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At Ora, we believe bold thinking drives real progress. As experienced industry leaders, we don’t just consult – we partner, challenge, and deliver. Our clients come to us with complex problems, and we show up with clarity, courage, and a practical mindset to get things done.

‘Be bold’ isn’t just our tagline, it’s how we operate. Whether we’re advising on strategy, managing transformation, or delivering financial insights, we bring a fearless, authentic approach, cutting through complexity and making a real impact.

From strategic advisory to learning and development, from financial audits to human resources, Ora delivers across a wide spectrum of services, always with the same bold, reliable, and human approach.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our business helps organisations, government departments and businesses get the most out of their risk management activities - by both creating value and protecting value.

McNair yellowSquares is an independent Australian research agency with origins dating back to the 1930s. We deliver ethical, evidence-based insights for government, not-for-profit, and private sector clients.

Our work adheres to the highest standards of governance, transparency, and accountability. All methodologies comply with the industry Code of Professional Behaviour, privacy legislation, and data protection requirements. We operate in line with ISO 20252 (Market, Opinion and Social Research) and ISO 27001 (Information Security Management), ensuring quality assurance, security, and audit readiness.

We conduct tens of thousands of interviews annually using telephone, online, face-to-face, and mixed-mode methods. In-house capabilities include a 50-seat Sydney call centre with multi-lingual interviewers, proprietary national panels, survey programming facilities, and advanced analytical expertise.

Our qualitative research capability extends to focus groups, in-depth interviews, ethnography, and secure online discussion boards. We provide professional moderation, rigorous participant recruitment, and in-house facilities to deliver reliable insights into complex or sensitive issues.

McNair yellowSquares has specialist expertise in engaging culturally and linguistically diverse communities, children and young people, people with disabilities, and other groups requiring careful ethical consideration.

Our compliance-driven approach ensures inclusive, representative, and policy-relevant outcomes for government decision-making.

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. 

At EY, our purpose is to build a better working world through creating long-term value for clients, people and communities. Through four integrated service lines – Assurance, Consulting, Transactions, and Tax – and deep sector knowledge, we help clients capitalize on opportunities and manage risk to deliver responsible growth. Leveraging our worldwide network, EY’s team brings global innovation, international best practice and real-world pragmatism. We work continuously to improve the quality of our services, harnessing emerging digital technologies to help clients stay ahead of the curve.

EY contributes to strengthening our nation’s economy, employing 9,800 Australians across all capital cities and in multiple regional centres. We support local businesses, investing, working and sharing knowledge with small and medium enterprises across diverse industries. EY is committed to meeting targets to increase spend with Indigenous-owned businesses, and also actively engages with suppliers that employ people with a disability. We are honoured to provide pro bono professional services for Australian charities, social enterprises and community organisations. EY Ripples, our global corporate responsibility program, embodies our quest to lead EY people and networks in accelerating progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals – we are on track to positively impact 1 billion lives by 2030.

SpencerMaurice specialises in providing trusted advice and independent reviews to public sector organisations, social enterprises, and corporate enterprises. We are an Australian owned small business that was founded in 2019.

We have already achieved an extensive track record delivering highly sensitive management consultancy projects for the public sector. We pride ourselves on combining contemporary thinking with proven methodologies. Delivering pragmatic advice that helps you to achieve your desired outcomes.

Our services include Independent Reviews, Strategic Planning, Organisation Design, Governance & Risk, Financial Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Policy & Program Reviews.

SpencerMaurice is a business name of Silverspan Pty Ltd.

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.

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.

1. Research agency specialising in retirement and people of mature age. We are a Sydney-based research agency, specialising in research about the 'mature age', 'older' or 'retiree' markets.
2. Plain language content /message testing specialists

We are also plain language research specialists. We use message and content testing to help our clients develop simpler documents such as statements, letters, and forms.

Our testing frameworks are based on plain language principles, neuroscience, interaction design, and behavioural psychology.

Research methods
We offer qualitative and quantitative research. We are all classically trained researchers with the full range of techniques and methods at our fingertips.
Academically, we are social scientists. Our consultants are trained in at least one of: anthropology, psychology, sociology, literature, linguistics, semiotics, marketing, behavioural science, and interaction and service design. We are not boxed in by commitment to only one discipline.

Clients have included ASIC, the ACCC, the Productivity Commission, the NSW Police Force and many financial services organisations.

