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The Centre for International Economics (CIE) is an independent research and data analysis firm that has operated for over 30 years. We use quantitative and qualitative techniques to provide sound evidence-based advice that supports practical decision making.

We work across a broad range of fields including infrastructure evaluation, health, social services, education, skills, water, environment, disaster resilience adaptation, investment strategy, landuse planning. 

Our areas of expertise include: 

• Economic Appraisal, Cost Benefit Analysis, Regulatory Impact Statements 
• Impact Analysis, CGE economywide modelling 
• Program and policy design and evaluation
• Business Case development
• Statistical modelling, AI
• Spatial GIS analysis, data visualisation, advanced Excel modelling
• Non-market valuation and choice modelling
• Surveys and stakeholder consultation.

We use a range of tools for data analysis including Stata, R, Python, as well as, spatial and visualisation tools (e.g. QGIS, PowerBI). We build advanced Excel models which are transferred to clients for their ongoing use. 

We focus on providing high quality practical analysis, delivered in a timely manner, with senior team members actively involved in all aspects of project delivery. We work closely with clients to ensure that the analysis is transparent and clearly understood which supports building client capacity.

Paxon Group is a specialist financial and commercial advisory firm delivering innovative advice to address the unique challenges and objectives of our clients. We provide in-depth analysis, financial modelling, cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment and implementation advice for a diverse range of social infrastructure projects, programs and policies.  

Paxon is an SME with 60 specialist advisers located in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Darwin. We deliver bespoke financial and commercial solutions for Commonwealth Government entities, serving various sectors including:

• Housing
• Health and aged care
• Education (early childhood, primary, secondary, higher education and tertiary)
• Clean and renewable energy
• Transport, ports and logistics
• Water and waste  
• Sports and stadia 
• Justice and corrections
• Agriculture, fisheries and forestry
• Regional development

Our team are experts in technical financial advisory, financial and economic analysis, financial assessments, investment banking, accounting services and financial audits. We also advise on strategic procurement, risk management, program and project development and evaluation.

Key services include:  

• Project finance
• Capital structuring and markets
• Risk assessments
• Financial modelling
• Investment proposals
• Institutional structure management
• M&A arrangements
• Funding structures and leasing
• Benchmarking and analysis
• Financial viability assessments 
• Competition and market analysis
• Business cases and cost benefit analysis
• Structured solutions for investment proposals. 

With over 21 years of business experience delivering great results to our clients, we are more than an average SME service provider, we are your trusted partner.

At Prominence, we believe in the power of human-centred management consulting. Our team of high-calibre, multi-disciplinary consultants are ready to deliver tailored pragmatic advice with a sharp focus on your organisational and operational needs. We deliver solutions across federal, state and local government in our core services areas of:

• Strategy and Governance
• People, Performance and Culture
• Project and Commercial Advisory.

Like any great relationship, trust and ethical performance are at the heart of all we do. Our values of integrity and transparency are non-negotiable. We bring intellectual rigour and multi-sector experience to your projects, providing solutions and insights that lead to enduring results.

Prominence consultants go beyond conventional thinking, offering innovative perspectives rooted in contemporary methodologies.

Let us support you to make informed decisions that not only drive project success but contribute positively to the well-being of your employees and make a meaningful difference in the world.

Reason Group is a leading Canberra-based business and technology services firm specialising in government business and digital transformation. Our purpose is to make government easier for those who deliver it and the people it serves. Since 2007, we have built an extensive track record across many portfolios, including social services, taxation, food and trade, employment, and education.

Our management advisory and digital delivery services include: | Strategy & Investment | Planning & Design | Build & Deliver | Digital Leadership | Data, Rules & AI/ML | GovTech products

We specialise in Federal and State Government business with a deep understanding of whole-of-government agenda, government technology ecosystems and the complexities of government service delivery. We have extensive end-to-end capability and expertise in program design and delivery, business and technology reviews, legacy systems modernisation and replacement, enterprise platform integration and interoperability. We accelerate the adoption of new technologies that lower risk and increase the delivery of value.  We are known as a safe pair of hands due to our exceptional and consistent quality delivery,

We are a homegrown, fully Australian-owned SME company domiciled in Australia providing direct local employment, creating jobs in Australia for Australians within the digital and professional service industry.

