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Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

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#60 of 143
-31.5%
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agencyOverview.agencySpendYoY
$37.2M
agencyOverview.totalContractValue
2019 - 2026
59.1%
agencyOverview.labourHireContracts
11
agencyOverview.activeContracts
agencyOverview.activeContractsTotal
26
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The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is one of the world's leading grains research organisations, responsible for planning, investing in and overseeing research development and extension to deliver improvements in production, sustainability and profitability across the Australian grains industry. GRDC is a statutory corporation, established in 1990 under the Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989. GRDC is the declared grains industry body under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024. GRDC is mainly funded through statutory levies, disbursed under the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024, and Australian Government funds for eligible R&D. GRDC's primary objective is to drive the discovery, development and delivery of world-class innovation to enhance the productivity, profitability and sustainability of Australian grain growers and benefit the industry and the wider community. GRDC coordinates and funds research and development (R&D) activities, and monitors, evaluates and reports on the impact of R&D activities on the grains industry and the wider community. GRDC also facilitates the dissemination, adoption and commercialisation of the results of R&D.

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Corporate Commonwealth entity
agencyProfile.about.established
1 October 1990
agencyProfile.about.headOffice
Barton, ACT
agencyProfile.about.website
grdc.com.au

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Temporary personnel services
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59.6%
$21,819,236
Information technology consultation services
agencyIntelligence.spendingByCategoryContractsCount
18.1%
$6,627,608
Crop production and management and protection
agencyIntelligence.spendingByCategoryContractsCount
10.5%
$3,855,274
agencyIntelligence.spendingByCategoryAdditionalCategories
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11.8%
$4,328,514

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Relationship Health

Supplier partnerships, strength indicators, and retention risk analysis

Strategic Partner
Value$7,250,805
Share19.5%
Contracts10
Duration41m
Last contractQ1 FY26/27
At Risk
Value$4,319,536
Share11.6%
Contracts8
Duration28m
Last contractQ4 FY25/26
At Risk
Value$2,090,044
Share5.6%
Contracts3
Duration12m
Last contractQ1 FY26/27
Established Relationship
Value$1,425,767
Share3.8%
Contracts2
Duration21m
Last contractQ1 FY26/27
Growing Relationship
Value$932,520
Share2.5%
Contracts1
Duration0m
Last contractQ1 FY26/27
Growing Relationship
Value$931,212
Share2.5%
Contracts2
Duration13m
Last contractQ1 FY26/27
Lapsed Relationships
20 suppliers
Historical Value$20,251,747
Top 3:
NTT Australia DigitalQ1 FY24/25
DXC Technology AustraliaQ2 FY24/25
CyrusoftQ1 FY24/25