TNS

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Source · AusTender (Department of Finance)

Executive Summary

Source-backed

This profile contains verified Australian Government public records relating to TNS.

Folio currently holds verified records covering government procurement, drawn from 1 official publisher. No verified records for parliamentary interests, political donations, and lobbying registrations are currently linked.

Evidence Overview

Every evidence domain currently in scope for this profile. Each item links to its full section below.

Parliamentary InterestsNone currently linked
Political DonationsNone currently linked
Government Procurement36 records
Government GrantsPending ingestion
Lobbying RegistrationsNone currently linked
Timeline63 records
Relationship Network22 records
Official Government Documents36 records

Coverage Matrix

The complete official-record landscape considered by Folio. Empty domains are shown honestly — they never imply absence of activity, only that no record has been identified from currently ingested datasets.

Parliamentary Interests
Interests declared on the Senate or House Register of Interests.
No records currently linked
Publisher: Parliament of Australia
Political Donations
Gifts and donations disclosed to the AEC.
No records currently linked
Publisher: Australian Electoral Commission
Government Procurement
Contracts awarded to or by Australian Government agencies.
Records available · 36 records
Publisher: AusTender · Department of Finance
Government Grants
Grants awarded by Australian Government agencies.
Configured, not yet populated
Publisher: GrantConnect · Department of Finance
Lobbying Registrations
Registered lobbying relationships between representatives and clients.
No records currently linked
Publisher: Federal Register of Lobbyists · Attorney-General's Department
Timeline
Chronology of dated public-record events already linked to this profile.
Records available · 63 records
Publisher: Multiple government publishers
Relationship Network
Connections established from official records, never from inference.
Records available · 22 records
Publisher: Derived from official records
Official Government Documents
Every underlying document that supports this profile.
Records available · 36 records
Publisher: Original publishers
State & Territory Registers
State and Territory interest and lobbyist registers.
Dataset not yet enabled
Publisher: State & Territory parliaments
Ministerial Diaries
Ministerial diary disclosures published by portfolio departments.
Dataset not yet enabled
Publisher: Prime Minister & Cabinet

Investigation Opportunities

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Government Procurement

Watching for

Parliamentary Interests
Publisher: Parliament of Australia
Political Donations
Publisher: Australian Electoral Commission
Government Grants
Publisher: GrantConnect · Department of Finance
Lobbying Registrations
Publisher: Federal Register of Lobbyists · Attorney-General's Department

Additional evidence will appear automatically when matching records are identified. Absence of a record does not imply absence of activity.

Official Government Records

1 of 4 registers

This profile of TNS combines information only from verified Australian Government transparency registers. Every claim below links back to an original source document.

Australian Electoral Commission
No records currently indexed
AusTender
85 source-backed records
Federal Register of Lobbyists
No records currently indexed
Parliament of Australia
No records currently indexed

Verification: Source-backedPublishers: 1Last updated: 30 June 2018

Public Record Summary

Cross-dataset overview

TNS currently appears across 1 Australian Government transparency dataset.

36 government contracts

First recorded 29 Nov 2006Latest activity 8y ago (30 June 2018)

Coverage Matrix

Dataset coverage

Present in 1 of 7 supported Australian transparency datasets.

Dataset	Publisher	Records	First	Latest
AEC Transparency Register	Australian Electoral Commission	—	Not present	Not present
AusTender Contract Notices (Commonwealth)	Department of Finance	36	20 Mar 2007	18 June 2018
State & Territory Procurement	State/Territory procurement publishers	—	Not present	Not present
GrantConnect — Australian Government Grants	Department of Finance	—	Not present	Not present
Federal Lobbyist Register	Attorney-General's Department	—	Not present	Not present
House of Representatives Register of Interests	Parliament of Australia	—	Not present	Not present
Senate Register of Interests	Parliament of Australia	—	Not present	Not present

Datasets marked "Not present" have no matching records in the currently ingested public data. This does not imply the organisation is absent from that register — only that Folio's ingested snapshot contains no matching rows.

Connected Government

Agencies contracted with

7 agencies · $2,261,860 in total contract value across AusTender records.

