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Cordelta is an employee-owned company with over 20 years of industry experience. Based in Canberra, we believe in our responsibility to our community, by being a good corporate citizen and contributing to the success of our clients and the health of our people, economy, and environment.

We assist clients in transforming, improving and supporting development with large and small teams of highly skilled, trusted, individuals in the following areas:

• Business Strategy: Business Analysis, Project Management, Strategic Planning, and Stakeholder Engagement
• Business Transformation and Organisational Change
• Business Technology: Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, and System Integration
• Digital Services: User Experience, Content Writing, Information Management, Design, and Research
• Finance: Budget Development, Modelling, Financial Assessments, Policy Development, and Reporting Frameworks
• Procurement: Strategy, Probity, Procurement Process Management, Evaluation/Negotiation, Vendor Transition Management, and Contract Management

 What sets Cordelta apart is our focus on care. We care deeply about our work and our clients. Our goal is to leave clients in a better position, equipped with the tools to continue improving their performance.

We take pride in our track record, integrity, and commitment to quality services. Our team embodies our values, fostering a cohesive, supportive, and collaborative environment, bringing these principles to every client engagement.

Australian Survey Research Group is a full-service market research company, as well as a software developer providing our secure online SaaS platform SurveyManager for enterprise surveys and data collection. We are specialists in conducting a range of customer and stakeholder feedback studies for our clients and have many years of experience working with a range of public sector engagements. We are flexible in our approach and work collaboratively with our clients to achieve the results they require. 

A&P Advisory is a company focused on the provision of internal audit, risk management, assurance & governance services. We operate from Perth and have a flexible resourcing model that allows personnel to be deployed nationally.

We are passionate, dedicated professionals that focus on delivery. Our staff have worked in leadership positions in professional services firms & industry and understand how to deliver meaningful, relevant and insightful advisory services.

Skills and experience: Our delivery team has extensive local & international experience, focused on the government, not-for-profit and resources sectors. This translates into high quality service, capable stakeholder management and the provision of a broad range of insights. We are confident dealing with all levels of an organisation and believe that the value of services is maximised when it is undertaken by well qualified, experienced personnel who can build trust and credibility with management. Our senior staff are directly responsible for the delivery of services.

Services: We specialise in the delivery of internal audit services (strategic, operational, financial & compliance-focused), tailored training and functional improvement.

We help support in the identification, assessment, treatment & reporting of risks. We are experienced workshop facilitators and use effective tools to maximise efficiency & value.

MBM is a national independent professional services firm respected by the property and construction industry as Australia’s most trusted and reliable quantity surveying and asset management consultancy. Our expertise ranges from the full suite of quantity surveying services, to building consultancy, tax depreciation, asset services, PPP advice, facilities management, and expert witness guidance. Our national team's knowledge extends to the valuation of construction work and facilities management services with detailed benchmarking that supports in-depth analyses across all stages of a project life cycle. As a long-term provider to both the public and private sector, the breadth of our experience is underpinned by a national cloud-based cost reporting data system, enabling real-time access to current and historical construction costs.

MBM provides industry-leading cost management expertise in valuing construction costs throughout the design and construction phases across developments of all scales, from minor works to billion-dollar projects. With diverse experience, our experts are embedded in the public, commercial, social infrastructure, education, health, industrial, and defence sectors. Our team is committed, flexible, and remains agile when responding to a programme’s needs. We pride ourselves on being a reliable partner to clients delivering projects that are shaping the future of Australia.

Aldermane is an award-winning legal and strategic advisory firm based in Canberra and Sydney. Our clients engage us because we are approachable, pragmatic, and commercially-minded lawyers and advisors who provide practical, future-focused, and actionable advice.

Our specialist team of lawyers, advisors, and contract specialists have decades of experience servicing Government clients across all areas of procurement, tendering, negotiations, and contract administration. We work side-by-side with our clients to provide advice which is aimed at balancing their commercial requirements with their regulatory or organisational constraints, without getting in the way.

