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.
The MLA 2030 Strategic Plan has identified the bold ambition of supporting industry to embrace Value Based Marketing initiatives. This will require innovations and initiatives that create and capture greater value for red meat products.
MLA’s value capture program focusses on providing tools, system and feedback loops that allow livestock and carcasses to be assessed and valued on traits such as genetics, performance, production credentials, meat quality and yield. These insights could reshape how livestock are valued and traded, aligning payment systems with market expectations and rewarding higher-value production. This approach helps producers breed, feed and finish livestock with the end market in mind. Carcass feedback will reach all parts of the supply chain so stakeholders can make informed decisions that boost long-term performance and profitability.
MLA would like to engage with like-minded parties to explore and implement models and initiatives that generate additional value and are informed by targeted market signals.
The purpose of the EOI is to find collaborators and participants (either individual entities or syndicates) who wish to be involved in designing and delivering new R&D projects, supply chain engagement initiatives and business models that facilitate collaboration, co-investment and practice change related to increasing value captured.
For further details, please see EOI Guidelines
Applications must be lodged electronically to tenders@mla.com.au
Expression of interest must be received by 17:00 AEST on 22 September 2025. Late proposals will not be accepted.
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) are partnering again to open call for mixed farming Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) projects.
Following the 2024 pilot success, MLA and GRDC are inviting mixed farming producers to apply for PDS projects.
Preliminary applications will open Monday 25 August 2025 for projects aimed at improving the productivity and profitability of mixed farming enterprises. Projects commencing in 2026 should align with the priorities of the MLA/GRDC partnership PDS Program across Australia’s mixed farming regions.
For more information, including the terms of reference, application forms and supporting resources, visit: MLA/GRDC Partnership – Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) projects.
Preliminary applications close 11.59pm Friday 3 October 2025.
Call for co-investment projects – MLA Donor Company
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:
- Developing and validating novel strategies to prevent or mitigate Pimelea toxicity in cattle.
- Updating extension guidelines and delivering an awareness campaign to limit the impact and spread of toxic Pimelea species.
MLA applications must be lodged electronically as Word document to tenders@MLA.com.au
For further information, download the request for tender.
Download the budget spreadsheet.
Applications close 5.00pm AEST Friday 3 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 applications with the Feedbase R&D Team prior to submission.
For more information, please contact:
Dr Joe Gebbels
0448 273 214
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.
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is seeking proposals for the role of BredWell FedWell (BWFW) National Coordinator.
The National Coordinator will manage the delivery of BWFW from 2026 to 2030, working alongside the MLA Project Manager to drive continued successful delivery of BWFW across Australia, including oversight of the deliverer network.
BredWell FedWell is a one-day course focusing on the technical areas of genetics and nutrition and the impacts they have on the productivity and profitability of livestock businesses. This is an introductory course, intended to build actionable knowledge and skills that participants can put into practice within their farm business.
Interested parties are encouraged to apply.
For further information, download the request for tender.
Applications close 9:00am (AEST) 8 September 2025.
For any questions regarding this tender, please contact:
Mitchell Plumbe
Project Manager – Producer Adoption
0458 273 715
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) via the MLA Donor Company is seeking expressions of interest from organisations (or partnerships of organisations) to co-invest with MLA in research for the following areas:
- Novel land management and development strategies that directly enhance the resilience, productivity and capital value of soil and landscape assets, while reducing operational risk and improving environmental outcomes or reporting.
- Practical solutions that improve resource use efficiency and reduce costs by enhancing the measurement and application of inputs and decisions, at both/or the animal and whole-property scale
- Biogenic carbon cycle program - building the complete farm system carbon cycle including low-cost approaches to model carbon sequestration/fluxes.
The program prioritises opportunities that reduce the timeframe to adoption with maximum attributable environmental and profitability outcomes for Australian red meat producers.
Please download the expressions of interest form by the link below:
Sustainability R&D Priorities EOI template and guidelines
Applications must be lodged electronically as Word document to tenders@MLA.com.au
Expressions of interest must be received by 1700 AEST on Tuesday 30th September. Strict adherence to the time deadline for applications will occur.
For further information please contact:
Dr. Joe McMeniman
Group Manager – Sustainability
+61 447 264 341
