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Dandolo Partners:

• Is a public policy and strategy consulting firm.
• Works exclusively for organisations in and around government
• Are ‘expert generalists’ who will take a first principles approach to any area of public policy, but also have special expertise in: 
  • Education (early childhood, schools, VET and higher education)
  • Health and human services
  • Industry policy, especially as it relates to innovation
  • The cultural and creative sectors
• Is based in Melbourne, but works nationally.
• Has around twenty five consulting staff, and draws on a network of partners.
• Meets the Australian Government’s definition of an SME, and therefore qualifies for exemptions for direct (including direct appointment outside the MAS panel)
• Works around the policy cycle on: 
  • Agenda setting and thought leadership
  • Policy reviews and strategy
  • Implementation support
  • Evaluations

Clients tell us they value our:

• Strong skills in conceptual thinking and problem solving. We help them work through ‘wicked problems’.
• Pragmatism, flexibility and ability to work at pace as required.
• Ability to draw real insight from, and capture nuance in evidence.
• Appreciation of their operating environment. We know how government works.
• Compelling communications, whether for executive or public audiences, or both.
• Commitment to building authentic relationships. 

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) is the national peak membership body for public and not-for-profit hospitals and health services – across hospital, primary and community care. We connect leaders within and beyond the health sector, across research, policy and practice, to achieve a collective focus on the best healthcare system to support a healthy Australia.

Our consulting services are dedicated to transforming the healthcare landscape towards this vision. We draw together the expertise from our networks, achieving a systems lens for innovative solutions that are outcomes-focused and value-based.

We offer comprehensive support in navigating complex healthcare environments. Our team of seasoned professionals is committed to fostering collaborative partnerships and creating actionable insights that drive impactful reforms.

Partnering with AHHA for your consulting services means accessing a wealth of expertise and a commitment to excellence in advancing health systems and services. 

Bardach Consulting is a Canberra-based, small to medium enterprise, professional services company specialising in the delivery of consulting services to our Commonwealth clients. Our team of highly capable, CA and CPA qualified, security-cleared professionals bring a wealth of expertise and experience across various domains, including: 

Financial management 
Internal budgeting
External budgeting
Financial analysis
Financial operations
Payroll remediation
Financial business advice
Financial statements preparation support and interpretation of accounting standards 
Reporting improvements 
Costings, cost modelling and cost recovery  
Assets and capitalisation  
Process improvement  
Business case development.    
 

Our professional services are underpinned by a willingness to support our clients to succeed and achieve their individual goals and objectives. One of our primary objectives is to provide transferable capability uplift within all clients and projects, through the delivery of highly capable, trusted and experienced consultants.  
Bardach Consulting provide expert, efficient and reliable advice and support, that achieves quality results and delivers an enduring impact to our clients. 

A small and medium enterprise, Galent Management Consulting (Galent) is a boutique management consulting firm established in 2011with team members working throughout Australia.

Through the MAS Panel Galent offers a team with proven success, achievement and a practical perspective:

• Commercial Management Advisory Services
  • Probity Advisory Services (non-legal)
  • Program/Project Management
• Financial Advisory Services
  • Accounting Advisory

Our highly skilled and experienced management consulting professionals, span a broad spectrum of services and capabilities, offering clients established credentials in the delivery of high-quality services to the public, private, community and not for profit sectors.  We offer extensive expertise in the working with and for First Nation Organisations and representatives.

Built on a foundation of key personnel from renowned consulting practices, we provide clients a strong and diverse base of skills and experience, bringing together professionals with proven experience and success.  Through partnership with clients, we promote knowledge and skill transfer to clients.

Our reputation and record of success reflects our skills and expertise and extensive knowledge of contemporary services delivery and management better practice, aligned with Government policy and legislation - managing risk, maximising value for money and positioning clients for success.

Neoteric Consulting is a boutique SME that brings together professionals with extensive knowledge and experience delivering public sector financial strategy, management and transformation services.

Our capabilities and areas of expertise include:

• Transformation and reform: focusing on corporate strategy development, business process optimisation and performance measurement.
• Financial sustainability: covering strategy and options, financial sustainability review, internal and external budget management, financial policy and framework development.
• Costing and financial analysis: including costing and pricing services, financial model development, cost assurance, benchmarking and dashboard creation.
• Financial systems support: spanning ERP implementation and enhancement, ongoing support and maintenance, continuous improvement framework design, data security and compliance management.
• Financial management advisory: providing expertise in management accounting and business partnering, finance process improvement and capability uplift, capital budgeting strategic asset management planning, financial reporting and technical accounting advice.
• Supply chain and procurement: including Procure-to-Pay (P2P) strategy and operating model design, procurement and contract administration, value for money (VFM) assessment, supply chain optimisation and strategic sourcing.

Bringing together Neoteric thinking, contemporary applications and in-depth analysis we strive to deliver innovative and fit for purpose solutions, providing our clients with value and ensuring they always remain ahead of ever-changing demands. 
 

Our consultancy delivers meaningful change. With over 25 years of experience delivering outcomes for Commonwealth, state and local governments,  Communication Link is here to support you in achieving remarkable outcomes.

At Communication Link, we appreciate the power of effective communication and stakeholder engagement. We will work closely with you to create positive change, both internally and externally, and help you navigate complex matters.

Our team of experienced consultants is dedicated to delivering meaningful outcomes working at a strategic and on-the-ground level.  With strong logistical management and problem-solving skills, we will ensure that your project runs smoothly from start to finish.  Our focus on data-driven solutions and effective reporting will provide you with the insights you need to make informed decisions.

What truly sets us apart is our dedication to customer service. We build strong relationships, share learnings to build agency capability and tailor our approach to your needs. Our team is not only qualified and experienced but also creative, friendly, and professional.  

Whether you need assistance with community engagement, strategic communication, change management or leadership training, Communication Link has the expertise and resources to support you. Contact us today and discover how we can help you achieve your goals.

Grant Thornton is one of the world's leading independent accounting and consulting firms. With an Australian workforce of 1,500 people and a global network of over 65,000 operating in 150 markets, our unique corporate structure is built on transparency, integrity and accountability.