We are a true boutique that takes a ‘client-first’ approach. Our managing partners are ex-top-tier lawyers that have a mission to provide greater value to our Government clients, and to our people, when compared with traditional firms. Our approach to maximising value is simple: reduce unnecessary fees and overheads within our organisation, and pass those cost savings on to our clients; without compromising on quality.

Aldermane specialises in intellectual property advice, strategic procurement and contracting strategies, probity, tender development, policy and compliance, governance, program management, export controls, scheduling, and ICT transactions in a Government context.

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.
   

Forge is a 100% Australian SME in its eighth year of supporting Federal Government for project/program management, strategy, business cases, procurement and assurance. We work across capital acquisitions, infrastructure, Defence, technology, industry development and policy implementation.

Forge is on several Panels and is a MAS supplier for Commercial Services including Program/Project Management and Strategic Procurement Advice. 

Our services continuously grow and include: 

• Infrastructure strategy, planning and delivery 
• Strategic Business advice 
• Business Case development 
• Strategic risk management 
• Strategic communications 
• Stakeholder engagement 
• Government submissions 
• Procurement/Acquisition 
• Probity 
• Contract management 
• Project assurance 
• Organisational planning and development 
• Business process improvement 
• Logistics/Sustainment 
• Policy Development and Implementation 

Since 2017, Forge has delivered: 

• Over 65 separate contracts with the Federal Government. 
• More than 6 Government submissions worth more than $4Bn. 
• Tens of high-profile, complex projects across Australia and internationally. 
• A team with more than 450 years collective experience in Public Sector and Government. 

Our people are committed, ethical, reliable and no-fuss. They include project managers, engineers, cost, risk, scheduling, and communications experts. We can introduce current clients for references. 

We are based in Canberra, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Melbourne, Sunshine Coast and Sydney. We work on premise, remotely or travel and can be engaged through the MAS Panel.

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. 

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.

Established in 2009 Lonergan is a full-service strategic market research agency. We deliver large and small-scale projects, and have in-house capabilities for online surveys, face to face, CATI and mail out. We have a full suite of qualitative services including focus groups, in-depth interviews and senior executive and stakeholder interviews. We have an in-house data science team, and run our own qualitative recruitment services We have specialist expertise amongst vulnerable groups, including First Nations, people living with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA, people with a lived experience of trauma, younger people and remote Australians. 

We deliver strategic consultancy through combining proven data collection with innovative thinking and leading-edge techniques. We offer great value for money to the government, providing a discount for services and lower fees for large value projects. 

The quality of Lonergan’s work can be confirmed by our longstanding relationships and repeat projects across social housing, privacy, transport, disability, finance, aged care, legal aid, arts and culture, and many others. 

We are ISO20252 (market research) and ISO 27001 (cyber security) accredited, supported by rigorous quality and project management tools. Our senior researchers work on every project, and are members of The Research Society. 

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.

The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is Australia's leading behavioural science consultancy, helping all levels of government, the private sector and philanthropies tackle their biggest social challenges. We work in partnership with you to create better systems, policies, products and services to deliver meaningful and scalable social impact. Through our evidence-based understanding of human behaviour, we apply behavioural insights to drive positive change and help people, communities and organisations thrive. Our work is anchored in scientific rigour, robust research methodologies, and innovative approaches and tools. We also help you uplift your teams and build the skills and knowledge to harness the power of behavioural science.

We offer:

• Research services
• Behavioural diagnosis and intervention design
• Testing and evaluation
• Capability building

We have delivered over 1,200 projects globally, including 700+ randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Our work spans a wide range of policies, issues and challenges including labour & employment, gender equality, health & wellbeing, education, justice, consumer behaviours, energy & sustainability, and many more.

Our expert Australian team leverages an international network of over 200 advisors skilled in behavioural science, behavioural economics, psychology, quantitative and qualitative research, design and system thinking, human-centered design and co-design.

Abt Global’s mission is to improve the quality of life and economic wellbeing of people worldwide. Equity is the cornerstone of our work.

In Australia we have been successfully operating for over 20 years as leaders in research and evaluation, strategy and advisory, policy development and analysis, and program design, implementation and/or delivery support. 

