Defence is one of the largest construction and estate clients in Australia and almost none of that work is advertised the way a council project is.
There are three doors in. Door 1 is AusTender open RFTs, the one everyone watches. Door 2 is Standing Offer panels and sub-consultant frameworks, where the recurring work actually lives. Door 3 is sub-consulting to the Program Delivery firms already inside the estate how outsiders become insiders.
Most firms camp at Door 1 and call the market dry. The work is there. It just flows through channels you have to be positioned for before the RFT ever drops.
📌 Which door have you had the most luck with AusTender, panels, or sub-consulting in?