As a full-service professional services firm, we help Public Sector organisations fulfill their commitment to delivering positive outcomes through Audit & Assurance, Financial Advisory, Tax and Consulting Services.

Specifically, within our Consulting division, we support clients in Strategy Implementation, Operating Model Design, Data & Digital, Program and Project Delivery, Change Management, Performance Improvement and Supply Chain Optimisation. We also provide services in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Uplift, Internal Audit, Regulatory & Payroll Compliance, Controls Assurance, Cyber Resilience, Financial Crime and Forensic Investigations.

We work with Public Sector entities at local, state and federal levels and regularly leverage our global team for insights into world's best practice. Our approach is focused on building client capability through knowledge transfer and the training and development of client teams.

Our brand promise of "Reach for Remarkable" is our aspiration and our values are based on Collaboration, Authenticity, Responsibility and Excellence.

The Academy of the Humanities is an independent, not-for-profit organisation which maintains a Fellowship of over 730 humanities leaders. The Academy routinely provides humanities expertise and advice on complex national and international matters at public, institutional and government levels - working both independently and as part of specially-convened multidisciplinary teams. Examples of recently authored reports include Australia’s China Knowledge Capability (2023) and Future Humanities Workforce (2023). Examples of recent reports where the Academy was a convening and/or contributing author include: the Rapid Research Report, Generative AI (for National Science and Technology Committee) (2023) and Ensuring Occupations are Responsive to People with Disability (for DSS) (2022).

You can access an extended list of of our publicly available research reports and activity via Our work – Australian Academy of the Humanities.

BDO is a trusted adviser to government and public sector entities looking for Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We’re appointed to several panel arrangements at the Local, State and Federal level.

BDO has significant experience supporting government agencies, statutory bodies, and government-owned corporations across the following service areas.

• Financial management services, including CFO services, finance function transformation, financial management advisory for infrastructure and major projects, establishment of infrastructure and special purpose vehicles, services to sovereign wealth funds, finance function advisory and technical accounting, and specialist transaction advice
• Advisory services for strategy and transformation, digital and technology, information technology risk and project assurance, contract assurance, and data analytics and insights
• People advisory services for workforce planning and governance, process and performance improvement, and outsourcing services
• Risk advisory services, including cyber security services and forensic services
• Project and infrastructure advisory services, such as financial viability assessments, economics for infrastructure services, and business case development
• Sustainability services, including ESG reporting and compliance
• Audit services, including audit readiness and technical accounting
• Taxation services, including tax equivalents regime, fringe benefits tax, goods and services tax, State taxes (duties, payroll tax, land tax), fuel tax credits, superannuation and customs duty.

Equifax Australasia Credit Ratings Pty Limited, trading as Corporate Scorecard, is Australia’s leading provider of Financial Viability Assessments applicable to tendering and procurement, credit accounts, licensing and grant applications. We offer a broad range of reports enabling our clients to get the appropriate level of analysis for the decision they are making. Reports can be ordered, tracked, delivered and archived through our online web-based platform.

Corporate Scorecard is also a licensed Credit Rating agency in Australia. Our Credit Ratings (AFSL 341391) deliver a critical forward-looking measure that provides vital intelligence for any high risk or politically sensitive venture, credit exposures or commercial contracts. Credit Rating Reports are prepared by specialist Chartered Accountants and include a comprehensive range of risk factors to identify issues that may not be apparent from the financial statements. These reports provide an official Credit Rating that is internationally consistent with other Agency rating grades, and is designed to provide an early warning of financial distress.

From ASIC searches/data matching, online supplier monitoring through to Financial Viability Assessments, Corporate Scorecard has the information and analytical services for all your risk management needs.

Ninti One is a First Nations-owned management advisory company, registered with Supply Nation that has been operating since 2003. We are one of Australia’s biggest First Nations consulting companies, having managed over 300 projects on behalf of the Commonwealth Government, to a value of $300M. 

Our vision is to build opportunities with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through research, innovation and engagement. Our services include:

Management Advisory - With deep understanding of First Nations social development in urban, rural and remote locations, we provide tailored advisory services to clients in Australia and internationally.

Stakeholder and Community Engagement - With direct links to community networks, we provide facilitation services to deliver services in complex settings.

Participatory Evaluation - We work with clients to develop culturally appropriate evaluation approaches and tools, applying a cultural lens to the interpretation of results.

Research and Data Collection - We undertake ethical research and data collection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.

Training - We are a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) that delivers on-site work-based training in remote and regional communities across Australia.

Partner with us to drive impactful change and enhance service delivery for First Nations communities.

Finity is an award-winning professional services firm employing specialists across a range of disciplines including actuarial, analytics and economics. We combine bold, innovative thinking and a practical approach to inform research and policy solutions to a variety of areas including general and private health insurance, asset protection, natural perils risk, climate change risk and workers compensation. We are the largest employer of general insurance actuaries in Australia and the country’s leading general insurance consulting firm.

Finity has a deep and established understanding of government and we appreciate their nuanced political and operating environments. Our advice is designed to meet the specific transparency, information and educational requirements of our government clients.

Examples of work we have provided to the Australian Government and its agencies:

• Advising on insurance for terrorism following the 11 September 2001 attacks
• Establishment of the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool to address insurance affordability
• Actuarial analysis to the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse
• Financial viability assessments of pathology firms and associated healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic 
• Assisting with interim vocational education tuition assurance arrangements following the exit of market providers
• Data analytics to entities such as the ACCC and ASIC to assist in their regulatory roles

Conscia Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned SME management consulting business able to provide a wide range of services. We are headquartered in Canberra and have offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. We have successfully delivered projects for many Australian Government agencies. The majority of Conscia’s staff have worked within or for public sector agencies, providing us an in-depth understanding of the priorities, pressures and processes that drive the public sector.

Conscia prides itself on providing well-reasoned, independent advice underpinned by technical qualifications and extensive experience in both the public and private sectors and supplemented by the expertise available via our network of partner companies.

