Grants and tenders

Grants and tenders

We provide grants and tenders to build support and help increase community awareness of organ and tissue donation.

Grants

Our grant programs support organisations and projects that encourage more Australians to talk about organ and tissue donation and register to be a donor. We know that increasing community awareness about donation results in more people saying yes to donation.

DonateLife Partnerships

We partner with a broad group of national organisations who help us increase our reach and engagement about organ and tissue donation in more Australian homes. 

DonateLife Partnerships have been awarded to  organisations in the sport, media and health care sectors as part of the 2020-21 Budget measure: Partnerships – Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation, providing funding of up to $4.0 million over four years from 2020-21 to 2023-24. 

See: Our partners 

Community Awareness Grants

Our Community Awareness Grants support community-based awareness and education activities that contribute to increasing public understanding of and support for organ and tissue donation for transplantation. We want all Australians to talk about organ and tissue donation, register as donors, and discuss the importance of donation with their families. 

2025 round

Community partners awarded grants through the 2025 DonateLife Community Awareness Grants program were announced in January 2025.

See: Our partners

Tenders

We publish all open and competitive approaches to market on the Australian Government’s online tendering system, AusTender.

The Department of Finance’s Selling to Government | Selling to Government (finance.gov.au) website provides information to support businesses to understand how to participate in Australian Government procurement and contracting opportunities.

Procurement complaints

Making a complaint

All procurement complaints will be handled fairly, without discrimination and as efficiently as possible. There are two types of procurement complaints:

  • a complaint made under section 18 of the Government Procurement (Judicial Review) (GP(JR)) Act 2018 (a 'GPJR Act Complaint'); and
  • a complaint regarding something that we propose to do, or have done, during a procurement process, that does not satisfy the requirements for a GPJR Act Complaint (a 'General CPRs Procurement Complaint').
How to lodge a complaint

If you wish to make a GPJR Act Complaint, or General CPRs Procurement Complaint, about a procurement process conducted by us, you should complete the OTA Procurement Complaint Form, and lodge it in writing via email or post to the addresses specified below.

 For GPJR Act ComplaintsFor General Procurement Complaints
Emailcorporate@donatelife.gov.au
Attention: Chief Financial Officer		corporate@donatelife.gov.au
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Post

Organ and Tissue Authority
GPO Box 802

Canberra ACT 2601

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Organ and Tissue Authority
GPO Box 802

Canberra ACT 2601

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Process for handling a complaint

Once a complaint has been received, we will:

  • promptly confirm in writing (email or post) that we have received your complaint and
  • provide further detail in relation to next steps in the complaint process.
Public Interest Certificates

All Public Interest Certificates issued by the Agency under the GPJR Act will be published on the Agency’s website at https://www.donatelife.gov.au/about-us/grants-and-tenders

We want all Australians to talk about organ and tissue donation. If you want to be a donor, make sure you tell your family and friends.

Registering is easy and only takes one minute. All you need is your phone, Medicare card and one minute to register.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, your medical history, your lifestyle, what country you’re from or how healthy you are — you can still register as an organ and tissue donor.

The Organ and Tissue Authority acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.

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