

Issue a financial guarantee or bond when the approach to market sets one as a condition for participation or a contract term

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Bid writers

Bid or tender writer (unregulated)

Read the ATM and addenda, build the compliance matrix and draft responses and attachments; Prepare files to AusTender's limits (at most 5 files per upload, names under 100 characters, no special characters, self-contained, no hyperlinks)

Called in when a tender asksBid writers

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Work the Desk sends Partners

Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.

Registered tax agent (often a CA ANZ, CPA Australia or IPA member)

Australian Business Number (ABN)
The 11-digit business identifier on the Australian Business Register. It isn't required to bid, but without one payers must withhold part of each payment. It is also needed for GST registration, the Supplier Portal and…
Company identity
FreeOnline application.…
GST registration (standard)
Compulsory once GST turnover reaches $75,000 ($150,000 for non-profits), and required for a satisfactory STR as a tendering business.
Tax registration
FreeMust register within 21…
Statement of Tax Record (STR), Shadow Economy Procurement Connected Policy
An ATO statement that the business engages satisfactorily with the tax system. Every tenderer must include valid, satisfactory STRs in the response for procurements of $4 million or more (GST inclusive).
Accountant-attested financial certificates
FreeGenerally processed…

Australian legal practitioner (solicitor)

ASIC registration as a foreign company (ARBN), with local agent and director IDs
A foreign company carrying on business in Australia must register with ASIC and gets an Australian Registered Body Number (ARBN). It must keep a registered office in Australia and a local agent.
Company identity
$636
Acceptance of Commonwealth Contracting Suite (CCS) terms
The Commonwealth Contract Terms are mandatory for procurements under $200,000 by relevant entities and encouraged up to $1m. By responding, the bidder accepts them.
Legal documents
Free

Notary public (appointed in an Australian state or territory, or an overseas notary)

Certified copies, notarisation and apostille / authentication
Certified copies of foreign corporate documents for ASIC or ABR filings and tenders, and DFAT apostilles or authentications for Australian public documents used overseas (for example in a JV partner's home country).
Legal documents
DFAT apostille $105;…

Justice of the Peace (JP)

Cyber security posture: ASD Essential Eight, ISM and IRAP assessment
Agencies must manage procurement cyber risk under the PSPF. ICT suppliers usually have to meet ISM expectations, and cloud and managed service providers need regular IRAP assessments.
Security and cyber certifications
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NAATI-certified translator

Certified English translations
Documents not in English must be translated and certified, for example the ABN business-activity statement or ASIC foreign-company documents.
Legal documents
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Accredited management-system certification body (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO/IEC…

ISO management-system certificates (9001, 14001, 45001, 27001)
Common evidence of technical capability in conditions for participation and evaluation. Buyers judge capability on the bidder's business activities wherever they have taken place.
Quality and management-system certifications
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Bank or financial institution issuing guarantees or financial bonds

Financial guarantees, bonds or security (when the ATM asks)
The CPRs let entities set financial guarantees as a condition for participation, stated in the request documentation. Finance's guide names financial bonds as one way to reduce risk.
Bid security
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Rules we follow in Australia

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Sources tpb.gov.au · legislation.nsw.gov.au · smartraveller.gov.au · ag.gov.au · naati.com.au · defence.gov.au · cyber.gov.au · sellingtogov.finance.gov.au · tenders.gov.au · help.tenders.gov.au