We are invested in our clients’ long-term success. In the case of the APS, this includes formal knowledge/skills transfer arrangements with an emphasis on ensuring the smooth transition of our work onto its APS custodians, so that enduring benefits can be realised.  

Conscia is a member of the Defence Industry Security Program (DISP), with staff holding clearances up to and including Positive Vetting.  We are strategic in choosing who we work with so as to minimise any potential conflict of interest. We represent a low-risk, high-value option for Australian Government agencies to supplement their core workforce. 

Astryx is a specialist procurement and commercial services firm - that's all we do! Our team of highly skilled and personable experts bring experience across the Defence, ICT, Commonwealth and State Government sectors. As a female founded and led SME based in Canberra and Perth, we work collaboratively with our clients providing a drive to deliver you the best results in your procurement and probity matters.

We provide our advice and services as you require – we can deliver short, sharp and specific deliverables and expert advice, or provide specialist resources on a longer-term basis. Our skillsets cover the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, including:

• Strategy development
• Tender drafting
• Tender management
• Evaluation preparation, support and coaching
• Negotiation preparation
• Representation at negotiations
• Contract management preparation
• Ongoing contract management during delivery
• Probity advice

Throughout all activities, we engage directly with our clients and relevant stakeholders to ensure quality outputs. As an energetic, communicative and driven team of individuals, we love to support our clients in achieving your outcomes in an efficient and effective delivery approach.

ARTD is a public policy advisory firm, specialising in monitoring and evaluation. Since 1989, our team has delivered developmental, process and impact evaluations exclusively to government and community organisations. We work with all levels of government supporting effective decision making and building evaluation capacity.

Over 35 years in public policy have allowed us to hone our expertise, processes and ethics. We listen wholeheartedly. We work with you to understand your needs and goals, and then tailor our approach accordingly.  

Our vision is for a more thoughtful world. Robust evidence and data underpin our analysis. The collective wisdom of our highly engaged senior leadership team informs every project. We back this up with strong project management processes, flexibility and high levels of client service.

Our people care deeply about their work and the impact it has for government, the environment and the wider community. As an employee-owned SME, we have teams in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and the surrounding regions. We also have an extensive network of lived experience and First Nations associates around the country who co-design and co-deliver projects with us.

Connect with us for strategic evaluation, monitoring and research services that increase the likelihood of program success.

Linesight provides professional consultancy services, management support and strategic advice to the global construction industry. From initial concept to project completion, we have been helping clients to build their businesses since 1974.

We have developed long-lasting relationships with some of the biggest companies in the world and have earned a reputation as a world leader in our field, and are continually evolving our offer to best meet our clients' needs. We have deep domain knowledge and experience spanning a multitude of sectors including Commercial, Data Centers, Life Sciences, Healthcare, High-Tech Industrial, Hospitality, Education, Residential, Retail, Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Oil & Gas. With staff located across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the USA, our reach is truly global. 

Our permanent and long-established presence in these areas allows us to develop strategic partnerships, access local resources, formulate the most up-to-date market insights, and gain deep knowledge of each territory. Visit our Insights section, which provides global and regional analysis for the construction industry: http://www.linesight.com/insights

Linesight Australia

With offices in Sydney and Melbourne we work on projects throughout Australia.

Specialties

Cost Management, Project Management, Consultancy Services, Procurement, Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Project Controls, and Planning and Scheduling.

Scotwork is the world’s leading authority on mutual gain negotiation and offers strategic procurement advice, negotiation support, negotiation training, and process advisory services. 

Scotwork’s consultants can help agencies to effectively prepare for negotiations, overcome complications, fill capability gaps, and build momentum to ensure they achieve great deals and better value for money outcomes for the Commonwealth.

Scotwork can help by:

• Considering negotiation issues, objectives, and where value may be created or destroyed.
• Assessing the negotiation skills, capability, competence, capacity, precedent, scope, empowerment, and escalation for each party.
• Identifying sources of negotiation power and how to use them, including what it may do to the current power balance.
• Creating negotiation artefacts including planning and reporting documents, inclusive of strategic objectives, guiding principles, and governance arrangements to support the desired outcomes.
• Building negotiation team capability and capacity by working with individuals to enhance confidence and control over the negotiation process.
• Working with key stakeholders to transform organisational mindsets to think more strategically and create value from relationships.
• Being a trusted advisor (external point of view) when negotiating teams need honest feedback.

Scotwork has a comprehensive understanding of Commonwealth procurement legislation and processes and is deeply familiar with the Commonwealth contracting suites.

The Parenting Research Centre (PRC) (www.parentingrc.org.au) is an independent, non-profit organisation that helps children thrive by advising on new and better ways to support families in their parenting. 

We have 25 years of experience in the fields of early childhood, health, education, disability, and welfare putting the best evidence on parenting and family support into action. As a trusted leader in knowledge and practice expertise related to parenting, we are engaged by government and non-government agencies to create new knowledge and support development of services, resources, and policy. 

The PRC provides agencies with end-to-end design, adaptation, implementation, research, and evaluation of policies, programs, and practice including policy, practice advice and governance solutions.

We have a strong history in effective collaboration and partnering including our world class partnership with the Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute with whom we operate the Raising Children Network. Since 2006, the Raising Children Network has provided independent, trusted, and engaging support for parents, carers, kin and professionals across Australia and internationally. The Raising Children Network is frequently called on by the Australian Government to lend its expertise to effectively communicate with mass parent audiences. Its website www.raisingchildren.net.au receives 115,000+ visits per day.

Aurecon is a leading design, engineering and advisory company headquartered in Australia. Our purpose is bringing ideas to life, to imagine and co-create with our clients a better future for people and the planet.

Each day, just as we have for decades, we work with our clients, including Australia’s largest companies and all levels of Government, to imagine and co-create a better future for people and the planet.

We are a 7000+ team who place eminence, digital and innovation at the core of all we do.

Our strength lies in how we bring together our design, engineering, and advisory capabilities to provide our clients with integrated solutions across the entire asset lifecycle. From shape and plan – design and deliver – operate and optimise – to close and transform.