Standards and certification

• Company Partners of the Research Society
• ISO20252 accreditation 
• The Science of Plain Language Certification 
• Design Thinking certification 
• Customer Journey certification 
• Accessibility: How To Design For All certification
• Advanced Semiotics (MRS) 
   

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

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

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

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

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

Neoteric Consulting is an Australian based boutique professional services firm that brings together local specialists with extensive knowledge and experience providing management consulting and finance technology services to the private and public sectors.

With a deep understanding of complex government and corporate environments, our diverse team of skilled and passionate people bring Neoteric thinking and deep analysis to deliver value-driven and practical solutions. Our capabilities cover transformation and reform, costing and financial analysis, financial sustainability and efficiency, charging and cost recovery, ERP system implementation and support, supply chain and procurement, program management and assurance and performance audit.
 

Inform Economics is a specialist economics and financial consultancy delivering cost–benefit analysis (CBA), economic/financial modelling and analysis, and business case development.

We have delivered ex-ante (forward-looking) and ex-post (backward-looking) CBAs for 30+ government agencies across Australia, supporting:

* Government advertising and communication 
* Business cases and investment decisions 
* Program and policy economic evaluations 
* Regulation/Regulatory impact statements 
* Impact assessments 
* Industry-specific CBA methodologies

We also build capability: since 2019, we have delivered CBA training for the Australian Evaluation Society and across government, with 700+ participants successfully completing our programs.

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

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

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

Linesight Australia

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

Specialties

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

The Kids Research Institute Australia is a nationally recognised leader in child health and wellbeing research. 

With over 30 years of experience, we have a strong reputation for delivering high-quality research services and working in genuine partnership with governments to inform policy and drive measurable social impact. We bring a proven track record in delivering contracted services and tailored solutions to government, including: population-level surveys and data collection, evidence reviews, community and stakeholder consultations, program evaluation and impact assessment, economic modelling and data analytics. 

Collaboration ensures that our work translates into actionable insights and tangible benefits for the community.

Bentleys Queensland is a locally owned advisory and accounting firm, supporting businesses since 1948. With 12 partners and over 200 professionals across Brisbane and Emerald, we deliver tailored solutions in strategic and business advisory, international investment, external audit, risk and assurance, tax consulting, self-managed superannuation, wealth management, finance and lending, carbon accounting, and insurance. 

As part of the Bentleys Network, ranked among Australia’s top accounting firms, we combine local expertise with national resources to help clients thrive in a changing world.

Conscia is structured with three key service lines:
1. Corporate Advisory
- Transaction Advisory
- Business Planning, Strategy & Execution
- Business Improvement
- Digital Transformation
- Government Policy Development & Implementation

2. Projects
- Project Management & Contract Administration (PMCA)
- Program Management Office (PMO)  
- Financial & Economic Analysis
- Business Case Development
- Tender & Bid Advisory

3. Capability
- Procurement Management
- Project & Project management
- Technical & Systems Advisory
- Asset Life Cycle Planning
- Acquisition & Delivery

MinterEllison Consulting (MEC) is the leading Australian SME consulting practice of its kind, distinguished by its deep Government expertise, contemporary market insights, and commitment to delivering exceptional value to clients.

Backed by Australia’s largest law firm, MEC was established in 2017 through the acquisition of ITNewcom, a highly respected technology advisory firm. Since then, MEC has complemented ITNewcom's proven experience in procurement, negotiation and technology optimisation, with specialist capabilities across privacy, cybersecurity, ESG, education, regulatory, strategy, human capital, finance and risk. Through our integrated service offerings, we have advised clients on over $70B in projects, as well as   some of their most complex problems.

Underpinning this capability is one of the most sophisticated market research, benchmarking and analytics capabilities dedicated to Australia. This provides our clients with unparalleled visibility into industry trends, pricing insights, supplier capabilities, skills, risk and commercial models.

With a law-firm history dating back to 1827, we take independence seriously and are ready to be held to the highest levels of probity and integrity. We are authentic and innovative in our advice, leveraging deep expertise coupled with contemporary digital tools and a strong commitment to uplifting the capability of our staff and our clients.

BIT equips government with behavioural insights and evaluation to improve policies and citizen decision-making, working across diverse policy areas as specialists in human behaviour, policy design, and evaluation.

Our services include:

Insights: 
Reviewing existing evidence using innovative data science methods to understand the current context of issues, spot trends and identify knowledge gaps at scale and at pace.

