Current tenders
MLA is seeking preliminary proposals for RD&A projects that will identify, evaluate and demonstrate strategies for utilising failing or weedy crops for forage either through grazing or conserved forage in the form of hay or silage. Importantly a range of audiences should be targeted including growers (crop only, crop/livestock) as well as the advisory sector.
Projects can be conducted anywhere in the southern Australian mixed farming regions represented by the Southern Australia Livestock Research Council (SALRC) and the Western Australia Livestock Research Council (WALRC). Applicants should carefully review the linked tender document before completing their preliminary project proposal. Requested activities are specified on pages 13-17. The tender document contains further links to all necessary documentation.
Request for tender form and specifications.
Preliminary proposals must be received by MLA before 5pm AEST Friday 18th July 2025. Late proposals will not be accepted. Submit proposals electronically to MLA at: projectcall@mla.com.au.
If you have questions about this open call, contact:
Joe Gebbels
Project Manager – Sustainable Feedbase Resources
Email: jgebbels@mla.com.au
Phone: 0448 273 214
MLA is seeking preliminary proposals for RD&A projects that will develop improve sown and native pasture varieties relevant to grazing systems across southern Australia. Activities to improve plant-microbe symbioses, seed collections and seed technology are also within scope for certain components of the investment call. Specifically, these projects are to be conducted in regions represented by the Southern Australia Livestock Research Council (SALRC).
Applicants should carefully review the linked tender document before completing their preliminary project proposal. Requested activities are specified on pages 13-16. The tender document contains further links to all necessary documentation.
Request for tender form and specifications.
Preliminary proposals must be received by MLA before 5pm AEST Friday 18th July 2025. Late proposals will not be accepted. Submit proposals electronically to MLA at: projectcall@mla.com.au.
If you have questions about this open call, contact:
Allan Peake
Program Manager – Sustainable Feedbase Resources
Email: apeake@mla.com.au
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:
- Biogenic carbon cycle program - building the complete farm system carbon cycle including low-cost approaches to model carbon sequestration/fluxes
- Efficiency solutions that improve operational cost and resource use intensity
- Novel land development or management strategies for climate resilience that improve capital asset value and/or operational cost and environmental outcomes
The program prioritises opportunities that reduce the timeframe to adoption with maximum attributable environmental and profitability outcomes for Australian red meat producers.
Project proposal submissions:
The Expressions of Interest form contained in this document must be lodged electronically as a Word document to: tenders@mla.com.au
Expressions of interest must be received by 1700 AEST on Thursday 19 June 2025.
Strict adherence to the time deadline for applications will occur.
Further information:
Dr. John Bennett
Program Manager – Sustainability R&D
P: +61 (7) 3620 5274
M: +61 0428 060 902
Research & Development
Meat & Livestock Australia
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) are seeking expressions of interest from individuals with extensive professional experience in the Adoption of genetics in both sheep and/or cattle.
The NLGC is a skills-based taskforce, established in 2016 by MLA. The NLGC acts in an advisory capacity and provides direction and support to increase collaboration, transparency, communication and investment in livestock genetics research, development and adoption (RD&A) for the benefit of Australian red meat producers. The primary aim of the NLGC is, through strategic research investments, to increase the rate of genetic progress for traits that drive value chain productivity and sustainability in the sheep and beef industries.
Please provide both a Resume & Application Form.
This EOI closes on the 30th May 2025 – please see attached EOI document & application form for further detail.
Addendum – 2 May 2025
This tender was revised on 2 May 2025. The revisions include i) simplifying the tender to requiring only a preliminary application from applicants by the due date (plus the tender forms), ii) additional information on the strategic goals of the MLA feedlot Program R&D to help guide applicants on the areas that investment would be prioritised.
MLA is seeking Expression of interest, in the form of preliminary applications from organisations or partnerships of organisations to co fund research and development opportunities targeting any of the following key strategic themes: automation, animal health and welfare, animal performance, environmental sustainability & emissions reduction. As part of this opportunity MLA, via the MLA donor company, can contribute up to 40% of the total project cost (not including project administration fees).
Preliminary applications (6 page limit) to the RFT must be lodged electronically to tenders@mla.com.au
Applications must be received by 17:00 AEST on 25 July 2025.
MLA is seeking applications from organisations to co fund development or evaluation of technologies that improve the health and/or the performance of feedlot cattle.
Applications and supporting documentation as requested in the RFT must be lodged electronically to tenders@mla.com.au
Applications must be received by 17:00 AEST on 25 July 2025.
MLA is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) via preliminary applications from organisations (or partnerships) with the expertise and interest to deliver research projects aimed at:
- Delivering suitable red meat solutions capable of addressing some of the emerging and growing nutrition trends across multiple consumer cohorts that incrementally grow demand for Australian red meat.
- Investigating novel technical interventions that could assist with the development of a range of new products derived from red meat ingredients, that could assist in addressing some of these emerging trends.
- Identify new usages and occasions for the some of the most nutritionally dense parts of the red meat value chain (offal, blood, organs, glands & glandules) which, have historically been considered as inedible parts of the carcass.
Applications must be received by 17:00 AEST on 30 May 2025.
For more information, please contact Angelica Pickup, Food Innovation Project Manager, apickup@mla.com.au +61 429 688 912
MLA is seeking applications from suitable organizations to develop and pilot a National Veterinary Antimicrobial Usage measurement system for two years.
Applications and supporting documentation as requested in the RFT must be lodged electronically to: tenders@mla.com.au
Applications must be received by 17:00 AEDT on 23 April 2025.
