Platform tender

Open government civil tender notices.

Part of Platform in the register catalog.

Register ID

platform_tenderUse this name to ask for the register. The API calls it a shelf ID.

Each record is

An eventSomething that happened at a point in time.

Status

AvailableFilled today from connected systems, uploads or public data.

Data

PublicShared, from public sources such as procurement portals.

Version

v1Current version.

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Standards

This register holds records these standards and laws ask for. Holding them does not by itself certify compliance.

• OCDSOpen Contracting Data StandardInternational

Connectors

Connected today

Demiton keeps this register current from these systems now.

• AusTender
• NSW eTendering
• SA Tenders
• Tasmanian Government Tenders
• Tenderlink
• VendorPanel
• Buying for Victoria
• Tenders WA
• Western Power

On the roadmap

Systems in the planned connector rollout that can fill this register. Partial means the system holds only some of its fields.

None planned yet.

Fields

22 fields: 7 required, 15 optional.

Required

Every record carries these fields.

external_idText

The source-native tender key: AUSTENDER ocid/id (ausatm-…), TENDERLINK/WESTERN_POWER namespaced source_id, TAS synthesised notice_id, VIC/SA/WA/NSW/VENDOR_PANEL reference/notice_id/url fallback.

ocidText

The OCDS contracting-process identity, kept as PROVENANCE (lookup, citation, lifecycle-linker input), not an axis.

source_datasetText

Producer identity (austender, tenderlink, western_power, vendor_panel, vic_tenders, sa_tenders, wa_tenders, tas_tenders, nsw_etender).

occurred_atDate and timeISO 8601, with time zone

The tender event the fact is dated by: OCDS release date/published_date, TENDERLINK release_date, WESTERN_POWER close_date.

platform_project_idWhole number

Resolved civil-project tracking id (the primary coordinate; may be a minted stub).

titleText

The tender notice title — the human label for the release.

close_dateDateYYYY-MM-DD

The tender period end — the date that makes a notice "active".

Optional

Present when the source system records them.

published_dateDateYYYY-MM-DD

The notice's publication date; equals occurred_at for most sources.

descriptionText

The published tender description.

referenceText

The source-native reference (also an external_id fallback).

urlText

The notice URL.

submission_urlText

The submission portal URL where the source publishes one.

statusText

The source's tender status (e.g. AusTender active, Tenderlink status).

procurement_methodText

The procurement method where the source publishes one.

tender_typeText

The source's tender/notice type.

category_nameTextUnit: UNSPSC label where published

The goods/services classification label.

value_audDecimal numberUnit: AUD

Estimated/budget tender value — the one declared measure.

agency_nameText

The buying organisation as published; the value agency_id is resolved from.

agency_idWhole number

Resolved platform agency identity (null when no buyer was published or resolvable).

region_codeTextUnit: AU state/territory code or AU

The jurisdiction that published the tender.

regionText

Tenderlink's free-text region, distinct from the derived jurisdiction.

contentText

The composed narrative label; NULL on 100% of platform facts until 2026-08-28.

Use this contract

The contract is a standard JSON Schema (draft 2020-12) document, so any JSON Schema validator can check a record against it. Keywords starting with x-demiton- add Demiton's own meaning, such as units and requiredness, and validators ignore them.

Schema URL

https://docs.demiton.io/registers/platform_tender/v1.json

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