Why refurbishment is priced differently from new build
Refurbishment carries a risk new construction does not: nobody knows exactly what is behind the wall. Tender documents in this category are built around that uncertainty. Buyers commission condition and hazardous materials surveys before going to market and issue them with the bid pack, and bidders are normally required to attend a site visit that is a condition of admissibility rather than an option. A price submitted without the site visit is usually rejected, and a price submitted without reading the survey is usually regretted.
The pricing mechanism reflects the same uncertainty. Provisional sums and contingency allowances are written into the bill for work that can be foreseen but not quantified -- structural repair once finishes are stripped, asbestos removal, services that turn out not to match the record drawings. Those sums are expended against instruction and measured at agreed rates, so the rates a bidder offers for opening up and making good can matter more to the final account than the headline tender figure.
The constraint that most often drives cost is occupation. Much of this work happens in buildings that stay in use: schools during term, offices during business hours, wards that cannot close. That produces phased possession, temporary decant space, out-of-hours and weekend working, dust and noise limits, fire and escape route management around a live population, and separate security vetting for operatives. Heritage or listed status adds consents, specified materials and specialist trades on top. Bidders who price the work and not the phasing are the ones who claim for disruption later.
This section describes how this category is bought generally, across the public buyers that publish it. The figures elsewhere on this page are measured for this market alone.
Who buys renovation rehabilitation in Australia?
GlobalGov holds 448 renovation rehabilitation records from 44 distinct buying organisations in Australia. The most frequent publishers are Department Of Defence (222 records); Department Of Veterans' Affairs (26 records); Department Of Employment And Workplace Relations (25 records); Department Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry (24 records); Department of Defence (16 records); Department Of Climate Change, Energy, The Environment And Water (15 records). Between them the 6 largest account for 73% of everything published, so buying here is concentrated in a few authorities.
| Buying organisation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department Of Defence | 222 | 50% |
| Department Of Veterans' Affairs | 26 | 5.8% |
| Department Of Employment And Workplace Relations | 25 | 5.6% |
| Department Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Forestry | 24 | 5.4% |
| Department of Defence | 16 | 3.6% |
| Department Of Climate Change, Energy, The Environment And Water | 15 | 3.3% |
What are renovation rehabilitation contracts worth in Australia?
442 of the 448 records publish a contract value. The median is $77,829 and the largest single published value is $14.8M. By size, 235 under $100k, 89 between $100k and $1M, 113 between $1M and $10M, 5 above $10M. The remaining 6 publish no value at all, so every figure here describes the priced subset only, and values are as stated by the buyer rather than as finally awarded.
| Contract size | Records | Share of priced |
|---|---|---|
| under $100k | 235 | 53% |
| between $100k and $1M | 89 | 20% |
| between $1M and $10M | 113 | 26% |
| above $10M | 5 | 1.1% |
How long do bidders get to respond to renovation rehabilitation tenders in Australia?
Across the 6 Australia renovation rehabilitation notices that publish both a publication date and a closing date, the median response window is 47 days. A quarter of them allowed 43 days or fewer and a quarter stayed open for more than 48. Not one of them closed within a fortnight of being published, so the window on this market is consistently workable.
How often are renovation rehabilitation tenders published in Australia?
Australia publishes about 7 notices a month in this category, 85 in the last twelve months. That is 58% fewer than the 204 published in the twelve months before that. Over the last three years there were 448, spread across 30 separate months of activity since 28 November 2023. January is historically the busiest month. No new notice has been published in this category since 22 May 2026, 132 days ago, so treat the figures above as a record of the market rather than as this week's pipeline.
How does Australia compare with other renovation rehabilitation markets?
Among the 44 countries where GlobalGov holds a comparable renovation rehabilitation market, Australia ranks 7th by number of records. The largest is Kenya (4,730 records against 448 here). Within Australia itself, renovation rehabilitation is the 9th largest of the 9 procurement categories tracked here.
Where do the Australia renovation rehabilitation records on this page come from?
These 448 records are collected from 1 official source: AusTender (448). GlobalGov is an independent aggregator and is not affiliated with any of them; each record links back to the notice on its issuing portal. The set is rebuilt nightly, and the counts on this page were taken on 2026-10-01.
Most recent Renovation Rehabilitation tenders in Australia
No individual notice in this category currently has a public record page. The market figures above are computed over all 448 records GlobalGov holds for it.
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