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.

MF & Associates are a consulting firm that specialises in cyber security and management consulting. We believe inclusion, diversity and emotional safety are the heart of our consulting model and value proposition.

The MF & Associates cyber security team is dynamic and knowledgeable, with extensive experience in both the public and private sector. We specialise in assisting organisations achieve business outcomes through practical and pragmatic cyber security strategy, architecture, and governance advice, and in navigating complex risk and compliance challenges. The team includes several former CISOs and ITSA’s, as well as the former AISA Cyber Security Professional of the Year, AWSN Unsung Hero, and former winner of the Women in ICT Defying Gravity Award. 

The MF & Associates Management consulting team specialise in transformation, strategy development, capability health checks, return-to-green interventions and providing interim executive leaders. We use a customised and client-centric approach for each engagement. We understand that clients’ needs can change rapidly, and we respond to this through our flexible model.

Our multidisciplinary teams bring a broad range of subject matter expertise including service design, architecture, business analysis, program and project management, change management as well as deep technical expertise across cyber security and technology development, integration and management. 

Established in 2005, our 20-year-old veteran-owned SME prides itself on agility and quick mobilisation, with teams located throughout Australia to support defence, government, national security, and purpose-driven organisations. We are dedicated to excellence, integrity, and enhancing processes for the benefit of all Australians.

• We provide strategic business advice, leadership, governance, and business analysis so that clients can confidently navigate complexities, make informed decisions, and achieve their business goals with clarity and purpose.
• We specialise in organisational restructure, workforce planning, culture change, and change management to help clients streamline operations, optimise resources, and drive sustainable growth.
• We excel in program and project delivery so the client can execute initiatives efficiently, minimise risks, and achieve your objectives on time and within budget.
• We offer enterprise protective security solutions so the client can safeguard their assets, mitigate security threats, and maintain business continuity with confidence.

At Providence, we excel in transforming complex challenges into actionable solutions, leveraging our diverse experience to maintain high standards across all sectors. We partner with clients to assess in-house capabilities, ensuring our expertise maximises their investments and delivers impactful results. With Providence, the promise is that clients are not just customers – they are valued partners.

Roy Morgan is Australia's most trusted and well-known research company, renowned for delivering reliable, accurate, and insightful research. Established in 1941, Roy Morgan has evolved from its early polling days to provide comprehensive research solutions across various industries. Our independence and integrity, combined with high public awareness, ensure exceptional response rates and data quality.

As a full-service agency, we manage projects from start to finish. We specialise in consulting, questionnaire and methods design, data collection, data analytics and modelling. Our data collection methods encompass online, telephone, face-to-face interviews, mail-out, and diary techniques for both qualitative and quantitative research. Our offerings also include extensive syndicated data in sectors such as Media, Finance, Health, and Tourism among others.

Roy Morgan’s Research Institute, the Centre for Excellence in Research, houses expert social and commercial research teams and oversees Australia's pre-eminent longitudinal studies through the Centre for Longitudinal Research.

Proudly Australian-owned, we comply with privacy standards and are a company partner of the Research Society. We hold certifications for AS/NZS ISO9001 and ISO20252 Quality Management and Research standards, as well as ISO 27001 Information Security Management Standard.

Omni is an Australian-owned and operated company, specialising in innovative and cost-effective professional and technical services for the Australian Government. Omni’s Professional Services Divisions offer security-cleared, qualified and experienced personnel capable of performing technical, program and project management functions to fulfil or complement our clients’ delivery capability requirements. A proven and trusted service provider, more than 40% of Omni’s people are Australian veterans, with the balance of staff drawn from the Australian National Security and Law Enforcement Community.