Aurecon designers, engineers, scientists, and advisors work with our clients across markets and asset types, to tackle some of the world’s most complex challenges.

We are a staff-owned company with a strong presence across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia.

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a leading global university, powered by its people, partnerships and communities. UOW’s vision is to inspire a better future through education, research and partnership.

UOW is globally recognised for delivering impactful research that drives positive change. UOW ranks 44th among the world’s universities for social and economic impact in the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which are benchmarked against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

UOW’s world-class capabilities provide a deep base of research and commercialisation capacity that greatly magnifies the potential for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to grow and compete.

Our researchers work with some of the world’s best research partners to solve the biggest questions facing society, striving towards a better quality of life for future generations. UOW’s research is purposeful, focusing on:

• Power, energy and infrastructure
• Healthy living
• Bio-medical sciences
• Future manufacturing 
• Social change and public policy

UOW is providing solutions that support emerging businesses and transform core industries to adopt advanced technologies and innovative systems. The research community has created an environment where entrepreneurship and innovation can thrive so research can be transferred into commercial products and services.

Quantium is Australia’s leading data and analytics company, combining human and artificial intelligence to solve our clients’ most pressing challenges. Renowned for our excellence in data analytics and artificial intelligence, we offer advice, innovative products, and platforms that transform client capabilities. Our solutions deliver actionable insights and context-specific technologies.

We are passionate about using data to improve lives, working across the public sector to help agencies achieve their goals. With deep understanding of government decision-making, service delivery and policy formulation, we enable better outcomes through analytics. Our leadership team has nearly 80 years of combined experience working in government and healthcare, serving over 30 public sector clients.

Our core services include:

• Data, analytics, and technology strategy 
• Applied analytics, predictive modelling, and AI 
• Data products, dashboards, and reporting tools 
• Data management and data governance 
• Data platforms 
• Data capability building and technical change management

We are technology agnostic, adept in sensitive and highly regulated environments, and adhere to the highest ethical standards. Quantium’s work with major federal and state departments has delivered impactful, data-driven solutions, enhancing operational efficiency, resource allocation, and policy effectiveness.  Our commitment to ethical data practices ensures positive outcomes for communities and public trust in government services.  

Delos Delta is a full-suite management consulting company, with government and private-sector clients in every state and territory. Our multi-disciplinary team bring together experience from around the globe, with particular expertise in technology, innovation, strategy, economics, finance, data, and public policy.

We are committed to excellence in process, relationships, outputs, and outcomes. We welcome the opportunity to help define and advance your priorities.

Value Proposition

Independence: Our advice focuses on delivering the best possible results for our clients and their communities, without preferencing technologies or vendors.

Government Knowledge: We understand the context within which government organisations operate, and appreciate the available delivery models and mechanisms, and associated opportunities and constraints they face.

Engagement Leaders: Our engagement approach builds buy-in, mandate, support, and awareness for new and innovative programs, and supports long-term outcomes.

Evolving Economies and Finance: Our team has decades of experience in economics, financial analysis and know how to navigate new opportunities and threats for communities during a changing economy.

Unrivalled Smart City Expertise: We have delivered smart city programs for more than 100 government organisations and have implemented some of Australia’s largest smart city projects.

The JLL Public Sector Valuation (PSV) team delivers comprehensive asset valuation and advisory services to public sector entities. Our expertise encompasses financial reporting, insurance, asset modelling, acquisition, and disposal purposes across all major asset classes, including land, buildings, plant, equipment, machinery, infrastructure, and cultural and heritage collections.

Comprising over 15 professionals strategically located throughout Australia, our team structure includes a diverse range of roles: administration, graduate valuers, research analysts, modelling analysts, cost estimators, valuers, senior valuers, directors, and senior directors. This multifaceted composition is integral to our success in providing high-quality and reliable valuation advisory services.

Our team's breadth of experience and specialised skills enable us to offer tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of public sector entities. By leveraging our collective expertise, we ensure accurate valuations and strategic asset management advice that support informed decision-making and compliance with strict regulatory requirements.

The PSV team is committed to future planning, currently supporting four graduate valuers who are either participating in or about to begin our graduate program. Notably, three of our four graduate valuers are successful women.

Interaction Consulting drives positive change.

Interaction has been providing boutique + bespoke consultancy services, focusing on strategy, capability and change, for over 30 years. We partner with clients to improve productivity, enhance performance and drive positive change.

Our solutions are bespoke. We take the time to get to know you so that we can tailor a solution that we are confident will be fit for purpose and provide you with a significant return on investment.

STRATEGY - We help you choose what to do, what not to do, and when, in response to an often dynamic and unpredictable business landscape.

CAPABILITY - We build the skills, knowledge, behaviours, mindset and confidence that will help you realise your business goals.

CHANGE + TRANSFORMATION - We help you to determine if change is needed or feasible. We show you how to change, and then we bring your transformation to life.

Our highest value is trust. We establish and nurture enduring client relationships and partnerships, to support you through the good times and the bad.

Our team comprises experienced and passionate professionals and we serve anyone who needs support improving productivity and driving positive change.

We are a proudly Australian-owned small business.

Narada Consulting is a leading Canberra-based firm, proudly Australian-owned, offering top-tier ICT leadership to the Commonwealth government. 

With a strong focus on delivery of ICT outcomes, our team, led by founders Stuart Gibson and Diana Gardner, brings extensive experience from delivery of diverse and demanding projects. We excel in advisory roles and managing complex ICT procurements and transformations, ensuring clients maximise their ICT investments. 

Our mission is to convert technological advancements into real business results, acting as catalysts for success in a dynamic industry. Trust Narada to navigate the evolving ICT landscape with confidence, professionalism, and a track record of developing and delivering on Commonwealth Government strategic goals.

