The following list of projects being planned is provided for planning purposes only. It does not represent a solicitation or constitute a request for proposal, nor is it a commitment to procure any described services. The scale, scope and focus of any proposed project may change at any time and is subject to formal approval by the Australian and partner Governments. This information is subject to delays, revision or cancellation. Please email supplier.engagement@dfat.gov.au if you have any questions.

All major DFAT development procurements, and our Annual Procurement Plan, are advertised on AusTender. The Annual Procurement Plan includes DFAT’s development and non-development procurements.

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As at 4 April 2025

Australian Federal Election – Caretaker period

Tenderers are advised that a Federal Election has been called for 03 May 2025. The Commonwealth Government has therefore entered into a ‘caretaker period’ which places limitations on Commonwealth Agencies entering into major new commitments. Ongoing  tender selection processes will continue, however, DFAT may defer entering into a contract with a preferred tenderer until after the end of the caretaker period. Tenderers are further advised that there is also the possibility that, by convention, any incoming Government may decide to terminate a tender if it does not wish to proceed with a particular process. All other information as set out in the respective RFEOI and RFT documents remain unchanged.

DFAT-1003: Australia Awards Global Support Mechanism

The shortlisted organisations for Part B and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Alinea (ryan.cross@alineainternational.com), Association of Commonwealth Universities (henrik.boejen@acu.ac.uk), The Australian Council for Educational Research (daniel.edwards@acer.org), and The BUSY Group (Rodney.Martin@busyatwork.com.au).

The request for tender was released to shortlisted organisations for Part B and closed on 6 February 2025. Responses are being evaluated.

DFAT-1011: Philippines Education Quality for Inclusive Prosperity (EQUIP)

The shortlisted organisations and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Cognition Education Australia (iormiston@cognitioneducation.com), DT Global (joanna.hall@dt-global.com), Palladium (trish.sawford@thepalladiumgroup.com), Philippine Business for Education (abedillon@pbed.ph), and Tetra Tech (victoria.johnson@tetratech.com). The request for tender to shortlisted organisations closed on 28 January 2025 and responses are being evaluated.

DFAT-1012: Cambodia Climate Resilience Program

The shortlisted organisations and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Abt Associates (bdteam@abtglobal.com); Adam Smith International (Henry.Severs@adamsmithinternational.com); Cowater International (Alex.Zdravkovic@cowater.com); GHD (sam.spurrett@ghd.com); Plan International (Dario.lopez@plan.org.au); SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (bdhub@snv.org) Tetra Tech (Stephen.Frano@tetratech.com); World Vision Australia (richard.nyirenda@worldvision.com.au).

DFAT anticipates releasing the request for tender to shortlisted organisations in the second quarter of 2025.

DFAT-1023: Cyber Capacity Building Program

The shortlisted organisations and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Alinea International (Ryan.Cross@alineainternational.com), BAE Systems (Cyber.Panels@baesystems.com), Cadmus Group (Katie.Henke@cadmusgroup.com), CyberCX (actcustomer@cybercx.com.au), KPMG (Gmiller3@kpmg.com.au) and Tetra Tech (Georgina.Naigulevu@tetratech.com).

The request for tender was released to shortlisted organisations on AusTender and closes on 1 April 2025. 

DFAT-1026: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion Support Unit

DFAT anticipates approaching the market through a one-step procurement process to be advertised on AusTender in the second quarter of 2025. Further information is available in the Business Notification for this procurement.

DFAT-1027: Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justice

DFAT is negotiating with the preferred tenderer.

DFAT-1030: Promoting Growth, Resilience, Economic Stability and Sustainability in the Philippines (PROGRESS-PH)

The shortlisted organisations and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Boston Consulting Group (tan.sekloong@bcg.com), Cowater International (alex.zdravkovic@cowater.com), DT Global (joanna.hall@dt-global.com), International Trade Centre (blanc@intracen.org), Research Triangle Institute (sbuksas@rti.org), Tetra Tech (danura.miriyagalla@tetratech.com), and The Cadmus Group (katie.henke@cadmusgroup.com). DFAT anticipates releasing the request for tender to shortlisted organisations in the second quarter of 2025.

DFAT-1036: Australia Human Resource Development Program (Aus4Skills) Implementation Services

The shortlisted organisations and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Deloitte Consulting Vietnam Co (marteoh@deloitte.com), KPMG Australia (snewport@kpmg.com.au), Tetra Tech International Development Pty Ltd (emma.lewis@tetratech.com). DFAT anticipates releasing the request for tender to shortlisted organisations in second quarter of 2025.

DFAT-1038: Aus4Adaptation Vietnam

The shortlisted organisations and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Cowater (alex.zdravkovic@cowater.com), Palladium (sarah.wilson@thepalladiumgroup.com) and Tetra Tech stephen.frano@tetratech.com).  DFAT anticipates releasing the Request for Tender to shortlisted organisations in the second quarter of 2025.

DFAT-1041: Papua New Guinea Australia Partnership in Technical and Vocational Education and Training

The shortlisted organisations and their points of contact for this procurement are (in alphabetical order): Education Development Centre (awillsey@edc.org), Palladium (sarah.wilson@thepalladiumgroup.com), Particip GmbH (Johannes.edelmann@particip.de) and Tetra tech (victoria.johnson@tetratech.com).

DFAT anticipates releasing the request for tender to shortlisted organisations in the second quarter of 2025. 

DFAT-1047: Humanitarian Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Support

DFAT anticipates approaching the market through a one-step procurement process to be advertised on AusTender in the second quarter of 2025.

DFAT-1049: Kiribati Climate Resilient Rural Communities (CRRD)

The request for expression of interest was released on AusTender and closes 30 April 2025.

DFAT-1051: Indonesia Economic Governance Investment

The request for expressions of interest closed on 11 March 2025 and responses are being evaluated.

DFAT-1052: Indonesia Infrastructure and Climate Finance Investment

The request for expression of interest was released on AusTender and closes 12 May 2025.

DFAT-1053: Asia Partnerships for Infrastructure

DFAT anticipates approaching the market through a two-step procurement process to be advertised on AusTender in the second quarter of 2025.