Omni is proud to be a ‘relevant employer’ under the Workplace Gender Equality Act (WGEA) 2012, as well as being a carbon neutral organisation certified through Climate Active. Through this accreditation, and additional sustainability activities of its LIVE program – Local, Indigenous, Veteran and Environment – Omni demonstrates its dedication to environmental sustainability and contributing to a more resilient future. Omni, its people and its relationships are defined by our values – Trust, Respect, Agility and Humility – and Omni is proud of its record of providing quality resources and novel solutions serving Australia’s national interests.

Explore more about who we are and what we do at Omni.

RAND Australia is a non-partisan organisation that is widely respected for operating independent of political or commercial pressures. Our core values are quality and objectivity. We have earned a reputation for excellence in research and analysis by applying rigorous methodologies to real world problems in areas such as defence, national security, emerging technologies, and social and economic policy.

Our work is undertaken by a small team of experienced multi-disciplinary experts, but with the ability to access information resources globally and locally, with close relationships with RAND U.S. and RAND Europe researchers, academic partners and other collaborators, including a trusted cadre of local experts who supplement our team for projects that align with their skillsets. Regardless of the team or the topic of the analysis, our work is undertaken with a commitment to the highest levels of integrity and ethical behaviour, and all RAND Australia work is subject to a rigorous quality assurance process.

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.

KPMG Australia's primary focus is to serve clients based in Australia with a national and regional office footprint. With a strong local presence in Canberra, we are proud to have worked with the Australian Government for almost 30 years, supporting the APS to deliver for the citizens of Australia.

We are values led and committed to integrity, confidentiality and delivering real transfer of knowledge, information, and skills in every engagement for the enduring benefit of the APS.

KPMG brings specialists in financial, corporate, and commercial consulting and advisory as well as being at the forefront of digital solutions, transformations, and modernisation. We support the APS to maximise the benefits that digital innovation and emerging technologies offer. This includes moving to the cloud, leveraging data, optimising cyber security, adapting behaviours, designing for the future and transforming the citizen/business experience.

We have established relationships with Microsoft, ServiceNow, Salesforce, IBM, Appian, Workday, Universities and SME's including Indigenous organisations.

Our people are security cleared at all levels and we hold a Defence Industry Security Program accreditation to handle SECRET. We have invested in ICT systems and secure facilities, so they meet the standards required by Government, and have obtained ISO 90001 Quality Management accreditation.

The University of Newcastle is a research-intensive university, with a reputation for innovative and collaborative knowledge production, translation and implementation. UON offers a diverse base of skills and experience in research design and methodology (both cross-sectional and longitudinal), including quantitative data collection (e.g. surveys, linked data); research project management; data management; data analysis, synthesis and interpretation; evaluation methods; qualitative data collection (e.g. focus groups); paper and online survey development and design; longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis; and peer review and critical appraisal of research methods, design, and interpretation. 

UON also has a strong track record of research excellence in health, particularly women’s health family, domestic and sexual violence; child abuse and adversity; reproductive health; maternal morbidity and mortality; health behaviours; health service use; physical health; and mental health. Longstanding relationships between UON and the Australian Government Departments of Health and Aged Care (e.g. through funding the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health) and Social Services demonstrate UON’s capacity to deliver quality research that is relevant and responsive to policy priorities. 

Strategic Development Group delivers high-calibre technical advisory and management services with core capabilities in Community and Stakeholder Consultation, Program Design, Program Management and Monitoring Evaluation and Learning. We are known for our collaborative approach and ability to rapidly mobilise high-quality multidisciplinary teams built to meet the specific needs of clients.

We deliver our core services across all sectors in Australia and internationally. Our current project portfolio includes; cyber and digital resilience, gender equality, disability rights and equity, infrastructure, health, aged care, cooperatives, diplomacy, education and training, climate action, renewable energy, economic cooperation, environment, humanitarian programming, justice, property development and fisheries. In addition, our team includes leading specialists in disability rights and equity, gender and social inclusion, climate and renewable energy, cooperatives, and organisational governance. 

Strategic is a female-led SME with offices in regional Australia and consultants worldwide. We are driven by our values of humility, integrity and ambition, and a commitment to positive development.  

