During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian Government received feedback from industry regarding difficulties finding businesses that could supply or retool their offering to meet supply chain needs locally. The Capability Connection was developed with industry to provide a simple register and search for local suppliers and opportunities.
This is a pilot initiative that is initially available in 3 regions:
Businesses register their capabilities and can search for other businesses that have capabilities that can help them find work and/or rebuild their supply chains.
Capability Connection aims to:
Register your business with Capability Connection to promote your capabilities to other businesses in your region.
Search for supplier capability and connect via email, or give them a call.
Businesses can register specific opportunities (either to seek or provide supplies or services) on Capability Connection. Businesses looking for services will find your opportunity listing and can connect with you to express their interest.
No. Registration and listing opportunities is free.
No. The Capability Connection is a pilot. If successful we'll consider rolling it out to other areas in Australia.
You can register for updates.
You don't need more than one profile. Your Capability Connection profile can outline all of your businesses' capabilities.
If your business has separate ABNs you can register each one separately.
No. At this stage you are only allowed a single contact on your profile. If the Capability Connection is successful and rolled out further, we will look into additional features and improvements.
Yes. You can add “Indigenous" to your list of capabilities to enable people searching for indigenous businesses to find you.
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You can email the support team.
You can start with Support for businesses in Australia.
