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Technical Maturity Analysis and Maturation Plan Development

Issued by Department of Industry, Science and Resources · via AusTender — Australian Government ATMs

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Published
30 Sept 2026
Closes
21 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC
Reference
ATM_2026_3664
Location
ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS, Overseas, Australia
Sector
Water & Environment

Details

The Australian Radioactive Waste Agency (ARWA) is responsible for the management, safe storage and disposal of Australia’s radioactive waste. ARWA is undertaking a comprehensive technical program to support the development of long-term radioactive waste management solutions for Australia. ARWA is responsible for implementing a program of R&D to progress technologies which are relevant to the disposal of both low and high-activity wastes to the point where they are ready for deployment. This scope of work is intended to validate previous ARWA TRL assessments, identify any Critical Technology Elements (CTEs) with considerations for inclusion of higher-activity waste streams, deliver a workshop to assess the maturity of those CTEs, and finally to develop maturation plans to progress these technologies to an acceptable readiness level.

Conditions for Participation

- The Tenderer and any subcontractors proposed in its tender must not be insolvent, bankrupt, in liquidation, or under administration or receivership. - The Tenderer and any subcontractors proposed in the tender must not be named as non-compliant with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as at the Closing Time. Note: that the requirement that the supplier “must be able to outline in your response demonstrated experience and understanding of Nuclear and Radioactive industry.” Has been captured in the requirements as a MUST but as it’s not measured against Legislation etc, it’s not referenced in this section.

Timeframe for Delivery:

November 2026 till 30 March 2027

Other Instructions:

NA

Agency: Department of Industry, Science and Resources

ATM ID: ATM_2026_3664

ATM type: Request for Tender

Category (UNSPSC): 81100000 - Professional engineering services

Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart

Panel arrangement: No

Multi-stage: No

Multi-agency access: No

Closes: 21 Oct 2026 15:00 (Canberra time)

Published on AusTender, the Australian Government procurement portal. Responses are lodged through tenders.gov.au (free supplier registration).

Context for bidders

We hold 4 notices from Department of Industry, Science and Resources, going back to August 2026 — 4 of them still open. They buy mostly in Chemicals & Materials, electronics-semiconductors and Transport & Logistics. There are 100 open Water & Environment tenders in Australia. This one closes in 21 days.

Before you bid on this tender

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