Charles Kendall Australia (CKA) is an Australian owned specialist procurement and probity advisory firm (Small to Medium Enterprise) with a dynamic team of procurement, contract management and probity specialists that have extensive experience across both public and private sectors in Australia and internationally.

Since our commencement in 2006, we have delivered a total of over 600 engagements, including services to all levels of government across Australia. Our key areas of Service include:

• Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Advice: we have delivered approximately 100 procurement strategy engagements.
• Technical Procurement Services (Procurement Management / Delivery): we have delivered approximately 200 procurement delivery engagements.
• Category and Contract Management: we have delivered over 30 category management and contract management engagements .
• Procurement Reviews and Process / Procedure Development: We have delivered approximately 30 engagements relating to procurement reviews and process / procedure development.
• Probity Advice and Audit Services: We have delivered over 250 probity advisory / audit engagements across the full range of categories and procurement methodologies.

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.

The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) is a unique multi-jurisdictional organisation, created by governments to provide leading-edge research, advisory and education services that meet government needs and enhance the quality of public sector leadership and management across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

We bring together academics and practitioners to produce high quality, contemporary research and advice for government, and create spaces for learning, reflection and sharing. We work to deliver public value in everything we do.

Our range of services include:

• Design and delivery of research on contemporary issues in public administration, policy development and management.
• Advisory and evaluation services that deliver comprehensive research, evidence, innovation and advice to public service leaders.
• Facilitated roundtables and curated conversations to inform and evaluate public administration, policy development and management.
• Bespoke executive education programs for public sector agencies and departments.
• International programs, research and evaluation designed to build capability and relationships with Indo-Pacific government partners.
• Executive education programs designed to strengthen capability from mid-level to senior public administrators in areas such as leadership, public policy, regulation, governance, integrity, and First Nations.
• We also support communities of practice, including the National Regulators Community of Practice.

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 

Natural Capital Economics was formed to bring leading economists, policy, and strategy experts to the market to provide evidence-based advice. Our business is focused on helping our clients understand and resolve complex challenges, especially those relating to the sustainability and resilience of natural capital and built environments in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. 

The scope of our services is broad, and includes water resources and infrastructure, nature repair, agriculture and other primary industries, urban liveability, and other areas relating to land, environmental and natural resource management. 

The breadth of our service offerings has now grown to include policy and strategy in climate change risk, adaptation and mitigation. 

The nature of our work means we invariably work in collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams. In this regard we routinely draw on expertise from our sister companies within the Alluvium group of companies, as well as independent expertise, in disciplines such as engineering, social sciences, markets, ecology and data science. 

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.

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.

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.

Ruth Bayley draws on her substantial experience of government procurement to deliver practical advice that helps clients to undertake their procurement processes in ways that achieve results whilst also demonstrating compliance with the procurement policy and legislative framework. Ruth holds a PhD from QUT which examines the explanations given by corrupt public officials and suppliers for their corrupt behaviour in Australian public sector procurement processes. Her research informs Ruth’s strategic procurement and probity advising.

Ruth is committed to providing prompt, well-reasoned, practical, and independent advice for clients. She firmly believes that clients engage her to identify potential process, probity and reputational risks and help them to devise practical plans to manage or mitigate these, even if that is sometimes uncomfortable or challenging. She takes this obligation most seriously.

Ruth provides advice promptly, recognising how stressful waiting for advice can be for clients If possible in the circumstances, she provides clients with multiple options to consider, so that clients can choose the approaches that suit them. However, Ruth always provides the advice needed in the circumstances, even if this may not necessarily be what the client “wants to hear”. Ruth works cooperatively with other members of the procurement team and advisers.

Griffin Legal (GL)’s advisory government team are leaders in privacy, probity and procurement and policy development and analysis. 

GL are a Canberra based, nationally operating small-to-medium enterprise and are 100% female owned. 