Evaluation:
Process evaluation; outcome evaluation; randomised controlled trials - generating the evidence of what works, when and for whom.

Interventions:
Co-designing solutions; testing with proto-types, pilots and trials - from communications to innovative services, products and policies

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.

PM-Partners is a specialist project delivery consultancy focused on:

1. Capability Uplift: uplifting individual and organisational capabilities in the areas of PMO, projects, change and agile
2. Project Delivery: specialist project, programme, change management and PMO delivery services - with a focus on repeatable methodologies and global best practice
3. Advisory Service: focused on improving, rescuing and recovering your programmes, projects and PMO.

We are not strategy and fancy PowerPoints, we are a delivery consultancy.  That is a our core strength.  Behind that we have IT tools and methods to make your projects as low risk and repeatable as possible.

Track record across Department of Health, Airservices, ACMA, NDIS and more.

PeakXD is a niche customer research and experience design consultancy.
We are one of Australia's oldest and most established customer and user experience digital agencies, having been in business since 2003. Our mission is to empower others to improve the world through human-centred design.
We work with agencies to help them achieve their business goals, engage stakeholders and facilitate the design of engaging customer experiences approach crossing multiple channels, touchpoints, user interfaces, technologies, and devices.
•    Service design / Design thinking / Human Centred Design
•    Customer research and insights
•    UX and UI design
•    Usability/user testing of digital interfaces
•    Accessibility audits and testing

RP Infrastructure (RPI) is a leading provider of advisory, cost and project management services across the entire infrastructure spectrum.

Founded in 1994, RPI merged with Ranbury Management Group in 2023 to form a team of 350+ professionals, providing clients with integrated solutions across social, commercial, transport, utilities and energy infrastructure.  

Our highly experienced advisors and project managers have extensive industry knowledge and diverse backgrounds in architecture, design, engineering, quantity surveying, health planning and construction management, ensuring we have end-to-end expertise across all aspects of the project life cycle.

For 30 years, RPI has worked with many of Australia’s most influential brands and institutions from the government, private and not-for-profit sectors delivering city shaping and nation-building infrastructure.

Our service is driven by a collaborative approach based on strong partnerships. We are known for working closely with our clients and stakeholders to deliver high-profile, complex projects in the community.

With our focus on quality, we are dedicated to delivering extraordinary outcomes for our clients; converting visions to reality in the delivery of innovative and sustainable projects that offer functional, technical, commercial and aesthetic excellence. 
 

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

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

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

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

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

Kitbag Consulting is a proven Australian management consultancy based upon experienced, like minded, well credentialed public and private sector practitioners who have come together to network; share and trade their thoughts, insights and experiences to satisfy our client's business needs.

As a Telstra small business finalist in 2025, the judges when announcing the award acknowledged that Kitbag Consulting is; ""Officially one of the highest scoring businesses in Australia to 'Embrace Innovation'.""

Each practitioner has been instrumental in assisting the Australian Government manage one of the best regulated markets in the world by any OECD benchmark. All have Australian Government security clearances.

Levant Consulting is an employee-owned business focused on helping our clients deliver better organisational change and transformation.  We partner with our clients to ensure the critical elements for complex and technology-driven change are in place. Whether that’s a precursor to change (i.e., leadership alignment, operating model, and organisational design) or in support of technology implementation (i.e., stakeholder-centric change management).

Our team of consultants, based in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, work differently than other consultancies.  And that’s by design.  First and foremost, our focus is to deliver our clients great outcomes, not just a great report or lengthy pack of materials. Our small and nimble teams work side-by-side with your people to co-identify, co-build, co-implement and co-sustain the change.  We do this because we know that collaboration provides the best chance of success when it comes to complex change.  

We believe our size, focus on outcomes and determination to build capability in the teams we partner with is a key enabler for our clients.  It’s another reason we don’t have an army of consultants to throw at a problem or take it ‘offline’ to work on it in the dark.

Since Levant Consulting started in 2012, we’ve enjoyed profitable growth, while working with some of Australia’s most successful companies and government entities. 

A small and medium enterprise, Galent Management Consulting (Galent) is a boutique management consulting firm established in 2011with team members working throughout Australia.
Our highly skilled and experienced management consulting professionals, span a broad spectrum of services and capabilities, offering clients established credentials in the delivery of high-quality services to the public, private, community and not for profit sectors.  We offer extensive expertise in the working with and for First Nation Organisations and representatives.
Built on a foundation of key personnel from renowned consulting practices, we provide clients a strong and diverse base of skills and experience.

