Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) - EOI Project Procurement Specialist

⁠⁠⁠AM-14207 EOI Project Procurement Specialist

The Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) is the Australian Government’s specialist infrastructure financing program within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The AIFFP is an AUD4.55 billion facility investing in transformational infrastructure across a range of sectors in the Pacific and Timor‑Leste, including maritime, airports, energy, telecommunications, road transport and urban infrastructure. Export Finance Australia acts as the lender of record. The AIFFP provides financing to deliver quality infrastructure with a focus on strong social and environmental safeguards, generating local jobs and responding to the priorities of diverse communities. The AIFFP builds on Australia’s longstanding partnerships with the Pacific and its experience delivering quality aid programming that supports sustained development outcomes for communities. The AIFFP began operating on 1 July 2019 and has several signed infrastructure projects across the Pacific and Timor-Leste.

The AIFFP is managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with support from Tetra Tech International Development (the Support Unit). The AIFFP Support Unit provides advice and services to support the delivery of the AIFFP and its objectives.

The AIFFP seeks to engage the services of eligible individual consultants with procurement expertise, to support the program of project procurement activities across the portfolio. Support will also include provision of technical assistance in procurement strategies and plans, development or review of bidding documents and subsequent tender evaluation and awarding processes.

We are seeking specialists with experience in procurement in implementation of telecommunications infrastructure and/or development projects. Work experience and familiarity procuring under public enterprise/multi donor/ADB/World Bank/DFAT or similar frameworks. Services will be intermittent, to 30 June 2027. The full requirements are set out in Part B.

Timeline:

Invitation Issue Date:  Wednesday 28 October 2026

Last Queries Date:  2pm (AEDT) Wednesday 4 November 2026

Closing Date and Time:  2pm (AEDT) Wednesday 18 November 2026