Narada’s focus areas:

• ICT Transformation Strategy 
• Program Delivery
• ICT Sourcing Strategy & Procurement Management
• Commercial Negotiation 
• Capability Transformation
• Public Cloud Services
• DevOps Support and Development Approaches
• Consulting and Advisory Services

As one of the largest and most successful medical research institutes in Australia, we have a trusted reputation for producing high quality research, with researchers and facilities of the highest standing in the sector. We recognise that by collaborating with Government, we can help ensure our research is informed by real-world contexts and can be more effectively translated into policy and practice outcomes that are appropriate, feasible and pragmatic.

At the Institute, we conduct research across several research themes, including: Indigenous Health, Brain and Behaviour, Chronic and Severe Diseases, and Early Environment. We bring together experts with wide-ranging knowledge and skills who work with Government to advocate for evidence-based programs and initiatives, drive systems change and direct investment to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.

We offer a range of services and tailored solutions to Government agencies including, but not limited to:

• evidence review and synthesis
• population-based surveys
• community consultation
• stakeholder consultation
• monitoring and evaluation frameworks
• data analytics, linkage and statistical modelling
• program/service evaluation
• economic analysis and modelling

Our strong collaboration with Government ensures that our research is both useful and used, helping to achieve our vision of happy healthy.

The Cultural & Indigenous Research Centre Australia (CIRCA) was established in 2000 and is an industry leader in research & evaluation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and CALD communities and a specialist in the application of culturally sensitive approaches. We have experience across a range of research and evaluation topics including: Health, Housing, Education, Data privacy and security, Disability, and Aging. We have successfully delivered over 500 projects for 150 clients.

We are a team of academically trained applied social scientists with cultural expertise, so you can trust our analyses and reports will be rigorous, insightful, and culturally nuanced. We work closely with clients to craft research methods and approaches that will meet their needs and that are culturally and linguistically appropriate and safe.

CIRCA is accredited under ISO 20252:2019 for Market, Opinion and Social Research, which means that we follow rigorous standards for how research is conducted, analysed, and reported so that clients can be assured that our research products are trustworthy and high quality. 

CIRCA’s high-quality research, premium customer service, and on-time delivery is what sets us apart, reflected in our high rate of repeat business from many clients.

Bastion Insights is Australia’s leading mid-sized market and social research consultancy, dedicated to delivering practical insights to guide informed decision-making. Our specialist Social & Government team combines deep industry knowledge with advanced research methodologies to provide robust, evidence driven strategic recommendations. We specialise in comprehensive research and evaluation services tailored to the unique needs of our government clients.

With a proven track record of successful collaborations across various government sectors, we excel in understanding public policies, social issues, and consumer behaviour. Our robust approach integrates proven quantitative and qualitative techniques, ensuring thorough analysis that captures the full spectrum of public opinions, beliefs and behaviours. We pride ourselves on delivering precise, timely, and relevant insights that drive actions to improve policies, programs and government services.

Bastion Insights is committed to the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and ethical research practices. We are ISO certified and leverage cutting-edge technology and innovative methodologies to stay ahead of trends and provide forward-thinking solutions. By partnering with us, government agencies can confidently rely on our expertise to navigate complex challenges, optimise outcomes, and foster community trust. Invite Bastion Insights to tender for your future research project and experience the difference that expert insight can make.

We are project management and advisory specialists that provide an array of services, including:

• Project Management & Contract Administration
• Business Case development and Economic Analysis
• Procurement and Transaction Management
• Decarbonisation and Climate Advisory
• Sustainability Strategy, Reporting and Disclosures
• Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
• PMO and Project Controls
• Value Engineering
• Lifecycle Costing
• Asset Management
• Programming and Scheduling
• Constructability Advice

We operate across a range of key sectors, including Infrastructure, Transport, Defence, Energy, Residential, Social Infrastructure, Commercial Property, Resources and Water.

We have a range of capabilities that enable us to work across the whole project life cycle, helping clients work through concept, project requirements and business case development, procurement, and into delivery, operations, and maintenance.

TSA Riley’s difference lies in our independence, global reach and unique depth and breadth of services. We combine this with the connected intelligence of a global team of over 1,000 experts. They bring deeply specialist sector knowledge and hands-on, lived experience to all our projects.

We look forward to partnering with you.

At 1 and One Consulting, we pride ourselves on delivering tailored solutions that empower Australia’s public sectors. As a trusted independent Australian firm headquartered in Canberra, with offices and staff across Australia, including Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney, we are committed to keeping our expertise and profits within Australia to enhance national growth and prosperity.

Our services cover governance and assurance, change management, program delivery and evaluation, grants design and delivery, risk analysis and management, business operations, IT solutions, and policy and regulation development.

We deliver end-to-end solutions, from strategic advisory to operational execution and tactical delivery, ensuring holistic support tailored to their unique needs.

We have successfully collaborated with some of Australia’s largest government departments, establishing ourselves as experts in the field. Our dedicated team combines deep industry knowledge with innovative approaches to drive results that matter. Our focus is on delivering actionable outcomes and tangible benefits, not just reports.

By choosing 1 and One, you gain a partner dedicated to excellence, integrity, and results. We are passionate about making a positive impact and delivering value to Australian government agencies. Working together with the public service, we partner with our clients to navigate complexities, optimise operations, and achieve outstanding results.

MBB Group is an independent consultancy firm, specialising in finding and developing innovative, effective solutions to complex and complicated infrastructure projects.

Leveraging our experience across the project lifecycle, we are able to offer effective and innovative program, project, planning, commercial, transaction, development and delivery management services.

We have advised on, contributed to and led successful projects across Government and the private sector. These include major transport, energy, resources and social infrastructure projects, under all contracting models and across the whole project lifecycle.

Our services include:

• Strategy: Complex problem solving and commercially focused advice through a highly capable team to solve client problems, inform investment decisions, drive commercial outcomes, mitigate risk and enable improved organisational, P3 and commercial performance for major infrastructure.
• Development: Helping you to see the key issues and make the right decisions by planning and delivering whole-of-life value. From the project’s inception to financial close.
• Delivery: A strategic and integrated approach that draws on industry insights, practices and lessons to ensure readiness for project execution and establishment of the necessary capability in line with project risk or complexity. Delivering on time and on budget, establishing sustainable returns from your assets.
• Operations: Early strategic focus and proactive asset management to ensure you get the most out of an asset once it becomes operational ensuring the best commercial return on investment and benefit realisation defined in the development phase.