Our team includes researchers, evaluators, statisticians, epidemiologists, demographers, public health experts, advisers on equity and inclusion, economists, governance experts and more. We work across a range of sectors including health, education, environment and finance/economics.

Our two primary areas of practice are Australian domestic and international development with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region. In the Australian market we work for a range of Commonwealth Government Departments including Departments of Health and Aged Care, Social Services and Veterans Affairs. Additionally, we consult to State and Territory governments. Abt is a top tier supplier to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

We routinely partner with Indigenous organisations to deliver our First Nations work in Australia, focused on health, social and emotional wellbeing and the protection and safety of women and their children. Additionally, we have Indigenous partners on a range of our Pacific consultancies including PNG Women in Leadership.
 

The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) was established in 2014 to become one of Australia’s leading applied health economics research centres. Since its inception, MUCHE has delivered over 100 research projects, undertaken research for government and non government organisations valued at over $15 million, and contributed to research funded by academic grants valued at over $70 million.

MUCHE has a broad set of skills and experience in economic and program evaluation, policy analysis and data analytics. Our research represents a reliable reference point for decision makers. MUCHE team members regularly contribute to policy decisions, having sat on various national government committees. These include the National Suicide Prevention Office Expert Advisory Group, Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) Interim Aged Care Working Group, the NDIS IEP Academic Advisory Panel and the Department of Health and Aged Care Expert Advisory Panel for the Review of General Practice Incentive Programs and the Review of Primary Care After Hours Programs.

MUCHE has developed a strong reputation for answering complex health economics research questions using a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach. MUCHE is affiliated with several other academic research centres, within and beyond Macquarie University, and collaborates on international health economics projects with world leading research groups around the world.

We exist to improve society.

BDNA is an innovative Australian based company dedicated to transforming organisations for the betterment of society. We understand the unique challenges you face with organisational change and project delivery, and we are here to provide the solution you've been looking for.

We are selective about the people and organisations we work with. We champion businesses that serve the community, and projects that will make a positive impact on society.

BDNA works directly with Government, Commercial, Health, Public Safety and Justice departments and organisations with sensitive, mission-critical service objectives that support Australians, often when they need it most.

With satisfied customers across Australia, we've proven our commitment to excellence and being your trusted partner. Our success, and ultimately your success, is a testament to the reliability and effectiveness of our offerings. Plus, our dedicated Australian-based team is always here to help you, ensuring a seamless experience from start to finish.

Join the growing number of organisations who trust BDNA to solve their organisational change management and project delivery challenges. Contact us today to find out how we can help you achieve your vision for your organisation.

Experience the difference with BDNA.

Sparke Helmore provides strategic probity and procurement advice to Commonwealth entities in support of a range of major procurements, funding initiatives and governance bodies. Our team members are practising lawyers who hold AGSVA security clearances, meaning that Commonwealth clients receive the highest quality advice, informed by the legal and policy framework, and delivered by a practical and friendly team. We have extensive experience supporting the Commonwealth through high-value and sensitive projects, ensuring that they can achieve real outcomes and effectively withstand external scrutiny. 

From a privacy perspective, Sparke Helmore offers a highly experienced and cohesive national team of privacy practitioners who deliver advice and support to Commonwealth entities. We undertake Privacy Threshold Assessments (PTAs) and Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), and advise on complex Privacy Act issues and Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) investigations. Our team has a strong track record in supporting Commonwealth clients to understand and comply with their privacy and secrecy obligations, particularly during the implementation of change programs.

Kitbag Consulting drives transformation by offering an intuitive method to reveal the interconnected aspects of your enterprise and facilitate the achievement of your social and policy goals. We achieve this using advanced business modelling intelligence to bring order to complexity, secure intellectual property, improve enterprise efficiency and deliver exceptional results tailored to meet your business and strategic requirements.

Our services empower you with a sustainable platform for self-sufficiency and improvement, enabling comprehensive business understanding and modelling. Our approach to change equips you with managerial and operational tools to optimise engagement across your entire organisation and among team members.

