Below are all the tenders that are currently open. Click on the title to expand out the section and find out more information on a tender.
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is seeking full applications from individuals, organisations or project teams with the capability to enhance weaning efficiency in the WA Merino industry. This proposal will encompass research, development and adoption (RD&A) activities in the Sheep productivity sector that achieve outcomes in line with the priorities of the Red Meat Panel.
Projects will investigate and identify the control points, management and production factors that will provide the greatest return for effort for WA Merino producers implementing management change to increase weaning rates, whilst also increasing resilience of the farming systems in WA.
The objectives and outcomes identified will help WA Merino producers understand the control points, management and production factors that will provide the greatest return for effort for individual producers to implement new management strategy/change on farm, to increase weaning rates and resilience of the farming systems in WA.
Further information
For further information please see the project Terms of reference.
Application link/contact
To access the Full Application form, please click here. Please refer to the MLA Project Funding Application Guidelines for further information.
Deadline
Full applications must be received by MLA before 11:59pm (AEDT) 14 November 2025. Late proposals will not be accepted.
Contact information
For any questions regarding this tender, please contact:
Dr Melanie Smith
Program Manager – Sheep and Goat Productivity
msmith@mla.com.au
0499 649 072
The Goat Industry Research, Development and Adoption Committee (GIRDAC) is an advisory group which provides recommendations on where goat levy funds are invested in research, development and adoption (RD&A) initiatives for the Australian goatmeat and livestock industry. GIRDAC members provide advice and endorsement relating to goat levy R&D priorities, terms of reference development and review, appointment of service providers and review of current project progress.
Meat & Livestock Australia is calling for applications from Harvested Rangeland Goat producers to fill two (2) available GIRDAC positions.
Expressions of interest (EOI) for both positions close 31 October 2025 – please see EOI document for more information.
More information:
Expression of interest – Harvested Rangeland Goat producer
Deadline:
EOIs should be submitted via email to tenders@mla.com.au with title “ATTN: Daniel Forwood - GIRDAC Expression of Interest” by 5:00pm (AEDT) 31 October 2025.
For any questions regarding this tender, please contact:
Daniel Forwood
MLA Project Manager – Sheep and Goat Productivity
dforwood@mla.com.au
0457 477 537
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is establishing a program within the Livestock Genetics research sector to build advanced research capabilities, alongside professional development. This program will be supported by the National Livestock Genetics Consortium (NLGC) and MLA, who are requesting project proposals to answer research questions from early career individuals working in livestock genetics research with the capability to undertake research, development and adoption (RD&A) activities in the Livestock Genetics sector. The aim is that alongside fostering development and capability in industry, the outcomes of the projects will be in line with the priorities of the NLGC and industry genetic progress.
This program is designed to target post-doctoral researchers, final year PhD candidates or early career individuals looking to pursue a research career, with a focus on livestock genetics R&D in the red meat industry. There will be four positions available within the program.
The primary aim of the NLGC is to increase the rate of genetic progress achieved for traits that drive value chain productivity and sustainability in the sheep and beef industries. The Terms of Reference (ToR) is based on the RD&A priorities from the NLGC, NLGC Strategy to 2030 as well as the MLA Strategic Plan 2030 and Red Meat 2030.
For further details, please see the TOR Livestock Genetics Early Researcher .
Applicants must include as part of their submission:
- application form – Early Career Researcher –Application Form
- CV
- preliminary project proposal
- two-minute video pitch.
Applications must be lodged electronically to livestockgenetics@mla.com.au
Applications close 11:59pm (AEST) 7 November 2025. Late proposals will not be accepted.
For any questions regarding this tender, please contact:
Clara Bradford
Program Manager – Livestock Genetics R&D
The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities.
There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.
For further details, please see the EOI Tech Funding guidelines.
Expression of interest must be lodged electronically using the EOI response template and emailed to commercisalisation@mla.com.au.
Applications close 5:00pm (AEST) 1 July 2026.
For any questions regarding this opportunity, please contact MLA IP team:
Rhys Pirie – E: rpirie@mla.com.au or Tom Dobbie – E: tdobbie@mla.com.au
Summary:
With the introduction of mandatory sheep eID requirements which will bring sheep and goats in line with cattle in the requirement to be tagged and recorded in the NLIS database, there is an opportunity to extract further value for the supply chain by providing better quality data up and down the chain leading to continuous improvement and better-informed decisions if successful carcase tracking systems can be integrated. MLA is seeking co-investment proposals from supply chains looking to trial and integrate carcase tracking solutions into their business. The opportunity is also open to supply chains who have made previous investments in carcase tracking and are wanting to refine to improve performance and reliability thereby enhancing end-to-end traceability and feedback for that supply chain.
