# AusTender OCDS API

**Publisher:** Department of Finance (Federal gov)  
**Jurisdiction:** AU  
**Status:** Live · checked 2026-10-15  
**Agent-ready:** yes  
**Canonical:** https://ausdatacatalog.com/apis/austender-ocds-api

## Connect recipe

| key | value |
| --- | --- |
| base | https://api.tenders.gov.au/ocds/ |
| docs | https://github.com/austender/austender-ocds-api |
| protocol | REST OCDS 1.1 |
| auth | Open — none |
| licence | CC BY 3.0 AU · commercial use ok |
| try | curl -s 'https://api.tenders.gov.au/ocds/findByDates/contractPublished/2026-10-01T00:00:00Z/2026-10-02T00:00:00Z' |
| checked | 2026-10-15 · HTTP 200 |

## Curator notes

Federal contract notices (from 1 Jan 2013) as OCDS 1.1 release packages. Endpoints: findById/{CN id}, findByDates/{contractPublished|contractStart|contractEnd|contractLastModified}/{from}/{to} with ISO 8601 UTC timestamps. No paging links in the response at probe (1-day window returned 92 releases in one package) — page by narrowing the date window. Licence CC BY 3.0 AU, stated in each response's license field. Rate limits: unknown.