Joint Procurement Funded Support – Stream 2 - OLD

The Joint Procurement Funded Support enables groups of councils to apply for up to $500,000 of tailored advice and assistance to jointly procure waste management services.
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Key information

  • Status: Closed
  • Grant amount: Up to $500,000
  • Application opened: 2 November 2023
  • Application closed: 13 March 2025, 11:00 am

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

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Who can apply

  • All NSW councils - (as defined in the NSW Local Government Act).​
  • Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs)
  • Regional Waste Groups
  • Joint Organisations (JO’s)​

NSW councils remain eligible if they partner with councils outside of NSW (however, the lead council must be a NSW council). 

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Types of projects funded under this grant

To be eligible for funded support applications must: be undertaking joint procurement of waste management services  (Stream 2).   

The types of services and material streams that you can be jointly procuring are:

  1. New or expanding existing waste management facilities, including:
    1. transfer stations
    2. domestic waste disposal or waste processing facilities
    3. material recycling facilities (MRFs)
  2. Domestic council waste management services,​ including:
    1. collection and haulage
    2. processing or recycling
    3. disposal or treatment

Eligible waste streams include:

Domestic council 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)

Problem wastes, such as: (this is not an exhaustive list)

  • bulky goods or materials
  • metals and whitegoods
  • textiles
  • e-waste
  • tyres
  • mattresses

Note: Projects that focus on or include a problem waste collection service must compliment rather than duplicate the EPA funded household problem waste programs or existing product stewardship schemes.

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When the project can start and end

Projects must be completed by June 2027.

The project must be completed by 30 June 2027.

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Who can’t apply

Industry and not-for-profit organisations 

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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
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Example projects

See the grant guidelines

Most recent recipients

All recipients (2)

What your application needs to include

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Prepare your application with this checklist

See grant guidelines for further information.

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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.

Start the application

Complete application form in SmartyGrants.

Note: If you are a new applicant to SmartyGrants, you will need to register and create a password. If you are already registered, you can log in with your existing username and password.


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After the application is submitted

Successful applications will be decided by: NSW EPA

App[ications will undergo assessment form TRC, recommendations made and outcome provided to applicant.

Support and contact

joint.procurement@epa.nsw.gov.au

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