Dart Legal & Consulting specialises in regulation, risk, compliance, enforcement, governance & performance.  We have provided specialist services in these areas across a broad range of sectors and regulatory frameworks including agriculture, construction, communications, education, environment, financial services, health, and veteran's affairs. We understand the legal, political and practical challenges associated with navigating an increasingly complex policy & regulatory environment.  Our multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach to analysis and problem-solving enables us to provide tailored, practical, targeted advice that accounts for complexity, while communicating advice & solutions in a meaningful, digestible and user-friendly way.

At Projects Assured, our mission is clear: Our people turn the uncertain into certain. As a specialist management consulting firm in Canberra, we pride ourselves on being your trusted strategic advisors and proven delivery partners. We are renowned for solving our client's most challenging business problems.

Our team is a diverse group of energetic and pragmatic professionals. With deep specialist expertise, we are well-equipped to handle a wide range of challenges.  We can help you with:

Management Advisory Services: Our MAS team provides strategic advice and tailored business services to solve complex problems, ensuring sustainable change through best practices, proven methodologies, and effective strategies.

Information Technology Services: Our ICT team offers expert technical advice and delivery assistance for planning, designing, procuring, implementing, supporting, and maintaining enterprise-scale ICT systems, ensuring strategic alignment and optimal benefit realisation.

Capability Management Services: Our Capability Management Services team provides specialist advice and delivery assistance in planning, defining, acquiring, and implementing capabilities across the entire capability and project life cycle to achieve organisational objectives.

At Projects Assured, we are committed to delivering exceptional quality and ensuring a positive client experience.
 

McKinsey brings deep global expertise, independent insight, and specialist capability to help clients accelerate transformation, strengthen change management, and build enduring institutional capacity. 

For 60+ years in Australia, our local partners and 200 security-cleared colleagues have supported the APS with rigorous analysis, evidence-based problem-solving, and bipartisan commitment. Guided by values aligned with the APS, we act only in the national interest. Consulting is our core business—we do not provide tax, legal, accounting, audit or secondment services.

The Centre for Customs and Excise Studies (CCES) is recognised as the leading international centre of excellence for research, training, education, and professional development in the field of customs, excise, trade facilitation and border management. CCES hosts the secretariat for the International Network of Customs Universities and publishes the World Customs Journal, which is dedicated to international customs matters and is fully endorsed and co-badged by the World Customs Organisation.

The Centre plays a leading role in promoting the World Bank trade facilitation agenda, the Australian Government Regional Trade for Development initiatives and supporting the Oceania Customs Organisation develop customs capacity across the pacific.

The Equality Institute is a global research and creative agency working to advance gender equality and prevent violence against women and girls. We are unique in our ability to combine world-class research with creative communications. This allows us to promote an evidence-based approach, communicate effectively with diverse audiences, and translate complex research and ideas into products that drive real impact.

Ending VAWG requires building the evidence base, supporting uptake of innovative models and methodologies, and ongoing critical reflection and learning. We design and deliver rigorous, safe, and ethical research on sensitive topics related to gender, social norms and VAWG across the globe. We use a range of methodologies, including feminist-informed, participatory action research, ethnographic, quantitative, and qualitative methods, to build evidence and provide useful recommendations to inform policy and programming.

Our research team brings decades of technical expertise in developing and implementing innovative, large-scale monitoring and evaluation frameworks that promote ongoing learning and programme improvement; contribute to the development of international indicators on VAWG; and create national and regional strategies and tools for population-level monitoring. Our team members have led and designed several highly technical and impactful evaluation pieces around the world. 

Terra Schwartz specialises in delivering tailored solutions for Commonwealth entities in key areas such as government procurement, probity, contract management, project management, and tender evaluation. Our services are designed to enhance efficiency, transparency, and compliance across all procurement activities.

In government procurement, we provide comprehensive support throughout the procurement lifecycle, from needs assessment to contract award. Our expertise ensures that procurement processes are efficient, competitive, and compliant with all relevant regulations.

Our probity services focus on maintaining integrity and fairness in procurement activities. We conduct thorough probity audits and provide advisory services to safeguard against conflicts of interest and ensure transparent decision-making.

