Key Highlights

  • Excite has been awarded a $2.9 million contract by an Australian federal government regulator.
  • The term is 24 months, ending September 2028.
  • The scope covers digital forensics and investigative analytics software and associated services, supplied through subsidiary CBIT Pty Ltd.
  • The regulator may terminate the contract or vary its scope or value at its discretion under standard federal terms.

Excite Technology Services Limited (ASX:EXT) announced on 20 October 2026 that it has been awarded a contract by an Australian federal government regulator for the supply of technology and associated services. The contract has a total value of $2.9 million over a term of 24 months.

Contract scope and term

Under the agreement, Excite's wholly owned subsidiary, CBIT Pty Ltd, will supply the customer with digital forensics and investigative analytics software and associated services for two years, ending in September 2028. The contract value of $2.9 million is stated as the total across the 24-month term. The release lists the key terms as the total value, the term and the scope, and does not break the value down by year, by software licence or by service component.

Federal government terms

The contract has been entered into on standard Australian federal government terms. These include a right for the regulator to terminate the contract, or to vary the scope or the quantum of the goods and services supplied, at its discretion. The company describes these provisions as standard for engagements with federal agencies. As a result, the total contract value is subject to the regulator's rights to change the scope or amount of work over the term.

Customer disclosure

Excite stated that, given the sensitive nature of the contract, it has identified the customer only as a regulator of the Australian federal government. The company considers that the announcement contains all material information relevant to the contract and does not consider the regulator's identity to be material in itself. The announcement therefore does not name the agency, the specific investigations the work will support or the delivery timetable within the contract period.

About Excite Technology Services

Excite offers cybersecurity services including threat prevention, managed cloud and IT services, specialist digital forensics, incident response, forensic investigations and accredited training. The company's head office is in North Sydney, and its investor relations materials are managed through NWR Communications. The contract sits within the digital forensics capability delivered through CBIT, which the company describes as part of its specialist solutions offering to Australian government customers.

Authorisation and further information

The announcement was authorised for release by the Board. It did not include earnings guidance, a revenue recognition schedule or any changes to previously reported financial results, so the effect of the contract on reported revenue by period is not set out in the document.

The company's description of the award

Excite describes the award as strengthening its standing as a specialist supplier to Australian government customers, and says the engagement builds on its record of delivering specialist technology solutions to the public sector. These characterisations are the company's own, and the release does not include customer feedback or contract performance measures.

Timing of the agreement

The contract term is stated as 24 months ending in September 2028. The release does not give the date on which the contract was executed or the date work begins.

Summary of the contract award

The release records a $2.9 million, 24-month federal regulator contract for digital forensics and investigative analytics, delivered through CBIT, on standard government terms that allow the customer to terminate or vary the arrangement.