RICHARD FADER PTY. LTD: public contracts won without a rival in Australia: 9 uncontested awards; 8% of its awards; 9 without a competition; 0 single bid.
Assay record ASY-AU-16BBQO40SW · Cite as: Assay Systems, “RICHARD FADER PTY. LTD: public contracts won without a rival in Australia”, https://assay-systems.com/register/au/uncontested/s/richard-fader-pty-ltd/
RICHARD FADER PTY. LTD won 9 of its 107 public contract awards in Australia without a rival from 2022-02-10 to 2026-08-25: 9 without a competition and 0 after a competition that drew a single bid. 3 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest Department of Defence with 6.
An award is uncontested when the buyer had no rival offer to weigh: it was made without a competition (direct award, negotiated procedure without a call for tenders, sole-source or advance-notice contract), or a competition was held and only one bid arrived. Every count below is built award by award from the official notices. Awards to individuals are not included.
Department of Defence gave RICHARD FADER PTY. LTD 6 awards: 6 without a competition, 0 after a competition with a single bid. First 2024-06-25, latest 2026-05-18.
Department of Home Affairs gave RICHARD FADER PTY. LTD 2 awards: 2 without a competition, 0 after a competition with a single bid. First 2022-02-10, latest 2024-03-15.
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water gave RICHARD FADER PTY. LTD 80 awards: 1 without a competition, 0 after a competition with a single bid. First 2022-08-02, latest 2026-08-25.
From 2021-09-20 to 2022-02-21 every award of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in category 500 went to RICHARD FADER PTY. LTD.
All uncontested awards of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
| Date | Buyer | How | Stated reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | Department of Defence CN4241277 | No competition Limited tender | — |
| 2026-05-18 | Department of Defence CN4241276 | No competition Limited tender | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Department of Defence CN4222865 | No competition Limited tender | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Department of Defence CN4221055 | No competition Limited tender | — |
| 2026-02-20 | Department of Defence CN4221051 | No competition Limited tender | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Department of Defence CN4069900 | No competition Limited tender | — |
Every uncontested award in Australia · All countries
Source: AusTender contract notices, Department of Finance (tenders.gov.au), Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia; “limited tender” is counted as an award without a competition, AusTender does not publish the number of bids. Awards are matched to their buyer and supplier as published. Values in these notices often state a framework ceiling rather than a contract amount, so awards are counted, not summed. Updated 17 October 2026.