In contract management, we offer robust frameworks to manage contracts effectively, ensuring that deliverables are met on time and within budget. Our services include contract administration, performance monitoring, and dispute resolution.

We excel in project management, providing end-to-end management of projects to ensure successful delivery. Our experienced team uses best practice methodologies to manage scope, time, cost, and quality.

For tender evaluation, Terra Schwartz provides expert evaluation services to ensure the best value for money. We design and implement evaluation frameworks that are fair, transparent, and objective.

NineSquared is a leading economics and strategy consultancy, providing expert financial, and economic and public policy advice to Australian Government departments. We excel in data-driven, evidence-based solutions for public policy and regulatory environments. 
Our specialties include cost-benefit analysis, impact assessments, strategic policy development, financial modelling and analysis, regulatory impact statements, assurance and governance reviews, and demand analysis. What sets NineSquared apart from competitors is our boutique approach, offering personalised, client-focused services. We provide tailored solutions with a deep understanding of local contexts and specific government needs, delivering innovative and practical solutions.

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.

Aerosafe Risk Management is an Australian owned SME specialising in risk management, governance and safety management systems. While the company name remains reflective of its aviation heritage, Aerosafe has extensive risk management experience across the Commonwealth, representing the leading edge of risk management consulting through cutting-edge methodologies. We develop and review risk frameworks, policies, plans and assessments at the enterprise, program and operational levels. We are a Registered Training Organisation and have broad experience in training design and delivery.

Aerosafe is certified under ISO31000:2018 to provide services, support and tailored products in risk management, governance and safety management systems.

Flagstaff Partners is Australia’s pre-eminent independent corporate finance advisory firm, providing high quality corporate finance and strategic advice across a range of disciplines including mergers & acquisitions, divestments & demergers, capital structure & dividend policy, equity capital markets & debt advisory, complex & special situations and Government privatisations.

MGI Joyce|Dickson is a trusted accounting and advisory firm providing practical, tailored financial solutions for businesses and individuals. We take pride in our professionalism, integrity, and personal approach, offering a full range of services including accounting, taxation, superannuation, audit, general insurance, and business advisory.

Our experienced team combines technical knowledge with a genuine understanding of our clients’ needs. We help them navigate complex financial matters, identify growth opportunities, and reach their long-term goals. At MGI Joyce|Dickson, we build strong, lasting relationships and deliver advice that makes a real difference, supporting our clients at every stage of their financial journey.

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. 

i2i Global is an Indigenous-owned advisory and consulting firm driving impact and scale for Indigenous outcomes. We work on economic projects across Australia, the Indo-Pacific, and the Americas, aiming to be a global leader in Indigenous development. Our expertise spans enterprise growth, strategic planning, investment, trade, research, evaluations, stakeholder and community engagement, and public policy. Founded in international development with DFAT, we specialise in Free, Prior, Informed Consent (FPIC) and advancing brighter Indigenous futures through innovation and enterprise.

RD partners with government, education, and industry clients—including Defence, DFAT, Health, major universities, and leading technology companies—to deliver high-visibility, multi-stakeholder projects. 

Our core services are: strategic communication & content, creative services, digital transformation & technology enablement, AI, event management, and coaching & training. 

We blend storytelling, technology, and skills uplift, connecting people to purpose and enabling strategy. RD’s multidisciplinary team provides end-to-end delivery, drawing on extensive Defence experience, security-cleared staff, and deep understanding of complex systems. We’re recognised for client focus, clear communication, and future-ready, impact-driven solutions.

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.

Allen + Clarke is a management consultancy offering services across the policy spectrum. Across 25+ years, Allen + Clarke has provided policy, regulatory, research, evaluation, stakeholder engagement, organisational change, strategy, culture reviews, program management and Secretariat services to government clients.
Allen + Clarke has experience across a range of sectors, including health, social, justice, family violence, education, Indigenous rights and aspirations, environment and energy.
As a SME, we are agile, adaptable and a safe pair of hands who you'll enjoy working with.

We’re not a consulting firm. If you just want name recognition or a body-shop to provide excess resources – that’s not us. But if you want a genuinely personalised approach to engaging with complexity, great facilitation skills and considered insights based on years of actual leadership experience, thorough research, transformational creativity, collaboration and co-design – maybe we’re just the right place for you. And if you need to develop strategies and plans that will actually be implemented, that is our special talent. We bridge the gap between concept and execution. We make it possible for you to succeed.

