The Queensland Government is having the biggest overhaul of government procurement in decades making it simpler, fairer, and easier for businesses to bid for work from the State’s $35 billion annual spend.
Under the new Queensland Procurement Policy 2026, small, family, and regional businesses will be at the heart of how the government buys goods and services with clear targets, less paperwork, and greater transparency for taxpayers.
- New Queensland Procurement Policy puts local, small and family businesses front and centre of $35 billion annual spend.
- 30% small and medium enterprise target to grow local and regional jobs.
- Australian-first focus on increasing spend with businesses that are owned by or support veterans.
- New Procurement Policy will permanently remove the costly Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC) and slash red tape with over 700 pages reduced to 50.
Key improvements include:
• Backing Queensland businesses with a 30% small and medium enterprise participation target for government contracts, ensuring local, family, and regional businesses are at the front of the queue.
• Australian-first focus on increasing spend with businesses that are owned by or support veterans.
• Increasing spend with female-led businesses and those that support people with disability.
• Supporting Indigenous business growth with at least 3% of annual procurement spend.
• Transparency and accountability guaranteed by publishing government spend data through a new public portal.
The Queensland Government is delivering a simplified procurement policy so local businesses can get on with winning work, not wading through paperwork.
The new procurement policy gives a fairer and clearer framework that backs Queenslanders, strengthens local supply chains and slashes red tape with over 700 pages reduced to 50
The policy takes effect from 1 January 2026.