Agency	Contracts	Total value	Latest contract
Department of Jobs and Small Business	4	$1,135,160	18 June 2018
Fair Work Commission	11	$576,565	21 Apr 2011
Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations	2	$278,960	19 Mar 2013
Department of Education and Training	10	$215,865	29 Aug 2017
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	2	$55,310	26 Nov 2007
Department of Employment	5	$0	14 Aug 2017
Department of Veterans' Affairs	2	$0	23 Nov 2015

AusTender + State/Territory Government · source-backed

Government procurement history

Commonwealth

Verified · Official publisher

Contracts: 36
Amendments: 0
Total value: $2,261,860
Largest: $700,000
Jurisdictions: 1
Agencies: 7
Standing Offers: 0
Panels: 0
Coverage: 20 Mar 2007 – 18 June 2018

Jurisdiction	Published	Contract	Agency	Value	Amendment	Source
Commonwealth	18 June 2018	<p>One Stop Shop - Family & Domestic Violence Workplace Resources</p>	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$149,600	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	8 Jan 2018	<p>Concept testing and refinement research - PaTH</p>	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$10,560	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	29 Aug 2017	Benchmark tracking and evaluation research for the	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	14 Aug 2017	Concept testing and refinement research - PaTH	Department of Employment	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	9 May 2017	<p>Evaluation Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	29 Nov 2016	Kantar TNS	Department of Employment	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	4 Oct 2016	<p>Evaluation Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	$81,691	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	21 July 2016	<p>Employment Services Communication</p>	Department of Employment	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	12 July 2016	Chaplaincy Evaluation Milestone payment 1	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	30 May 2016	Qualitative research to support the Respectful Relationships Education Initiative	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	30 May 2016	Qualitative research for Respectful Relationships Education initiative	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	24 May 2016	Market research on JobActive mobile applications	Department of Employment	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	23 Nov 2015	Market research to test 2016 Centenary Commemorations	Department of Veterans' Affairs	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	3 Nov 2015	Higher Education Reforms (HER) Communication Evaluation	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	22 Sept 2015	<p>Research Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	14 Sept 2015	<p>Research Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	$134,174	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	19 Aug 2015	<p>Employment Services Communication</p>	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$275,000	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	5 June 2015	Quality Indicators for learning and Teaching Market Research	Department of Education and Training	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	13 Jan 2015	2015 Survey of Employment Service Providers	Department of Employment	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	24 Nov 2014	Employment Services Communication	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$700,000	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	8 Oct 2013	<p>Market Research to test Gallipoli 2015 Ballot Advertising.</p>	Department of Veterans' Affairs	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	19 Mar 2013	<p>Attitudinal research with families into Australia's early childhood education and child care sector.</p>	Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	8 Nov 2012	<p>Attitudinal research with families into Australia's early childhood education and child care sector.</p>	Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations	$278,960	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	21 Apr 2011	Conciliation research project job#28742 inv: 25540	Fair Work Commission	—	—	AusTender ↗
Commonwealth	21 Apr 2011	Conciliation Reserach Project job#28742 inv: 25651	Fair Work Commission	—	—	AusTender ↗

Showing 25 of 36 procurement records. Every row links to its original AusTender source.

Government Grants

Australian Government grants received

Publisher: GrantConnect (Department of Finance) · Every record links back to grants.gov.au.

Official register

No official Australian Government grant records have been identified for TNS.

AEC transparency register

No official AEC transparency-register returns beyond simple donations reference this organisation. Filings would appear here as the annual disclosure archive is ingested.

Connected Political Activity

Donations, lobbying and parliamentary mentions

A combined view of how TNS appears across AEC donations, the Federal Lobbyist Register and parliamentary registers of interest.

No political donations, lobbying registrations or parliamentary interest mentions are currently on record for this organisation across the Australian datasets ingested by Folio.

Relationship Network

How does TNS connect to other entities on the public record?

0 verified connections

This profile currently connects to 0 verified entities across 1 official government publisher.

Contracts

Public Profile

Public Records

36 verified records

Government Sources

1 official publisher

Timeline

63 events

Relationship Network

22 verified relationships

Official sources

verified publisher

Relationships

verified relationships

Timeline

recorded events

Organisations

None linked

No linked organisations identified from current official records

People

None linked

No linked individuals identified from current official records

Latest activity

19 Aug 2026

Most recent public record

Key people mentioned

Top individuals linked through official public records, ranked by relationship strength.

No people have yet been linked to this organisation from currently ingested official records.

Timeline

Chronology of every dated public record linked to TNS, grouped by dataset.