Our highly innovative, full-time team includes behaviour scientists, educators, communication specialists, designers, copywriters, animators, videographers and digital marketing specialists. Complex communication is part of every meaningful change and improvement, and we have a truly holistic approach to transformation. And we know how to shift culture.

We are trusted by the ATO, Defence, ACSC, Fair Work Commission and many other public sector organisations, as well as prestigious private sector organisations such as QBE, AMP, Telstra, TEDx and many more.

We don’t consult. We help you achieve and communicate the remarkable. The Being Group.

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.
 

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

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

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

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

Oliver Wyman is a strategy and management consultancy that combines deep industry knowledge with specialised expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organisational transformation. The firm works with clients to deliver sustained impact. We help clients anticipate changes in the environment they operate in and respond in ways that are aligned to their mission, vision, and strategy.

Tailored HR Solutions is a dynamic boutique consultancy firm with a presence across Australia. We specialise in Business and Human Resource advisory services, working closely with our clients to design and create sustainable solutions. Our mission is to help organisations achieve their goals efficiently and sustainably by fostering innovation, ensuring compliance, and addressing capability gaps and workforce challenges. This is especially crucial for our government clients, supporting government to build Australian Public Service capability and focus on meaningful work that contributes to the Australian economy.  

We partner with our clients to tackle complex challenges, collaboratively creating impactful and sustainable

Deloitte is a global professional services firm that is distinct in its ability to help clients solve their most complex problems. For over 25 years, we have successfully partnered with the Australian Government to be part of the team that enables a world class public service, putting citizens at the heart of service delivery, providing a broad range of Advisory, Consulting & Digital services to help our clients plan, fund, execute and run their mission critical initiatives. Our services include, among many others, Customer and Back-Office Transformation, Financial Advisory, Strategy & Operating Model design, Cybersecurity and Risk Services, Human Capital Management, Cloud Modernisation,  Data & Analytics, Systems Implementation, and Managed Services.

Heartward Strategic is a trusted pair of hands delivering high quality social research and analysis services across Australia. Heartward collaborates with government, non-government and social organisations to create evidence-driven impact on leading social and policy issues. 

We do this by applying analytic thinking, emotional intelligence and technology to deliver rapid, cost-effective research and make meaning from any kind of information about people – their needs, behaviours and preferences.

We specialise in:

• custom-design and delivery of qualitative, quantitative and hybrid primary research 
• collection, review and reporting on data and submissions from public and stakeholder consultations 
• evidence reviews and examination of secondary data
• advanced analytics, and
• developing strategic frameworks.

Using participatory research approaches and working methods, we are committed to engaging ethically with all participants and contributors, respecting diversity and the value of lived experience.

As an SME, we are nimble and focused, resulting in an outsized effect on the sectors we work in. Independent and purpose-led, Heartward has no conflicts of interest in any work we undertake for government. Our team are credible, engaging presenters and facilitators, and our tailored written reports are relied on at executive and ministerial levels and regularly published.

WELCOME TO THE DYNAMIC WORLD OF VUCA

Solving your governance and leadership challenges.

VUCA Trusted Advisors is a bespoke advisory team, with deep expertise in governance. We have strong experience working with government agencies, providing tailored and cost-effective advice. We understand the pressures and challenges to assist Boards and Executives to navigate these to achieve continuous improvement and success.

We help our clients solve problems, improve governance and create confidence. VUCA Directors and Associates are a group of experienced thought leaders who share our passion to build and optimise individual and organisational excellence, to help our clients succeed.

GOVERNANCE | STRATEGY | SEARCH | LEADERSHIP

VUCA Expertise

• Board Governance Review
• CEO Performance Review
• Board Governance Framework
• Board Skills Analysis
• Workshop Facilitation
• Executive Search
• First Nations governance and strategy

In the spirit of reconciliation, VUCA Trusted Advisors acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

At Project Services International we specialise in professional project management helping our clients to deliver successful projects to meet their business needs. 
We have delivered projects in the transport, rail, infrastructure, energy, resources and Defence environments. We provide independent project assurance advice to clients across all Australian States and New Zealand.
Our services include project management, schedule and cost estimating, project controls, auditing and reporting, economic appraisal and benefits realisation.
Several of our project managers have helped our clients receive awards for engineering and project excellence from Engineers Australia and the Australian Institute of Project Management.