In today's digital landscape and mobile workforce, the complexity of tracking, managing and aligning critical data and staff efforts across various departments and platforms poses significant challenges. Kitbag Consulting addresses these challenges by leveraging data to analyse the impacts of decisions to chart pathways toward future service delivery, ensuring resilience in the face of unfamiliar change.

Trading since 2009, OCM has always retained a primary focus of delivering services to government. We partner with departments and agencies to provide tailored solutions that drive efficiency, build capability, ensure skills transfer and foster long-term success for government policy objectives. Our team of consultants is spread across eight offices nationwide, bringing a wealth of knowledge and diverse experience. Many of our consultants have been previously employed within government departments and others have joined from the “big four”.  We employ only the best practitioners and have one of the lowest attrition rates in the market. We have worked alongside state and federal governments delivering state and national significant projects in the areas of Transport, Health, Housing, Climate & Environment, Justice, Education, Utilities, Energy & Utilities, Defence and overseas aid programs. Our expertise includes: 

• Business case development and gateway reviews
• Data and insights
• Digital Advisory services
• Grants Administration & Management
• Probity, Procurement & Supply Chain
• Program/ project assurance
• Strategy, transformation, change management
• Sustainability and ESG services
• Workplace investigations and mediation

Equity Economics brings together experienced economists and senior social policy expertise to deliver research, policy, program design and evaluations. We have the real-world experience needed to translate complex ideas into tangible policy impact. We are uniquely an Australian owned, female led, small business operating across Australia and working in the Asia Pacific region. We are driven by the desire to see a more equitable, inclusive and prosperous Australia and region. We work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, and bring deep experience in community development. 

We are experienced. We offer a senior team with breadth of expertise across economics, health and the care industries, welfare and community services, and education. 

We understand Government. Our team are not career consultants – we have direct experience working at senior levels in Government & have strong networks. We bring a deep understanding of how policy change is made and how funding is allocated. 

We are focused on practical solutions that will land with impact. From our experience in real world policy-making, we give NGOs the evidence you need to advocate for change & practical policy recommendations, complemented by strategic advice on how to get the attention of policy maker.

Insight Economics is a boutique strategy and economics consulting firm. The Insight Economics team brings together deep public sector expertise and advanced analytical capabilities to help governments tackle major public policy challenges and realise strategic opportunities in the public interest. We are experts in complex economic modelling, data analytics and the evidence requirements of central agencies for new investment and policy approvals. Our competencies include cost benefit modelling, economic impact analysis, business case development, labour market modelling, market sizing and projections, industry and innovation policy, funding model reform, pricing, trade policy, and health systems reform. We have experience in a wider range of industry sectors including health and life sciences, disability, emergency services, defence, resources, sustainability, tourism, manufacturing and other government services. 

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. 

Workplace Research Associates is an award-winning and highly accomplished management consultancy specialising in a number of areas such as: organisational design and structural reviews, job sizing and job design, program evaluation and workforce management. We design, review and implement people management frameworks such as Work Level Standards and Capability Frameworks, policies, tools and systems. We are evaluation experts, with extensive training and experience in the use of advanced statistical and research methods. We draw on applied theory and best practice, utilising an extensive body of organisational research to inform project directions and to enhance final recommendations.

Workplace Research has provided services to APS agencies for 28 years – we also work across other public sector jurisdictions. We always work in close partnership with our clients and have delivered services to a wide diversity of organisations, spanning policy, regulatory, program and service delivery functions. We have a network of consultants and researchers based in Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Workplace Research employs a team of experienced, tertiary qualified consultants, all with long tenure. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver against our core values of:

• Professional competence
• High calibre client service
• Respectful partnerships
• Client confidentiality

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.

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.

Yardstick is a specialist provider of assurance, integrity, risk management, and financial management services. We provide a range of engagement models from contracted individuals to fixed scope deliverables. As a small to medium enterprise, we are committed to having the capability and capacity to deliver exceptional quality and service on every engagement. We engage senior, experienced personnel, including at the TS-PV / TS-PA level, to directly deliver services to our clients. We do not apply a ‘leveraged’ model.

