

ANSTO's category of purchases generally fall into the following types:
| Scientific equipment and supplies | Chemicals |
| Gas supplies | |
| Lab consumables | |
| Lab equipment | |
| Scientific equipment/instruments | |
| Professional services | |
| Business services | Fleet |
| Freight | |
| Travel | |
| Accommodation services | |
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Print management services | |
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Stationery and office supplies | |
| Office equipment | |
| Furniture | |
| People and resources | Recruitment |
| Legal services | |
| Training and development | |
| Technology infrastructure | Network switch equipment |
| Servers | |
| Desktop | |
| Network links | |
| Telecommunication | |
| Data centre services | |
| Property | Building services |
| Security services | |
| Utilities | |
| Building works | |
| Engineering equipment and consumables |