Hazelbrook Legal is an industry-recognised & nationally awarded corporate, regulatory and financial services specialist law firm, headquartered in Canberra with offices in Sydney. We have one of the most experienced financial services & funds practices in Australia, with a team drawn from leading global & top-tier firms.
Our corporate & regulatory practice delivers high-quality advice across governance & compliance, commercial contracting & workplace relations.
With the capability and technical excellence of a top-tier firm, Hazelbrook offers the agility, responsiveness and value expected by public sector clients. We are committed to providing pragmatic and accountable legal solutions that meet the highest professional & ethical standards.

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.

Tanner James is an Australian-owned Canberra-based small business with a 30+ year track record of working with the APS. We help departments and agencies uplift their project and program management capability through training and coaching in the practical application of best practice management frameworks including MSP, PRINCE2 and PRINCE2 Agile. 

We offer flexible services to individuals, project and program teams and PMOs, including establishing robust governance and plans for implementation of major new policy initiatives.

Drawing on over 20 years of experience delivering transformative research and evaluation services for government, the University of Queensland’s strength lies in the synergies between academia and commissioned research. Our researchers work collaboratively with government and the private and not-for-profit sectors to support translation of research findings into practice by undertaking solutions-focused research and evaluation with real-world impact.

We are known for our adaptability and flexibility and our preferred approach is to work closely with partners to ensure our collective work is strategic, responds to needs, and delivers outcomes on time that are accepted and actionable. Our expertise spans social policy, health, education, employment, social justice, families and communities, energy, environment, and sustainable futures, delivered across a range of services and capabilities that include: 

• Monitoring and evaluation design and delivery
• Partner-engaged co-design and participatory approaches
• Advanced qualitative and quantitative data analytics
• Data integration and governance
• Evidence synthesis and policy analysis
• Stakeholder consultation and engagement
• Co-leveraging disciplinary strengths across UQ Schools and Institutes
• Capacity building

Leveraging the breadth and diversity of disciplinary knowledge at UQ, we are known for our methodological rigour and pragmatic project delivery, offering flexible and responsive research and evaluation services to address your unique challenges and priorities.

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

Griffith University was created to be a different kind of university—challenging conventions, responding to trends and pioneering solutions through innovation. Griffith is  deeply connected to the Asian pacific region, environmentally aware, open to the community and industry focused.

Ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide, Griffith has come to be regarded as one of Australia's most innovative research intensive tertiary institutions. Everything the University does, from education to research, consultancy and community engagement, is designed to meet the new world in which everything interconnects and is focused on improving people’s lives. Griffith’s teaching, research and consultancy services span all disciplines and are based across six campuses in South East Queensland including a Digital campus, with the University having conducted significant research and consultancy services throughout Australia, and internationally.

Griffith draws on a large multi-disciplinary pool of experts and researchers, allowing engagement in complex and technically advanced projects. Our unique infrastructure ensures the delivery of timely, cost-effective and innovative projects and solutions without compromising on quality, safety, sustainability and environmental considerations. Our mission is to deliver the project objectives and to add value to client operations through the intelligent application of knowledge, technical and management expertise.

Lotus Amity specialises in valuing businesses and components of business value. We value intangible assets, including intellectual property, minority interests, preference shares, convertible notes, debt and options.

We provide a granular and comprehensive approach to valuation. This includes modelling cash flows and discount rates and providing fully referenced appendices.

Each valuation has a story. We carefully research, analyse and explain each valuation story and how the numbers (the cash flows and discount rate) relate to that story.

Our reports comply with the Australian accounting, ethical and valuation standards, the International Valuation Standards.

Nexia Canberra is a professional services firm that has been providing accounting, advisory, audit and tax services in Canberra for over 70 years. Operating across both the private and public sectors, our professional staff have a breadth of skills, knowledge and experience to provide solutions and advice to help you meet your objectives.

Vescient is a veteran-owned Australian consultancy with a proven track record supporting government agencies across Australia. Since 2016, we have delivered over 270 successful projects, including 50 for Federal and State Government, helping departments achieve strategic outcomes under tight timelines and complex conditions. 

Our services span advisory, program delivery, engineering, cyber security, and IT, with deep experience in sectors critical to government: defence, health, infrastructure, and technology. 

We are ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 27001 (Info Security) certified. 

Government buyers choose Vescient for our reliability and professionalism. Our consultants are security-cleared, outcome-focused, and deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.