Monitor Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works Tenders

About Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works procurement

The Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works is a highly active buyer delivering works across Queensland’s public estate—schools, hospitals, courts and social housing—along with coordinated infrastructure packages across state regions. We’ve tracked 94 tenders from this buyer, all in QLD, with a strong emphasis on contractor-led delivery (Contractor is the top category) and construction and operation programs. They stand out for rigorous licensing and prequalification requirements, frequent mandatory site meetings, and a mix of delivery models—Construct Only, Design & Construct and Document & Construct—plus Early Tenderer Involvement on complex works. Opportunities are spread statewide, including North Queensland, Far North and Mackay/Whitsunday districts, and metropolitan and South Coast urban programs.

What they buy is visible in recent releases: demolition and site clean-up (“COLLINS ISLAND – Demolition”), heritage refurbishments (“ALLENSTOWN STATE SCHOOL – Block A Heritage Building Refurbishment”), and a run of critical safety upgrades such as fire hydrant bundles and fire detection/alarm replacements at hospitals and schools. Health facility compliance is a theme, e.g., AS5369 sterilising upgrades at Emerald Hospital and Rockhampton Hospital Oral Health. The pipeline includes Design & Construct social housing (“888–896 Yaamba Road Parkhurst – 42 Apartments” and “Design and Construct 6x2 and 8x1 Bed Apartments”), amenities blocks with PWD facilities, and courthouse refurbishments and HVAC renewals. On the civil side, there’s steady road maintenance and upgrade work—reseals and asphalt resurfacing (district packages in Bundaberg, Mackay/Whitsunday, Wide Bay Burnett, and Northern Districts), floodway upgrades on the Castlereagh Highway, water and sewer relocations for the Cairns Western Arterial Road duplication, culvert rehabilitation, and rollout programs like the Next Generation Traffic Signal Controller. Service maintenance panels recur—fixed equipment, hydraulics, electrical, fire services, automatic doors and gates—alongside vegetation management EOIs.

To engage, align your credentials with the stated requirements: QBCC licence (Low/Medium/Open) is frequently mandatory; specialist licences appear (e.g., fire protection–electrical install & maintain—fire alarm systems). Many road and transport-adjacent packages call for TMR prequalification (e.g., R2/R3, A2/A3, F5–F150+, and sometimes BD2/B4), and asphalt works often require level A3 or higher. Attend mandatory site meetings, track addenda, and demonstrate delivery in live environments (schools, hospitals, correctional centres) with robust WHS, quality, environmental and traffic management. Smaller suppliers can start on regional service maintenance bundles (e.g., North Queensland fixed equipment, hydraulics, electrical, fire services), vegetation management EOIs, or automatic doors/gates, and subcontract to prequalified primes on larger resurfacing or bridge upgrades. For a step-by-step approach to tendering, see our guide to government tendering in Australia.

What Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works typically buys

• Building construction and refurbishments
• Fire hydrant and alarm upgrades
• Hospital sterilising compliance works
• Design and construct amenities
• Asphalt resurfacing and reseals
• Traffic signal controller upgrades
• Vegetation and road maintenance
• HVAC, electrical and hydraulics maintenance

Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works Tendering Activity

Based on our data, Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works publishes an average of 13.3 tenders per month. There are currently 18 open tenders from this organisation. Our records for this issuer go back to November 2025.

Open tenders from Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works

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