GL have significant experience advising Commonwealth Government Departments in relation to their privacy obligations and practices under the Privacy Act. We have conducted numerous Privacy Impact Assessments and provided complex privacy advice for various Departments. GL personnel are considered experts in privacy and data security and are routinely engaged for our privacy expertise. This experience allows us to be a trusted advisor with a thorough and working knowledge of the complexities faced by the Commonwealth.

GL are well versed in the Commonwealth policies and legislation. Our team provide comprehensive and practical advice, including managing conflicts of interest, as part of delivering our probity and procurement services. GL has developed key documents which we regularly use when engaged to provide probity advisory services for our numerous government clients, including briefing packs, probity plans, probity registers, evaluation plans and communication plans. 

GL are passionate about building capacity and leaving tangible benefits, such as templates and advice, for our clients to use again after our engagement ends. 

HKA is a leading global consultancy in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, expert witness and litigation support. We anticipate, investigate and resolve complex challenges by harnessing world-leading multidisciplinary expertise and experience.

On infrastructure projects, HKA can assist in designing organisational change with a strategic review that will quickly establish your organisation’s capability, capacity and maturity, while identifying areas for improvement and recommending improvement plans. We proactively manage change programmes and understand the importance of stakeholder engagement and communications to support transformational change, and we can help you define the likely long-term impacts and identify the risks and opportunities.

HKA’s forensic accountants and valuers have an accomplished track record in the calculation of economic damages, asset valuations, insurance claims and investigations. Our experts consult and testify on a wide range of engagements before courts, arbitration tribunals and regulatory boards worldwide. We consult on behalf of listed and private companies, government agencies, advising both claimants and respondents, and across all industries.

HKA provides expert capability at the right time to inform effective decision-making. Our people are creative and analytical problem-solvers who are geared to ensuring sustainable, world-class outcomes for our clients.

At Mercer, our Workforce Transformation practice uses people-centric, evidence-based approaches and design thinking to help clients reimagine how they work and how their people experience work. Our solutions are people-centred, ensure processes and systems add value, eliminate friction, and deliver value for the organisation and their key stakeholders.

Our workforce transformation solutions span organisation transformation (organisation design, culture transformation, flexible working, talent marketplace), workforce transformation (workforce analytics, workforce strategy, people strategy, strategic workforce planning, work design), HR transformation (HR interaction and operating models, HR process redesign, transformation implementation), and digital implementation (technology advisory support, implementation, and optimisation).

Mercer continuously keeps up to date with the latest market trends and conducts its own proprietary research across people and organisational topics and risks to offer a wealth of insights and expertise to all clients. We employ proven methodologies in all solution areas, continuously refreshing our approaches to align with the latest technology and thinking, human-centred design, and client need. Our approach focuses on value creation, helping organisations navigate the complexities of today's dynamic business environment. 

At Lower Capital, we don't just understand the challenges facing governments today - we've lived them. Our team, with extensive experience across all levels of government, including the United Nations, brings unique insight into governing in a rapidly evolving global environment.

Our expertise spans climate and corporate governance, sustainable infrastructure, and strategy and risk advisory. We offer comprehensive services, including policy and program design, strategic planning, governance performance evaluation, risk framework design and review, climate risk mitigation, green infrastructure planning, materiality assessment, and sustainability metrics design and disclosure.

With decades of experience in high-risk, capital-intensive, and heavily regulated environments, we're uniquely positioned to help you achieve your policy goals, make better informed decisions, and create lasting impact.

Whether you're designing new strategies, enhancing your governance arrangements, or seeking greater impact in your policies and initiatives, we invite you to consider Lower Capital in your next Request for Quotation.

We understand that the public sector faces immense pressure to balance competing demands and deliver public outcomes. For over 100 years, RSM has been trusted by organisations to help them navigate change and deliver. Our services can help you design the strategy, execute the transformation and assure the quality of the solution. We partner with you, to understand your priorities, pre-empt emerging challenges, identify opportunities and, together, deliver outcomes that matter. We bring our structured approach, expertise and insight to define the objectives and design solutions, tailored to your needs and your operating environment. Whether it’s a little extra help to get started, surge capacity for a major project, technical expertise or out of the box thinking, we work with you, side by side, to build capability. We are proactive and collaborative.  We are independent.  We are data driven and evidence based.  We help you make better informed decisions. Visit our website for more information and details about the services we provide.

