NOTICE: Restoration of the Upper Murrumbidgee River Monitoring and Science Projects – A Joint Initiative by the ACT and NSW Governments

Description

NOTICE ONLY: To access the tender documents for the Restoration of the Upper Murrumbidgee River Monitoring and Science Projects - you must go to the ACT Tenders website - see link below.

Project goals

The Restoration of the Upper Murrumbidgee River (RUMR) Monitoring and Science Projects is a Joint Initiative by the ACT and NSW Governments.

The tender documents are published on the ACT Tenders website:

https://www.tenders.act.gov.au/tender/view?id=301961

The tender close date is 20 January 2026 @2:00pm

Applicants must apply for this opportunity through the ACT Tenders website.

Scope

This Expression of Interest is an initiative of the ACT and NSW governments through the “RUMR Program Delivery Team” to call for organisations to submit project proposals across 7 science and monitoring themes to deliver on the work plans and more broadly support achievement of the long-term outcomes set in the RUMR Strategy.

The themes and the goals of the projects are outlined below.

Theme 1 – Management intervention and long-term condition monitoring

Theme 2 – Values of the Upper Murrumbidgee River (data collation, analysis and mapping)

Theme 3 – Assessing key threats to the Upper Murrumbidgee River

Theme 4 – Social values of the Upper Murrumbidgee River

Theme 5 – Cultural values of the Upper Murrumbidgee River(Community)

Theme 6 – Flow Requirements for the Upper Murrumbidgee River

Theme 7 – Modelling of the Upper Murrumbidgee River

Additional information on each theme and project requirements are available at the ACT Tender website https://www.tenders.act.gov.au/tender/view?id=301961

Additional details/instructions

This Statement of Requirement has been jointly developed by the ACT Office of Water and NSW DCCEEW. Both jurisdictions will assess the Expressions of Interest (EOIs) submitted by organisations.

Further information on the RUMR Program is available at Restoring the Upper Murrumbidgee River Program - DCCEEW.

The ACT and NSW governments have developed a Science and Monitoring Joint Program Plan (JPP) and further information on the NSW work plan is available here: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/nsw-project-work-plan.pdf