63 of 63 events

23 Nov 2015
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Market research to test 2016 Centenary Commemorations
Contract from Department of Veterans' Affairs
Source-backedView original source
3 Nov 2015
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Higher Education Reforms (HER) Communication Evaluation
Contract from Department of Education and Training
Source-backedView original source
5 June 2015
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Quality Indicators for learning and Teaching Market Research
Contract from Department of Education and Training
Source-backedView original source
13 Jan 2015
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
2015 Survey of Employment Service Providers
Contract from Department of Employment
Source-backedView original source
8 Oct 2013
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
<p>Market Research to test Gallipoli 2015 Ballot Advertising.</p>
Contract from Department of Veterans' Affairs
Source-backedView original source
21 Apr 2011
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Conciliation Reserach Project job#28742 inv: 25651
Contract from Fair Work Commission
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21 Apr 2011
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Conciliation research project job#28742 inv: 25540
Contract from Fair Work Commission
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25 Jan 2011
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Conciliation Reserach Project job#28742 inv: 25651
Contract from Fair Work Commission
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25 Jan 2011
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Conciliation research project job#28742 inv: 25540
Contract from Fair Work Commission
Source-backedView original source
15 Sept 2010
AusTender
AusTender (Department of Finance)
contract awarded
Conciliation research project 2nd milest INV25424 Job no 28742
Contract from Fair Work Commission
Source-backedView original source

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Government Contracts

Has this entity been named in Australian Government procurement records?

36 contracts · $2,261,860

Published	Title	Agency	Value	Source
18 June 2018	<p>One Stop Shop - Family & Domestic Violence Workplace Resources</p>	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$149,600	AusTender
8 Jan 2018	<p>Concept testing and refinement research - PaTH</p>	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$10,560	AusTender
29 Aug 2017	Benchmark tracking and evaluation research for the	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
14 Aug 2017	Concept testing and refinement research - PaTH	Department of Employment	—	AusTender
9 May 2017	<p>Evaluation Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
29 Nov 2016	Kantar TNS	Department of Employment	—	AusTender
4 Oct 2016	<p>Evaluation Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	$81,691	AusTender
21 July 2016	<p>Employment Services Communication</p>	Department of Employment	—	AusTender
12 July 2016	Chaplaincy Evaluation Milestone payment 1	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
30 May 2016	Qualitative research to support the Respectful Relationships Education Initiative	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
30 May 2016	Qualitative research for Respectful Relationships Education initiative	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
24 May 2016	Market research on JobActive mobile applications	Department of Employment	—	AusTender
23 Nov 2015	Market research to test 2016 Centenary Commemorations	Department of Veterans' Affairs	—	AusTender
3 Nov 2015	Higher Education Reforms (HER) Communication Evaluation	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
22 Sept 2015	<p>Research Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
14 Sept 2015	<p>Research Services</p>	Department of Education and Training	$134,174	AusTender
19 Aug 2015	<p>Employment Services Communication</p>	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$275,000	AusTender
5 June 2015	Quality Indicators for learning and Teaching Market Research	Department of Education and Training	—	AusTender
13 Jan 2015	2015 Survey of Employment Service Providers	Department of Employment	—	AusTender
24 Nov 2014	Employment Services Communication	Department of Jobs and Small Business	$700,000	AusTender
8 Oct 2013	<p>Market Research to test Gallipoli 2015 Ballot Advertising.</p>	Department of Veterans' Affairs	—	AusTender
19 Mar 2013	<p>Attitudinal research with families into Australia's early childhood education and child care sector.</p>	Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations	—	AusTender
8 Nov 2012	<p>Attitudinal research with families into Australia's early childhood education and child care sector.</p>	Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations	$278,960	AusTender
21 Apr 2011	Conciliation research project job#28742 inv: 25540	Fair Work Commission	—	AusTender
21 Apr 2011	Conciliation Reserach Project job#28742 inv: 25651	Fair Work Commission	—	AusTender

Named in Parliamentary Interests

Which parliamentary interest declarations mention TNS?

0 declarations

No parliamentary interest declarations currently name this organisation.

Relationship Summary

TNS has 0 verified relationships across 0 official datasets.

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Connected Organisations

Which organisations, agencies or parties appear alongside TNS on the public record, ranked by evidence strength?

0 unique · 0 verified evidence rows

No other organisations, agencies or parties are yet linked to this entity from currently ingested official records.

