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Australian Subsea Business Awards 2026
Australian Industry Participation (AIP) Award

Award category & description:

Australia Industry Participation (AIP) Award
Celebrates organisations or initiatives that have genuinely moved the needle on Australian industry participation — through better visibility of opportunities, early and structured engagement with local suppliers, or practical collaboration across industry and government. Tangible outcomes matter: increased local scopes, capability uplift, and supply chain resilience.

Key dates
Nominations open: 12 June 2026
Nominations close: 16 July 2026
Judging: 16 July – 3 August 2026
Awards function: 20 August 2026

Instructions:
Please consider each answer carefully to ensure you are showcasing what your application is on. Please remember this is an award application and not a sales pitch. We appreciate all the facts on the hard work which has gone in to the reason for your application.

A limit of 500 characters per answer is in place and anything exceeding this limit will be rejected.
Should the judging panel require further information, you will be contacted directly.
Applicant Details
Australian Industry Participation (AIP) Award

Please provide your nomination statement below. Ensure to provide supporting information/answers to all criteria.
1. What initiative, project, or approach are you nominating, and what were you aiming to improve in terms of Australian industry participation? Tell us what you set out to do and why. Entries can be a single project, a procurement reform, a new engagement model, a membership program, or an industry-wide initiative — at any scale
2. What did you do differently to improve participation — and did this go beyond any existing contractual or regulatory obligations? Describe the specific actions or changes you introduced — for example, increasing the visibility of upcoming opportunities, restructuring your tender process, introducing new supplier or member engagement approaches, or changing how you communicate scope and timing. Where relevant, tell us how this went beyond what was simply required of you.
3. When and how did you engage Australian suppliers, partners, industry participants, or members — and how early did that engagement occur? Early engagement is often the difference between genuine participation and a checkbox exercise. Tell us how you brought industry in early — whether through procurement, project planning, member communications, or other channels — and what that made possible.
4. What tangible outcomes resulted from this initiative? Describe the measurable changes — increased local supplier involvement, earlier access to opportunities, new Australian businesses or members engaged, expanded scope awarded to local industry, workforce or skills development outcomes, or capability gaps addressed. Quantify where possible.
5. How could this approach be applied or replicated by others? The strongest entries will demonstrate a model others can learn from. Describe how this approach could be adopted across other projects, organisations, or sectors — and what conditions would need to be in place for it to work.