Coras is not just a consultancy; we're a veteran-founded, employee-owned Crew providing cutting-edge advisory services to the public and private sector. We are passionate about business improvement, asset and project management, strategic procurement, regulatory compliance, and governance and assurance. Through the impactful work we do, our trailblazing consultants have developed a strong reputation in Defence and National Intelligence. We are trusted advisors, renowned for the calibre of our people and our track record of quality service delivery.

At the core of our business is an ethos of Thinking New, and the belief that a diversity of perspectives is the key to progress. We bring extensive knowledge, sound processes and, given our humanistic approach, awesome stakeholder management. Beyond their expertise, our team members are individuals of integrity, fostering collaborative relationships with our clients and partners. Our Crew is allergic to average, and is always on the lookout for innovative solutions to deliver real value to our clients.

Our success lies in enabling clients to thrive independently. We're committed to continuous improvement, investing in our team to uphold the highest standards. We offer extensive knowledge, robust and effective processes, and exemplary stakeholder management, all rooted in a deeply human approach. 

Founded in Canberra in 1999, Synergy Group is the leading sovereign, Australian-owned professional services firm servicing government. We have more than 400 specialist staff operating across Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Synergy Group has a rich history of excellence, innovation, and expertise, providing full end-to-end services incorporating strategy, design and innovation through ThinkPlaceX, transformation delivery services through Synergy Consulting, and managed services through Synergy ICTMS.  

Our approach is uniquely tailored to address the largest, most challenging and complex projects for our clients, working with them to guide, lead, solve and resolve challenges and providing whole-of-life services grounded in research and underpinned by robust methodologies and deep insight.

Synergy Group is a values-driven organisation dedicated to enacting positive change through our work and our involvement in local communities across Australia. As we grow, we are conscious of ensuring our expanding footprint leaves a positive impact on the environment and the communities we are involved with by upholding our values, which are at the core of who we are and what we do while driving our commitment to sustainable and considered growth.

Clyde & Co provides end to end market leading privacy, cyber and information risk focussed services advising clients on legislation, obligations and implementation strategy locally and across borders, including:

• Privacy, cyber and data protection services, privacy impact assessments (PIAs), reviews/audits of privacy compliance, preparation and uplift of policies, training, exemptions apply and use of those exemptions, sensitive information and/or biometric information projects
• Strategies for maximising use/secondary use of personal information, digital transformation and AI
• Mandatory data breach notification
• Data breaches and cyber incident response, data discovery and analysis, liaising with the Privacy Commissioner and resolving incident request or disputes
• Interpreting and implementing the Australian Government Agencies Privacy Code
• Data sharing and Big Data analytics program
• Privacy developments and non-Australian privacy and cyber requirements, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK equivalent
• Data, document, records, personal information rationalisation and retention/deletion obligations and practical implementation
• Commonwealth records/archives legislation
• Surveillance laws and security requirements
• Freedom of information (FOI) 
• Profiling and automated decision-making 
• De-identification frameworks including for AI training purposes
• Data governance and digital resilience frameworks

As lawyers we provide legal advice (not just consultant recommendations) ensuring solutions/recommendations fulfil your legal obligations.  Our advice can be provided under legal professional privilege.

DMV Consulting specialises in delivering management consulting, accounting, procurement, ICT and business advisory and labour hire services across Commonwealth, State and local government environments. We are a local Canberra based SME, DISP member, with proven sovereign capability and our team deliver services across corporate management consultancy, supply chain delivery, ICT, people and culture, corporate governance, policy and strategy, program and project management, procurement and commercial, probity (non-legal), risk and governance, intelligence, data, security and organisational change and transformation resilience.

DMV Consulting is a well-established and experienced firm offering a comprehensive range of services within government sectors. We have achieved considerable growth into information management and business improvement services. Our strengths include establishing and managing productive relationships, managing communications and producing high quality well-structured service outcomes.

We offer over 20 years of demonstrated experience working as a trusted Panel member to a wide range of government Agencies and private sector organisations, including 20 years within the federal, state and local government marketplace. DMV Consulting is a reputable and experienced provider of services within government sectors. Our emphasis on quality assurance and compliance, and membership of many industry bodies underscores our commitment to professionalism and excellence in service delivery. 

Bryan is a recognised expert and accomplished management consultant with a focus on enhancing high performance through a decision-making lens. His career began with a foundation in risk-based decision making and has broadened to include strategic planning and change management. With over twenty-five years of experience facilitating executive and board workshops, Bryan has empowered board and executive teams to unlock the power of collective decision making, supporting hundreds of organisations across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. He is best known for transforming board and executive teams’ views of risk management from a compliance activity to a valued leadership imperative, interweaving the relationship between risk and strategy into an inseparable value proposition yielding remarkable results. 

Bryan is the author several books, including his latest book, Team Think: How Teams Make Great Decisions (2024), which empowers leaders with a profound understanding of team decision making and practical methodologies to optimise it to drive high performance. He is also author of Amazon Best Seller, Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (2021), Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon, and another Amazon Best Seller, Bryan’s Blog Book: Years of Insights on Making Risk Stick.

Procurement Co is a 100% Australian owned specialist consultancy providing probity, procurement, transaction management and contract management services to Government and private enterprise. We maintain offices in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne allowing us to service our clients across Australia. Since our incorporation in 2013 we have delivered services to a range of government agencies and private clients across a broad range of industries and sectors.

Our team of 40+ have extensive experience in probity and procurement across many industries and this experience demonstrates a keen understanding of both compliance and commercial delivery objectives for our clients.

Engaging with Procurement Co, offers several advantages: 

• Procurement Co is a specialist procurement / probity firm with no other service streams to ensure no potential conflicts in the effective delivery of services / advice.
• 100% Australian owned and operated;
• A Small to Medium Enterprise (SME);
• Gender diversity ratio of 51% female employees;
• A successful graduate program, offering employment to new entrants into Australia’s professional workforce;
• Supply chain focusing on engaging local SMEs for services such as accounting, ICT, marketing, legal services; and
• Provide social benefits via pro bono procurement and probity support to non-for-profit and community organisations.

