The Department's Australian Government Natural Resource Management Team (AGNRM) provides integrated implementation of two Australia-wide natural resource management initiatives: the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) and the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT).

For details visit: www.nrm.gov.au 

The Department aims to establish a multi-use list of service providers with the appropriate skills, qualifications and experience to provide training and education services to NRM regions.

• Application information (PDF - 125 KB)
• Application form - Part B (Word - 97 KB)
• Short form services contract (PDF - 58 KB)

• Provision of training and education services for the capacity building for regional NRM bodies in Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, and Improvement (ZIP - 161 KB)

The GCP is a partnership programme between the Australian Government and Industry for the reporting of Greenhouse Gas inventories and abatement action to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The GCP has three elements:

• GCP reporting;
• Generator Efficiency Standards; and
• Greenhouse Friendly^TM

More information about the GCP programme is available on the web at: www.greenhouse.gov.au/challenge

• Application information (PDF - 143 KB)
• Application form - Part B (Word - 163 KB)
• Application form - Part C (Word - 142 KB)
• Attachment C – Standard Terms and Conditions (PDF - 67 KB)

• Provision of verification and other related services for the Greenhouse Challenge Plus (GCP) Programme (ZIP - 260 KB)

The Department's Australian Government Natural Resource Management Team (AGNRM) provides integrated implementation of two Australia-wide natural resource management initiatives: the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) and the Natural Heritage Trust (NHT).

For details visit: www.nrm.gov.au 

The Department aims to establish a multi-use list of service providers with the appropriate skills, qualifications and experience in developing (evaluative) Performance Story reports, or the capability and capacity to develop the necessary skills to develop the report.

• Application information (Word - 272 KB)
• Application form (Word - 71 KB)
• Short form services contract (PDF - 69 KB)

• Provision of services relating to the development of Performance Story Reports in various regions of Australia multi-use list (ZIP - 123 KB)

The Department's Water Group implements Australian Government policy, programmes and legislation to assist in the sustainable management of the Murray-Darling Basin and our rivers, groundwater, wetlands and urban water. The Water Group is responsible for:

• advising the Australian Government on its policies for protecting water resources; and
• implementing key initiatives of the Australian Government relating to water and water resources.

More information on the Department's role in regards to water resources can be found online at: http://www.environment.gov.au/water/index.html

• Application information (PDF - 126 KB)
• Application form (Word - 80 KB)
• Short form services contract (PDF - 72 KB)

• Provision of expert and specialised services related to water resources and their administration multi-use list (ZIP - 143 KB)

The Department's People Management Branch (PMB) produces policies, practices, products and services which are high quality, client focused, flexible, cost-effective and efficient in the areas of people management, environmental management systems, facilities and office services.

The Department requires human resource management services including code of conduct, performance management and occupational health and safety (OH&S) workstation assessment services for staff located around the country.

• Application information (PDF - 143 KB)
• Application form (Word - 71 KB)
• Short form services contract (PDF - 69 KB)

• Provision of human resource management services multi-use list (ZIP - 149 KB)

The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) is a collaborative programme involving all state/territory and the Australian governments. The programme collects emissions data from industry and estimates emissions from a wide range of other sources. It publicly discloses this information on the web site www.npi.gov.au .

The Department is currently reviewing and updating materials provided to industries to help them estimate emissions from their facilities. It is also updating guidelines used to estimate emissions from other sources. There are more than 100 materials currently being considered through this review process.

• Application information (PDF - 125 KB) 
• Company information submission form (Word - 208 KB) 
• Specific skills and experience submission form (Word - 196 KB) 
• Short form services contract (PDF - 68 KB) 

• Review and revision of emission estimation materials for the NPI multi-use list (ZIP - 457 KB)