As a provider of assurance and integrity services, we are acutely aware of our need for independence and objectivity. We only service public sector organisations. We do not provide services to entities that may be suppliers to or funding recipients of the public sector. Accordingly, we are free from many of the independence threats facing other firms.

We provide exceptional value for money by operating with a low overhead model, passing this on to our clients through highly competitive rates. Our people are all specialists in their respective fields and have a wide range of experience including as senior public servants. We are dedicated to supporting an efficient and effective public sector and promoting the highest levels of performance, integrity and accountability.

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.

McKinsey & Company partners with clients to bring deep global expertise and insight; accelerate change management and transformation; and build enduring capabilities. Our services complement—not replace—in-house capability supporting our clients’ complex and pressing needs. We offer independent perspectives and challenge, bring innovation and technical expertise, drawing on global experience, public and private sector know-how, and interdisciplinary teams.

We have operated in Australia for over 60 years, and our dedicated Canberra Office, local partners, and 200 security-cleared colleagues are dedicated to serving the APS. Our people are motivated by the opportunity to make a difference and guided by values that reflect those of the APS.

Our work spans sectors and functions, and we have proudly served on topics such as COVID-19 response, public-service reform, and Defence capability acceleration. We contribute perspectives to economic and business issues critical to the world’s policy leaders through the McKinsey Global Institute.

Commitment to put clients’ interests ahead of our own underpins our mission, with a promise to never compromise on ethics or confidentiality. We always act in the national interest and remain rigorously apolitical. Management consulting is our core business—we do not offer services such as tax, legal, accounting, audit or secondments.

At Leading Insight, we are dedicated to empowering organisations through:

Evidence-Based Research - Applying rigorous methodologies and delivering actionable insights to inform decision-making.
Strategic Advice - Offering expert guidance to help clients navigate complex challenges to achieve outcomes.
Capability Uplift - Enhancing organisational and workforce capabilities to improve performance and resilience.
Transformation and Delivery Support - Assisting clients to deliver sustainably.

With a proven track record, we have supported over 60 major clients across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and globally.

Our methodologies integrate contemporary research, global best-practice, and techniques to achieve outcomes in complex and politically sensitive environments. We leverage advanced technologies and continuously invest in developing innovative solutions to help our clients lead and stay relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Our people have led major transformations (through to chief executive and board levels), and assisted dozens of organisations through external advice, support and learning.

We prioritise a client-centred approach, viewing our clients' success as our own. By partnering with Leading Insight, you will benefit from our unwavering commitment to quality, on-time and on-budget delivery, and our dedication to fostering positive and lasting impacts on people, organisations and society.

Corebridge is a strategy, transformation and analytics firm offering management consulting services to the public and private sectors across Australia. 
We work with clients to provide tailored advice to navigate the complexities of their organisation and broader industry. We recognise that each organisation has a unique mandate, faces distinct challenges, and serves a different segment of the population.

Our mission is to make a positive and genuine impact on our clients, employees, and communities through the following points of difference:

• We harness comprehensive and diverse expertise, across integrated services to support the unique needs of your organisation.
• We approach every project with unwavering integrity and the highest ethical standards, ensuring that transparency and accountability are lived values that guide our every action.
• Our advice is tailored to your context, merging theoretical foundation with practicality, aligning with your values, operations, and community objectives.

We help your organisation realise its potential by translating ideas into actions; transforming aspirations into achievements; converting challenges into opportunities, removing obstacles hindering progress.

Our experienced consultants have assisted an extensive array of organisations achieve lasting and tangible outcomes. By delivering hands-on solutions, we ensure that knowledge transfer practically applied for immediate and sustainable impact.

At TMS Consulting, we believe that All Organisations are Human™, a philosophy that drives our commitment to helping clients elevate their performance across every aspect of people and culture. Our approach is rooted in a deep understanding of the complexities of leading and managing in today’s ever-changing business environment. We don’t just consult; we partner with our clients to seamlessly integrate engagement outcomes with their overall business strategies, ensuring alignment with their long-term goals.