For 75 years, SMEC has built a reputation as a trusted partner on major Transport, Water and Energy projects around the world. We deliver advanced Transport, Water, Energy and Urban solutions for our clients, partners and communities. 

Through our network of global specialists, our teams draw on deep expertise and systems thinking to simplify the complex and deliver integrated engineering solutions across a range of diverse environments. Through our network of global specialists collaborating with local partners, we deliver excellence across the life-cycle of each project, regardless of size or complexity.

SMEC is committed to positively impact the people, the environment and the clients and communities we serve. Our teams of specialists and design leaders are enabled by data and technology, guided by specialist critical thinking, and grounded by extensive experience. Our People, Process, and Technology (PPT) framework ensures we bring the right expertise and the right technologies to projects of all complexities, delivering best-for-project solutions on a case-by-case basis. 

Real impact, made together | Real impact, made together expresses our shared commitment to create meaningful, tangible, and enduring change, through collaborative efforts with clients, partners, and communities, shaping a brighter future for all.

At Ground Effects Consulting (Sunday Trading Pty Ltd) we work hard to understand what you want to achieve, and work with you on how it is delivered to unlock value. We have experience across multiple industries in Operations, Production, Project Management, Maintenance Engineering, Logistics and Commercials, and the company is well placed to develop whole of business solutions.

The Ground Effects approach is collaborative and systemic. It relies on a deep understanding of the problem space, close integration with leadership teams and program stakeholders, an ongoing focus to understand the conditions needed to deliver on the objectives and the application of our extensive experience to put them in place.

We anchor success on early and robust planning, appropriate attention to detail, the contribution of our experience to problems, and sound progress controls. We continually work to support contributors and stakeholders from the initiating phases through to final delivery and review.

We selectively apply elements of recognised management frameworks including the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Agile Project Management and various Change Management approaches, to achieve the best results. In this way we combine creative approaches with a clear methodology to discover, plan, act and deliver tailored outcomes.

ArcBlue is a leading procurement and supply chain consulting firm, helping clients drive positive change through the power of procurement and supply. We are a growing small-to-medium size organisation with a team of over 150 procurement consultants and analysts, committed to delivering innovative and practical solutions in procurement.

Established in 2013, our experienced team supports clients across the Asia Pacific region, including offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.

ArcBlue has 4 core product offerings:

• Probity & Procurement Performance Improvement: solutions leveraging our methodologies, best practice tools and programs formulated over years of operation to safeguard your organisation against probity risks, improve performance and enhance the influence of strategic procurement.
• Procurement Learning & Development: assessing and uplifting skills with our Skills Assessments, our range of eLearning modules and our huge suite of specialised procurement and contract management Training Courses.
• Social & Sustainable Procurement: integrating sustainability principles into your end-to-end procurement processes through diagnostics, strategy development and implementation, capability development, reporting and impact measurement, place-based and industry participation programs.
• Project Procurement: solutions to deliver on budget and on time, support ranging from our Procurement-as-a-Service flexible resources, to end-to-end procurement project management for projects of all sizes and levels of complexity.

Our focus is helping deliver better public outcomes through the public and private sectors, and the juncture of the two. From people to performance, systems to design, culture to operations, we offer a unique blend of strategy meeting execution.

Our business is integrating your domain expertise with specialist skills in achieving and sustaining strategic change so that you get the outcomes you want. We bring an integrated set of skills in strategic change, program and project management, leadership and execution. Our consulting approach is to work collaboratively alongside your team to form a strong partnership, delivering meaningful change through integrated teams.

Where it makes sense, we couple our consulting approach with our breakthrough training programs to uplift your capability in strategic thinking and problem solving, implementing change, procurement, and communicating with influence.

The expertise and guidance you get from Kiah will be pragmatic, insightful, and implementable. Our clients get extraordinary value from engaging us because our highly skilled consultants bring masterful consulting acumen coupled with public and private sector expertise.

There are common factors in how we work with our clients—and you will always find us bringing our collaborative and human-centred approach to the execution of strategic change.

RD Consulting – a Canberra-based communications agency, working across Australia.

We’re a talented team of problem solvers, connection enablers and opportunity leveragers.  

Our skills cover the whole shebang of communications solutions. We call them the 5Cs and they include:  

• communications 
• creative – graphic design, photography, videos, podcasts, intranets, websites, etc.
• coaching and training  
• corporate events 
• change management – digital adoption and transformation

We’ve worked with loads of government departments from Defence and Finance to DISR and Health and Aged Care. We also work with the private and not for profit sectors, universities and NGOs.  

As a one-stop-shop, our exceptional consultants include strategists, designers, writers, marketers, video producers, creative technologists, event managers, change consultants and trainers.  

What makes us different?

We’re agile and flexible yet have the capability to deliver across all your requirements. We are based right here in Canberra.

We’ll morph and mould, shape and scale, pivot and push to create solutions that answer your brief, drive awareness and deliver results. 

So, whether you need a killer communication strategy, want to energise your team through an inspiring training program or simply have a knotty comms challenge that needs solving, we’ve got your back. 

Merit Solutions is a Brisbane-based consultancy with a highly qualified team who have worked at senior levels in the Australian and Queensland governments. We have been in operation since 1996 and specialise in providing ethical and professional consulting services for public sector clients.  While based in Brisbane, we can travel throughout Australia or deliver services virtually where appropriate.

Within the category of Organisational Planning and Development - Business Strategy and Improvement, our track record includes successful projects for Australian and Queensland Government clients.  These have involved functional reviews of organisational design, resourcing and workforce capability; development of options and recommendations in relation to organisation structures and related implementation plans; business process reviews and mapping which have streamlined delivery.  

Within the category of Human Resources – Workforce Strategy, we have completed successful projects for Australian and Queensland Government clients.  Examples include reviews of roles and structures including consideration of classification level and job design, development of job descriptions and recommendations regarding organisational structure, review and development of human resource policy, procedures and related resources.