Connected People

Which people appear alongside TNS on the public record, ranked by evidence strength?

0 unique · 0 verified evidence rows

No people are yet linked to this organisation from currently ingested official records.

Official Government Documents

Every document below is published by an Australian Government body and can be opened directly from its original source.

Kind	Dataset	Date	Description	Verify
contract	AusTender — procurement	18 June 2018	<p>One Stop Shop - Family & Domestic Violence Workplace Resources</p> — Department of Jobs and Small Business ↔ TNS (AUD 149600)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	8 Jan 2018	<p>Concept testing and refinement research - PaTH</p> — Department of Jobs and Small Business ↔ TNS (AUD 10560)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	29 Aug 2017	Benchmark tracking and evaluation research for the — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	14 Aug 2017	Concept testing and refinement research - PaTH — Department of Employment ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	9 May 2017	<p>Evaluation Services</p> — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	29 Nov 2016	Kantar TNS — Department of Employment ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	4 Oct 2016	<p>Evaluation Services</p> — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS (AUD 81691)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	21 July 2016	<p>Employment Services Communication</p> — Department of Employment ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	12 July 2016	Chaplaincy Evaluation Milestone payment 1 — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	30 May 2016	Qualitative research for Respectful Relationships Education initiative — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	30 May 2016	Qualitative research to support the Respectful Relationships Education Initiative — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	24 May 2016	Market research on JobActive mobile applications — Department of Employment ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	23 Nov 2015	Market research to test 2016 Centenary Commemorations — Department of Veterans' Affairs ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	3 Nov 2015	Higher Education Reforms (HER) Communication Evaluation — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	22 Sept 2015	<p>Research Services</p> — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	14 Sept 2015	<p>Research Services</p> — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS (AUD 134173.6)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	19 Aug 2015	<p>Employment Services Communication</p> — Department of Jobs and Small Business ↔ TNS (AUD 275000)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	5 June 2015	Quality Indicators for learning and Teaching Market Research — Department of Education and Training ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	13 Jan 2015	2015 Survey of Employment Service Providers — Department of Employment ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	24 Nov 2014	Employment Services Communication — Department of Jobs and Small Business ↔ TNS (AUD 700000)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	8 Oct 2013	<p>Market Research to test Gallipoli 2015 Ballot Advertising.</p> — Department of Veterans' Affairs ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	19 Mar 2013	<p>Attitudinal research with families into Australia's early childhood education and child care sector.</p> — Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	8 Nov 2012	<p>Attitudinal research with families into Australia's early childhood education and child care sector.</p> — Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations ↔ TNS (AUD 278960)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	21 Apr 2011	Conciliation Reserach Project job#28742 inv: 25651 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	21 Apr 2011	Conciliation research project job#28742 inv: 25540 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	25 Jan 2011	Conciliation Reserach Project job#28742 inv: 25651 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	25 Jan 2011	Conciliation research project job#28742 inv: 25540 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	15 Sept 2010	Conciliation research project 2nd milest INV25424 Job no 28742 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS (AUD 60170)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	14 Sept 2010	Conciliation research project 2nd milest INV25424 Job no 28742 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS (AUD 60170)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	9 July 2010	JOB #90517 SOCIAL RESEARCH 09 10-07 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS (AUD 152075)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	5 May 2010	Job # 90517 Social Research 09 10-07 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS (AUD 60830)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	5 May 2010	Job # 90517 Social Research 09 10-07 — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS (AUD 91245)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	26 Mar 2010	Job # 90517 Social Research 09 10-07 20% Fee — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS (AUD 60830)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	26 Mar 2010	Job # 90517 Social Research 09 10-07 30% Payment — Fair Work Commission ↔ TNS (AUD 91245)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	26 Nov 2007	Job Seeker Omnibus Survey — Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ↔ TNS (AUD 55310)	open source
contract	AusTender — procurement	20 Mar 2007	Job Seeker Omnibus Survey (GAPS ID: 1653834) — Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ↔ TNS	open source

Official sources

Parliamentary Register of Interests (House)

0 records

No records linked yet

Parliamentary Register of Interests (Senate)

0 records

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Federal Register of Lobbyists

0 records

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AEC Donations (Declared Gifts)

0 records

No records linked yet

AusTender (Government Contracts)

0 records

No records linked yet

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