Since our founding in 2006, we’ve grown into a dynamic SME, offering a comprehensive suite of consulting services designed to boost organisational capability, develop impactful leaders, strengthen cohesive teams, manage transformative change, and shape thriving cultures. At TMS, we are more than just solutions providers—we are trusted partners who immerse ourselves in our clients' businesses, tackling strategic and operational challenges with expertise and insight.

Our team includes specialists in organisational psychology, human resources, and organisational development, alongside seasoned change managers, coaches, and facilitators. We collaborate with all levels of government across Australia, unlocking potential and driving performance to new heights.

The Behavioural Architects: Leading Experts in Behavioural Science and Social Research

Established in 2011, The Behavioural Architects is a globally renowned behavioural change consultancy. Our team delivers unparalleled insights into human decision-making, driving tangible results for public and community-focused organisations. We craft and implement impactful behaviour change strategies using interdisciplinary insights, ensuring meaningful societal outcomes.

Integrating Behavioural Science, Systems Theory, and Human-Centred Design, we offer a profound understanding of decision-making. Our evidence-based interventions are applied across public safety, education, healthcare, transport, sustainability, and urban planning, using qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Our core values - JOY of discovery, COURAGE to challenge, and KIND-HEARTEDNESS - drive our actions and foster a culture of empathy. We aim to positively impact communities and the environment, creating a brighter future.

Our three-stage approach ensures actionable strategies:

1. MAP: Identify target populations, analyze behaviours, and understand triggers and barriers.
2. DESIGN: Develop research-rooted interventions incorporating communication, public policy, and design principles.
3. TEST AND LEARN: Pilot, scale, evaluate, and refine strategies for sustained change.

Partner with us to harness Behavioural Science, engage communities, and achieve your goals.

Successful Projects provide Program Management Advisory services for all phases of projects.

We add value at;

• Application for Concept Approval, informing proposal implementation timelines and milestones
• Business Case options development, evaluation, shortlisting, informing schedule opportunities of alternate procurement methodologies, risks, assumptions, constraints
• Project Definition Phase providing in-depth schedule analysis of the agreed option
• Delivery Phase including activities and timelines for design, approvals, procurement and implementation/construction

During Delivery phase, services include;

• informing schedule impacts of scope change
• supporting delivery of design, procurement and approvals to agreed milestones
• input to Contract documentation for program form, processes for schedule approval and schedule update, reporting requirements
• tender evaluation, providing advice regarding schedule, methodology and resourcing
• tender award, review Contractor’s delivery program to preliminaries specifications, scope, quality, risk
• independent progress updating 
• Reporting - succinct and effective dashboards 
• delay analysis including support to claims assessment

Our services support effective planning and controls, allowing for informed decision making supporting good project governance.

TRAINING

Comprehensive training services for planning and scheduling

Our Point of Difference - we explain the application of planning principles within delivery of projects.

Successful Projects;

• 25 expert personnel
• servicing all states and territories of Australia
• office locations Perth and Canberra
• Established 2011

Braxford Consultancy is a Perth, Western Australia based organization dedicated to corporate governance and risk management. We specialise in delivering comprehensive Probity Services (Advisory & Audit), serving the needs of all three levels of Government successfully since 2002. 

We are highly experienced in assisting with probity guidance and probity assurance, recognising the PGPA Act and CPRs. Our probity plans cover pre-procurement activities from market sounding, estimates, procurement planning, risk identification, confidentiality controls establishment, conflict of interest management including all the other decision-making steps throughout the procurement, commercial arrangement, and/or grant funding lifecycle. Extensively experienced in Alliance & ECI Contracts, D&C, AS 2124 & AS 4000, Direct Negotiations, BAFO, etc. in any field or industry.

We have built our reputation by providing consistent, independent, and practical advice/opinions to heads of government, Boards and Steering Committees. Government leaders respect us because we balance their desire to reach end goals, with a suitably robust but agile probity regime. Similarly, industry leaders respect us because they know we work hard to protect their rights and ensure the principles of fairness on equity are always upheld. We are known and trusted for our ability to manage highly sensitive and confidential information during assignments.

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. 

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. 
 