We are client-centred, genuinely ethical and committed to a collaborative approach which delivers outcomes and is generous in sharing expertise to build internal capability. 

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public university with a national presence. With seven campuses across the country, we offer access to specialist researchers in more jurisdictions than any other university. We deliver high-quality, impactful research in areas such as:

• Education and teacher workforce studies
• Nursing and public health
• Psychology and cognitive sciences
• Allied health and the care economy
• Human metabolic functioning and disease
• Nutrition and dietetics
• Healthy ageing
• Human movement and sports science
• Digital healthcare
• Veteran wellbeing
• Business, management and IT
• Political science
• Sociology
• Law and human rights

ACU’s expertise is strengthened by strategic investments in research infrastructure. Examples include opening the only Human Metabolic Chamber in the southern hemisphere, and our cutting-edge facilities at the Blacktown Exercise Sports Technology Hub (BEST) at Sydney’s International Sports Park.

ACU excels in interdisciplinary research, bringing together diverse teams to tackle complex challenges. Ranked in the top 2% of universities globally, our research is recognized as world-leading by independent assessors (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024; Shanghai Ranking, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023), particularly in our priority areas. ACU can support government objectives by providing targeted, objective, rigorous, evidence-backed research to ensure programs are effective and policy goals achieved.

Incorporated in 1998 in the United Kingdom, IOD PARC is a private employee-owned consulting company and a leading, global specialist-provider in results-based performance assessment in international development. 

Working with a range of international bodies, IOD PARC has led over 1100 consultancy assignments in more than 100 countries world-wide. With its varied client base, including multilateral, bilateral, and UN agencies, IOD PARC has developed an acclaimed reputation for its work that combines the rigour and analytical skills of monitoring and evaluation expertise with a process-based approach to organisational development and change interventions.

Our specialist expertise in monitoring and evaluation ranges from small, project-based evaluations, through to wide-range assessments of multi-actor partnerships and complex global institutional arrangements. We develop and support implementation of performance assessment systems at agency wide, country program, sector and investment levels and provide M&E helpdesk support to government departments, bilateral and multilateral aid organisations.

Our consultancy services focus on six core services 

• Assessment and Evaluation 
• Supporting Change 
• Strategy Development 
• Organisational Systems 
• Evidence and Learning 
• Quality Assurance 

Marsden Jacob is a collaborative, values-based team of trusted economics, public policy, markets and strategy advisors, committed to supporting our clients to shape the future wisely and positively.

We help define objectives, plot best courses of action and manage risk, delivering practical, workable outcomes and advice that helps make a positive impact on people, policy and the planet.

Our team of 40+ advisors has deep sectoral and technical experience, nous and networks across agriculture and earth resources, energy and renewables, environment and climate change, policy and regulation, circular economy and recycling, transport and water.  

We are based in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Japan and Finland. 

Since its inception in 2014, E3 Advisory has established itself as a leader in providing specialist advisory services throughout the infrastructure lifecycle.

E3 Advisory has been at the forefront of policy and strategy development on behalf of federal, state and international governments and government owned corporations. This includes a review of existing processes and policies for efficiency and effectiveness. We have extensive experience in establishing project and program management offices for special projects as well as assisting in establishing the governance structures for these vehicles.

E3 Advisory has developed business cases and investment proposals for major and mega infrastructure projects across Australia, and has considerable experience in undertaking business case assurance and reviews, identifying critical issues and risks.

We also provide strategic procurement services and delivery of major infrastructure projects, including strategic risk management advice.  We have extensive program and project design experience, including demonstrated expertise in managing the project delivery of some of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects. E3 Advisory also provides services for post-implementation review and assurance.

Our client first approach and deep understanding of stakeholder needs ensures that we deliver tailored, effective solutions that drive meaningful outcomes and long-term success.

Holan Group is an Australian owned professional services and legal firm based in Canberra. We provide services to federal government, and the private and not for profit sectors. Our organisation has grown rapidly since its inception, with staff located in Canberra and Sydney, and an operational footprint extending to Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand and Japan.

Our Experience

We provide professional and consulting services across all phases of the business lifecycle, transitioning fluidly from initial scoping and framing phases, through to governance and assurance. We possess significant security capabilities including a security accredited facility within the Canberra parliamentary triangle and the ability to sponsor AGSVA Security Clearances.

Our service offerings include:

• Business Improvement: Empower organisations to achieve operational excellence and transformation.
• Project & Program Management: Tailored solutions to help plan, foresee, coordinate, and manage projects every step of the way. 
• Workforce Optimisation: Enhance workforce capability through contemporary people-centric strategies, policies and programs. 
• Learning & Development: Build a high-performance workforce through customised development programs that drive lasting behaviour change.
• Commercial: Ensure value for money across engagements through commercial management, advisory, financial management, and specialised support.
• Legal services: Enhancing policy design and implementation through sound understanding of regulatory frameworks and legislation.
   

L.E.K. is a global management consulting firm employing around 1,600 professionals across 21 Offices on 5 continents.  Our 200 Partners across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific complete more than 1,000 projects annually for Government bodies, state-owned enterprises, corporations, and investors across a variety of industries and sectors; our consulting staff offer an unparalleled breadth and depth of experience across market analysis, strategy, policy, organisational excellence, major capital projects and management of operational best practice.

We have worked closely with Governments across Australia and New Zealand over the past 30 years on energy, passenger and freight transport, aviation, tourism, healthcare, R&D, agriculture, and major infrastructure projects advising on topics of market evolution, strategic and policy advice and analysis, current and future-state definition and analysis, roadmap development, and organisational and operational best practice.
We bring the ability to leverage our global partnership who represent a network of diverse expertise across our 21 offices. Our global partnership represents a wealth of experience across strategy, policy, operational advice, and data and analytics in a variety of markets; our expertise lies in tackling complex, high-value, transformative reforms bringing independence, fresh insight, and analytical rigour to deliver high-impact outcomes within rapid timeframes for our clients.