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.

Stantons is a premium provider of governance advisory services, offering the premium consulting services of a ‘Big 4’ organisation, without the ‘Big 4’ price tag.

With offices in three States and Territories, and remote delivery capabilities, we are able to service any client needs in any location.  Specialising in probity advisory/audit, procurement support, internal audit, IT audit, risk management, commercial reviews, tax advice and financial analysis, Stantons can draw on expertise from a multidisciplinary team to provide thorough and integrated support for any task.  

Stantons specialises in providing support to Government clients.  Approximately 95% of the client base and workload for the Governance Advisory Services division consists of Government clients, including Federal, State and Local clients.  We are well versed in the underlying policies supporting procurement by Federal agencies, and operating and providing probity and procurement support within the context of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules.  

Stantons has a proven track record of excellence in all fields of advisory and audit services.  In particular, we hold a successful track record in the probity advisory space, of never having any tender process we have provided probity assurance over be subject to successful legal challenge.  

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.

We are a small, Canberra-based firm of highly experienced Senior Reviewers who provide specialised, independent integrity services to Australian Government entities.

IPA can help you with:

• Fact finding reports
• Code of Conduct reviews
• Individual ‘unsatisfactory’ work performance reviews (probation and annual performance processes)
• Ombudsmanship (internal and external complaint handling, and ‘own motion’ systemic review) 
• Fraud assessments, investigations and Quality Assurance Reviews (AGIS 2022 compliant)
• Protective Security investigations (PSPF compliant)
• Public Interest Disclosure (PID Act) investigations, including reprisal risk assessments
• Conflict of Interest (COI) reviews
• Sensitive case handling (including psycho-social safety, discrimination and bullying issues)
• FOI decisions
• Privacy Act reviews
• Fraud and Corruption risk assessment and prevention strategies
• NACC mandatory reporting advice
• Probity oversight (advice on good decision-making and proper process)
• Governance design and policy drafting
• Capability uplift (integrity training, mentoring and coaching).

Our integrity practitioners are well-credentialed, each with senior backgrounds in Australian Government administration and review. We can work independently, integrate with your team, or build a response capability around you.

We are known for:

• Highly-regarded staff
• Reputation for integrity
• Quality and appropriateness of our judgements
• An understanding your operating context
• Clear and actionable outcomes, and
• Genuine transfer of skills to your staff.

Leeson Valuers is a Queensland owned and managed SME and has been providing independent property advisory and valuation services since 1985.  We have offices in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Burleigh Heads, Lismore, Sydney, Dubbo, Melbourne and undertake property valuations throughout QLD, NSW and VIC. We are Registered and Certified Practising Valuers licensed to operate in all states and territories of Australia, providing property related services to a range of legal, public, private clients.  

Our motto:  The years behind us have put us well ahead.

Leeson Valuers is a team of 10 highly skilled and dedicated members. We are recognised for our high-quality work and are regularly appointed to act as expert witness valuers. All staff have the knowledge and experience to ensure that landowners have confidence in the valuation process and that a fair outcome for all parties is a priority.

Leeson Valuers is the only Queensland based valuation firm appointed by the Department of Finance to undertake valuations for the Whole of Australian Government (WOAG).  We are also appointed to undertake valuations for the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) and the Queensland Government Audit Office.  We have met all the requirements to operate on federal government properties including our security clearances.

Governance has the potential to significantly impact the development and delivery of Public Policy outcomes.

Governance is a misunderstood category often grouped under the heading of “compliance”, rather than the broader topic of “governance systems and performance impacting policy outcomes”.

Thoughtpost is one of Australia’s leading public sector Governance specialist firms. Governance is all we do. 
We understand the nuance required when operating in a public sector environment, often influenced by what we describe as “constrained autonomy”.