Grosvenor specialises in Procurement, Program Evaluation, Strategy and Governance, and Performance Improvement in the public sector. We are a multi-award winning, Australian owned, small to medium enterprise (SME).

Since 1996 we helped the Commonwealth across hundreds of projects in:

• Procurement and Contract Management: end-to-end procurement support, procurement team on demand, tender evaluation support, contract management, procurement maturity assessments and capability uplift
• Program evaluation: design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks, program evaluations, program design
• Strategy and Governance: corporate plans, performance monitoring, governance maturity assessment and improvement, integrity and assurance reviews, AI and data governance
• Performance improvement: process optimisation, service delivery improvement, organisational model review, capability framework, capability models, culture assessments
• Property advisory: operational reviews, benchmarking and better practice, outsourcing and portfolio strategy, accommodation plans and asset management.

We transfer our knowledge and avoid all conflicts of interest. We back our claims with our ISO9001 Quality certification, the fact that 60% of our clients are repeat clients and an industry leading Net Promoter Score of +60. We have local teams in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. We consistently hear that we don't just do great work but are also great to work with because we are experts without the attitude.

WOOLLAHRA PARTNERS is an established energy, commodity and treasury technical Advisory based in Sydney. WP provides clients with domestic and global energy and commodity market exposures with specialist support, concise report writing, and independent reviews.

We provide Government clients with independent and specialist risk advisory, financial advisory and economic modelling capability to support policy and regulatory decision making.

Specialist professional services delivered to Government include:

• National Energy Market Technical Advisory.
• Independent Reports to Regulators and Government Departments.
• Electricity and Gas Technical Regulatory Advisory.
• Energy Market Independent Financial Resilience Reports. 
• Independent Review of Electricity and Gas Demand Forecast Models.
• Electricity Transmission Pricing and WACC Technical Advisory.

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.

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.

Healthcare Management Advisors (HMA) is a leading management consulting firm specialising in the health, aged care, and human services sectors. Our team of highly skilled consultants brings a wealth of expertise in program development, costing, evaluation, health needs assessment, and workforce development. With over two decades of experience, we are proud to provide practical and evidence-based advice to help our clients achieve their strategic goals through informed decision making.

What sets HMA apart is our commitment to creating better health services for all Australians, driven by our values of quality, teamwork, respect, integrity, impact, and equity. We tailor our methodologies to the specific needs of each project, ensuring a pragmatic and fit-for-purpose approach. Our team possesses a wealth of diverse and complementary qualifications and vocational experiences, which, together with expert associates, allows us to match the unique requirements of each consultancy perfectly.

By partnering with HMA, you gain access to our deep industry knowledge, analytical rigour, commitment to quality and proven track record of successfully completing diverse projects across various areas of the health and aged care sectors. We are dedicated to supporting health funders, service providers, and users to achieve equitable, high-quality healthcare for all Australians.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) is a leading authority on strategic policy, national security, cyber, technology, and foreign interference issues. With offices in Canberra and Washington DC, our experts offer extensive experience across the following sectors: Defence, strategy and national security, statecraft, and intelligence, cyber, technology and security, climate change and security, Northern Australia and critical resources.

ASPI offers a range of professional services to public, private and civil society sectors including, but not limited to advisory services, policy research, data analysis, impact assessments, seminars, symposiums, round-table discussions and Track 1.5 and Track 2.0 dialogues.

Our Professional Development Centre was established to contribute to the Australian policy landscape by broadening understanding and lifting capability in strategic thinking among officials across government. We design, develop, and deliver short, intense, and interactive programs ranging from one-day to ten-days including our better policy program and strategic leadership programs that explore contemporary issues such as great power competition, regional relationships, Defence and national security, climate change, grey zone and political warfare, cyber security etc. We also offer virtual masterclasses and facilitation services, drawing expertise from across ASPI staff, ASPI Senior Fellows and a national network of experts in their field.

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.  

Quantum Market Research is an Australian SME based in Victoria. We are an agile agency helping change-makers in business, government and philanthropy make better decisions. Our work is grounded in a deep understanding of human behaviour, social sciences and over 25 years of tracking culture change in Australia. Our long-running trends surveys are the only of their kind in Australia, giving us a unique edge and broader understanding of our cultural landscape.

