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 28 February 2025

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 Request for Expressions of Interest closed on 20 January 2025 and responses are being evaluated.

DFAT-1015: Humanitarian Logistics Capability

DFAT is negotiating with the preferred tenderer.

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).

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

DFAT-1026: Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion helpdesk

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

DFAT-1027: Australia Indonesia Partnership for Justice

The Request for Tender to shortlisted organisations closed on Tuesday 21 January 2025 and responses are being evaluated.

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 first quarter of 2025.

DFAT-1032: Australia-Indonesia Bilateral Health Program

DFAT is negotiating with the preferred tenderer.

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 March.

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 March 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 first 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 first quarter of 2025.

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

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

DFAT-1051: Indonesia Economic Governance Investment

The request for tender was released on AusTender and closes on 11 March 2025.

DFAT-1052: Indonesia Infrastructure and Climate Finance Investment

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