Our principals were responsible for the development of the governance curriculum for the AICD.

Our subject matter specialist partners address the broad question of Governance from the integrated perspectives of

• policy and process,
• strategy and finance, 
• regulatory and legal, 
• behaviour and culture.

Alignment behind a common purpose produces better outcomes.

Thoughtpost can assist in multiple ways:

• We can ensure that governance structures are appropriate for the stated purpose, and effectively support the defined strategy. 
• We will help you benchmark and measure the key factors of performance and alignment to ensure effective delivery.
• We can work with you to ensure that the right skills and behaviours are engaged to drive a stable and enduring culture. 

Pottinger is a small-to-medium enterprise (SME) independent financial and strategic advisory firm. We advise leading companies, state and federal governments, industry associations and growth stage companies on M&A and equity capital markets / financing transactions, corporate strategy and public policy. We are specialists in providing market-based commercial advice to support government decision-making. We bring cross-border and global experience and perspective.

Examples of our work for government departments and agencies include scoping studies, feasibility studies, independent reports and transactional advice, including asset sales. We advise on projects that draw on the intersections between science, economics, strategy, policy, investments and transactions. We have technical expertise in many fields, including financial services, renewable energy / power, water, infrastructure, technology, care, agriculture, education, health, sustainability, climate change and ESG.

Our skills include financial ratio analysis, financial risk assessment and mitigation planning, the analysis of corporate structures, the design of financial due diligence programs and financial viability assessments. We conduct stakeholder communication and engagement, stakeholder mapping and deep analysis of stakeholder implications and how any proposed changes can best be realised in practice.

Australian Healthcare Associates (AHA) is Australia’s largest specialist health and human services consulting firm. We have a 30+ year strong working relationship with governments to deliver evaluations/reviews, program administration and other support and advice. We work exclusively with governments and operate to the highest standards of independence and integrity.

We conduct complex evaluation projects, through collaborating with stakeholders to develop and deliver innovative tailored methodologies. Our methods generate high levels of stakeholder engagement, and we have a strong track record of consulting with people from diverse and vulnerable population groups. Our skilled evaluators are experts in navigating complexity to deliver meaningful analysis, insights and practical recommendations.

We provide efficient and effective program administration services for governments. AHA is currently entrusted with the administration of major long-term government initiatives of national importance, including large-scale research, assessment and verification engagements. This capability draws on our established infrastructure and specialist systems, in combination with our large workforce and extensive health sector knowledge.

Clients tell us that our flexible and responsive approach to meeting their needs is remarkable and refreshing. Visit ahaconsulting.com.au to learn about our 30+ year successful track record and how we can work with you.

The Social Research Centre is a leading evidence partner, delivering world-class, ethical and culturally-sound research and evaluation to the Australian Government since 2001. We specialise in social research and evaluation and are trusted with research programs of national significance, including the Quality Indicators of Learning and Teaching and the Australian Early Development Census. We are fully owned by the Australian National University. 

Our services include:

• Survey design – methodology, sampling, questionnaire design and piloting, and cognitive interviewing 
• Survey delivery – large and small through online, telephone and paper modes. We are home to Life in Australia™; Australia’s only randomly recruited online panel
• Qualitative research – in-depth interviewing, online communities, focus groups, and workshops 
• Desktop research – rapid evidence, policy and literature reviews
• Data science and analytics – data visualisation and dashboards, statistical and insights analysis, report publication, and data management; 
• Mixed-methods research – data triangulation integrating multiple sources and data linkage
• Evaluation – formative, summative, process, outcome, impact, performance, and cost-benefit analysis
• Consultancy services, including strategy development, Theory of Change design and developing outcomes frameworks. 

Our areas of expertise include: 

• Health and Wellbeing 
• Attitudes and Values 
• Identity and Belonging 
• Equity and Justice 
• Workforce and Economy 
• Education and Knowledge 
• Policy and Politics 
• Environment and Sustainability. 

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.

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.

ChatHouse is a boutique qualitative and social research agency, providing insightful, quality research. Our team has had decades of experience conducting high-quality research for both government and commercial clients.

