Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Up to $250,000
- Application opened: 2 November 2023
- Application closed: 13 March 2025, 12:00 pm
Program objective
The objectives of the Joint Procurement Funded Support are to:
- support councils to access the best advice and to be confident in their procurement decisions
- facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing and partnerships to help councils strategically plan and deliver waste infrastructure and services
- support groups of councils to procure cost effective waste management services and/or waste management infrastructure
- promote alignment or harmonisation of services between councils
This program is administered by Environment Protection Authority.
Eligibility
Who can apply
- all NSW councils* - NSW councils (as defined in the NSW Local Government Act)
- Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs)
- Regional Waste Groups
- Joint Organisations (JO’s)
- Voluntary Regional Waste Groups
* NSW councils remain eligible if they partner with councils outside of NSW, the lead council must be in NSW.
Types of projects funded under this grant
To be eligible for funded support applications must be exploring the joint procurement of domestic council waste management services or infrastructure (Stream 1). Types of services and material streams are:
- New or expanding existing waste management facilities, including:
- transfer stations
- domestic and council commercial waste disposal or waste processing facilities
- material recycling facilities (MRFs)
- Domestic and/or commercial council waste management services, including:
- collection and haulage
- processing or recycling
- disposal or treatment
Eligible waste streams include:
Domestic and/or council commercial waste kerbside collection services, including:
- general household waste (red lid bin services)
- recycling co-mingled (yellow lid bin services)
- organics (garden organics and/or FOGO or FO)
- Including bulky goods or materials
Who can’t apply
Industry and not-for-profit organisations
Types of projects not funded under this grant
- Projects not located in NSW unless the lead council is a NSW council.
- Projects and project activities that do not align with the objectives of the program
Most recent recipients
What your application needs to include
Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
Address the assessment criteria
See grant guidelines
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: NSW EPA
After the application is submitted, the EPA will check whether your application is eligible and complete.
The EPA establishes an independent Technical Review Committee (TRC) for each grant program. Each TRC is made up of people with knowledge and experience relevant to each grant program. TRC members agree to undertake their duties within the principles of ethical conduct, integrity, objectivity and independence. They are also required to keep all matters concerning applications confidential and to declare any potential conflict of interest. The TRC membership is confidential to avoid opportunity for influence.
The TRC assessment process involves consultation with relevant EPA staff. The TRC will assess the merit of your application by using the assessment criteria outlined in these guidelines.