All our consultants straddle both qualitative and quantitative research expertise, giving us a rare, holistic approach to problem-solving and analysis. Each is an expert in their field, and truly outstanding at what they do.

For five decades, business, government and not-for-profits have partnered with us to gain insights about people. We believe it’s the key to making better decisions, and creating a more exciting, positive future. The Quantum approach applies big picture thinking to every brief, no matter how targeted or unique. 

Our work informs policy, inspires communications and design, and sheds much-needed light on social issues. It gives businesses and organisations the understanding and knowledge to successfully navigate their next move, and steer future ones. 

No matter the question, the answer is always found in the same place: people.

Since 2012, Resilience Outcomes Australia Pty Ltd has been providing highly regarded privacy, identity security and information security advisory assignments.

We have significant expertise in privacy-by-design and blend our cybersecurity and privacy skills in our product, mapping and analysing electronic information flows for privacy risks and identifying options. Resilience Outcomes privacy experience is founded on many years working in sensitive sectors like government and healthcare, and from highly original research initiated in privacy engineering and cyber security.

All technology has both benefits and risks depending on how societies and organisations implement it. We work with our clients to reduce technology downsides and maximise the advantages. Our methodology is proven through experience. It is based on academic research, better-practice analysis and stakeholder consultation. This gives us a unique perspective our clients find very valuable.

Director Alex Webling is a former federal senior executive, responsible for identity and biometric policy in the federal government. He led successful proposals to expand the Document Verification Service (DVS) into the private sector, the development of a Biometric Interoperability Framework and policy on online trusted identity.

In assisting and collaborating with our clients, we help them become more adaptive and resilient.

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. 

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.

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.  

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.

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.

Cube Group is an SME as defined by the Australian Government. Our business size is intentional, ensuring we can quickly adapt to change, provide direct access to experts, and blend innovative and evidence-based approaches. Operating since 2002, we offer a highly skilled and experienced team of over 30 people with deep expertise in the public purpose sector across various disciplines.

Cube is on the MAS Panel Program and Project Evaluation sub-category. Robust yet practical, our Evaluation practice combines technical quantitative and qualitative analysis, respectful and sensitive engagement, and actionable insights. The need for evidence-based policy and programs has never been greater. Understanding what works, why and for whom provides the insight needed to improve services and maximise public value. 

We’re academically trained Evaluators with practical consulting and project management expertise and experience working in and for government departments and agencies, and not-for-profit organisations.

We evaluate programs in complex policy and service delivery settings and sectors, including: education and early childhood; health and human services, including mental health and wellbeing and aged care; family violence; justice and emergency services; and skills, training and employment.

A Certified B Corp, we work exclusively with other purpose-driven organisations committed to creating public value.

La Trobe University is dedicated to creating a future where health, safety, and equity form the cornerstone of thriving communities. Through interdisciplinary applied research, we tackle critical challenges across key domains:

• Healthcare and Aged Care Excellence: We lead advancements in clinical practice and social wellbeing, translating research into actionable improvements in healthcare outcomes and policy. Our commitment to equity drives inclusive health policies and interventions that enhance quality of life across diverse populations. Additionally, we foster lifelong wellbeing and safety in sports, promoting participation and performance for all.
• Social Policy and Evaluation: Understanding social dynamics, we address barriers to equity and social justice. Our research informs fairer educational, business, and civic systems, ensuring inclusive opportunities and amplifying diverse voices.
• Environmental Sustainability: At the forefront of ecosystem preservation, we study biodiversity and resilience to combat environmental threats, safeguarding landscapes and communities, and promoting sustainable agricultural practices.
• Understanding and Preventing Disease: Our researchers mitigate inequity and inform best practice by tracking the history of disease management, international policy and ethical implications.

La Trobe’s integrated approach and evidence-based solutions help build resilient communities and a sustainable future globally. Together, we forge pathways to a healthier, more equitable world, where every individual can thrive.