Regardless of the research technique applied, our goal remains the same, to get below the surface of our subject and beyond the purely rational, thereby enabling us to deliver tactical, strategic and above all, actionable insights.

What makes us unique?

Senior-only research agency: Good research comes from experienced, intelligent and insightful researchers. ChatHouse clients know they will only have senior researchers on their jobs from start to finish.

Qualitative specialists: We are purists so you will never have a ‘quantie’ running groups or a ‘qualie’ analysing data. Rather we have a strong partnership with a leading Quantitative agency that allows us to offer integrated qual – quant studies.

Need-based research offering: Our approach is entirely brief-led, resulting in personalised services that focus on the individual needs of each client.

Areas of expertise

• Exploratory 
• Attitudinal and Behaviour Change 
• Product and Brand development 
• Communications

We have board experience working with government clients, including ATO, ASIC, Health, Employment and Workplace Relations, Defence, Education, Office of Responsible Gambling, and the Cancer Institute, among others.

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.

Integrity Advisory is a boutique advisory service established in 2012. We specialise in assisting Commonwealth entities with the integrity of their operations.  We can provide:

• Fraud and Corruption Risk Assessments
• Fraud and Corruption Control Plans
• Integrity Frameworks, including comprehensive governance, policies and procedures.

ACER is one of the world’s leading independent educational research centres. As a not-for-profit organisation, our mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the lifespan. We have a strong reputation as a provider of reliable support and expertise to education policymakers and professional practitioners for 90 years. 

ACER staff have nationally and internationally recognised education research experience and expertise. Our researchers have led the design and implementation of qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods approaches to answer education research and policy questions. ACER is regularly commissioned to evaluate national and international education programs, including whole systems and elements such as curricula and large-scale learning assessments. Our researchers are frequently invited to address conferences, join expert advisory panels and comment publicly on education issues.

ACER consistently produces high-quality research reports, presentations and visualisations for diverse audiences and stakeholder groups. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality projects on time and within budget.

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.

Galpins are a strong firm of 50+ staff. With our Lead Partner initially trained in Performance Audit at the Australian National Audit Office and with subsequent consulting experience in Canberra, our team have an exceptional track record. Our work spans internal audit and assurance, governance, strategy and improvement, compliance and fraud. We’d love to work with you and show you that smaller can be better – we are qualified, skilled, directly available to you and provide a value for money service. Key examples –

• extensive internal audit- eg procurement, grants, financial controls, legislative compliance, asset management, sub-contractors, program/project reviews, debtor management , staff management (eg payroll, workforce planning)
• compliance/fraud reviews (on behalf of SA ICAC, reviews of governance relationships within councils, extensive reviews of procurement/adequacy of provider processes)
• business strategy, performance and improvement - service and performance reviews, including process mapping with an eye for a pragmatic balance of control and efficiency, development of strategies for clients (eg procurement strategy), strategic analysis and plans, service design. 

We also work with a variety of clients (predominantly within SA) across fields – education, primary industry, environment, regulation (eg essential services), local government, arts.

We’d love to work with you, please reach out!

Macquarie Capital is an operating group within Macquarie Group, which is headquartered in Australia.

Macquarie Capital is a financial advisor, investor and developer working across 32 locations in 23 markets.

Macquarie Capital also partners with governments, businesses, and startups to connect ideas to capital and help drive innovation, growth and create real-world impact.

Macquarie Capital advises and invests alongside our clients and partners in a range of sectors.

Macquarie Capital provides a full suite of advisory, investing, development, capital raising and equities capabilities including mergers and acquisitions advisory services, principal investing and lending, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets and Private Capital Markets advisory as well as Equity brokerage.  

In FY24, Macquarie Capital advised on 290 transactions worth more than A$332bn and provided principal investment worth A$82bn across more than 1,150 deals.
Macquarie Capital was the leading M&A advisor across ANZ in FY24 (by deal count) and is No.1 Global Financial Adviser in Energy Transition.