Further information/details link (if applicable):
For submission details, please see the request for tender document
Application link/contact:
Please use the following application form for all submissions.
Applications must be lodged electronically as a Word document to Jack Cook jcook@mla.com.au along with other requirements of the terms of reference.
Deadline:
Applications close 5:00pm (AEST) 31 October 2025.
More information contact (if applicable):
For more information, please contact:
Jack Cook
Project Manager – Supply Chain Technology
Phone: 0409 312 515
Email: jcook@mla.com.au
Meat & Livestock Australia is seeking tenders to partner in the productivity and profitability podcast series. This will involve the delivery of 36 podcasts over 3 years, with content relevant to sheep, goat and cattle producers across southern Australia.
Further information/details link (if applicable):
The full tender is available here.
Deadline:
Applications close 12:00am (AEST) 20 October 2025.
More information
For any questions regarding this tender, please contact:
Mitchell Plumbe
Project Manager – Producer Adoption
0458 273 715
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is seeking expression of interest (EOI) to co-design a producer adoption program, targeted at the Australian southern rangelands. The broad intention of this project will be to improve business productivity, profitability and sustainability. To achieve this, expressions of interest (EOI) are invited from all industry stakeholders, including but not limited to supply chains (processors/brand owners), producers, industry organisations, research bodies and advisors. By partnering with MLA there is an opportunity to expand reach and resources to maximise the impact of producer engagement activities and long-term improvement.
Application link/contact:
Deadline:
Applications close 12:00am (AEST) 20 October 2025.
More information:
For any questions regarding this EOI, or to discuss potential proposals, please contact:
Mitchell Plumbe
Project Manager – Producer Adoption
0458 273 715
Integrity Systems Company (ISC) is seeking project proposals from commercial supply chain parties who are interested in taking advantage of the end-to-end supply chain digitisation of National Vendor Declarations (NVDs).
ISC is supporting industry to fast track a transition from paper NVDs to digital consignments. As part of this initiative, MLA Donor Company (MDC) co-funding is being made available to support processors, livestock agencies, saleyards, transporters, and their software providers to shift their businesses and supply chains towards electronic National Vendor Declarations (eNVDs). This will be achieved by implementing a co-funded program of work to uplift their business systems, processes, culture and capabilities (people and technology) – which results in a shift to digital eNVDs.
For submission details, please see the request for tender form.
Applications close 5:00pm (AEDT) Friday 17 October 2025.
For any questions regarding this tender, please contact:
Gabrielle Sherring
Project Manager – Integrity Products
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is seeking expressions of interest from commercial and/or research organisations (or partnerships of organisations) to co-invest via the MLA Donor Company in research, development and adoption projects for the following areas:
- Safeguarding our feedbase resources – includes the monitoring and management of soil health and land condition to improve productivity, along with protecting pastures (the feedbase) from weeds, diseases and pests.
- Future feedbase design – includes investments that raise the productivity ceiling of pastures and whole farm feedbase management, including through plant breeding and agronomy activities.
- Enhanced adoption of feedbase innovation – investing in the development of more expert advisors, demonstration sites, and information resources, to support producers in adopting innovative practices.
MLA applications must be lodged electronically as Word document to tenders@MLA.com.au
Applications close 5:00pm AEST Friday 3rd October 2025.
No late applications will be accepted. Incomplete request for tender applications without the required documentation will not be assessed. Applicants are encouraged to discuss their EOIs with the Feedbase R&D Team prior to submission.
For more information, please contact:
Further information:
Dr Joe Gebbels: (jgebbels@mla.com.au)
Dr Allan Peake: (apeake@mla.com.au)
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) are seeking partnerships to co-design a whole-of-supply-chain long-term adoption program.
We are seeking projects that employ peer-to-peer learning methods, focused on supporting producers to meet breeding objectives and market specifications while optimising productivity and profitability.
Further information can be found here.
A submission can be made by completing the MLA Preliminary Application Form.
Applications close Friday 10 October 2025.
All organisations considering submitting an expression of interest are encouraged to reach out to MLA to discuss their concept early on. Contact Will Atkinson watkinson@mla.com.au and Hilary Connors hconnors@mla.com.au for more information or to arrange a meeting.
