CIS Tender 4 NEM Generation

Welcome to the Australian Government’s Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 4: National Electricity Market - Generation (Tender 4, Tender Process or Tender 4 Process), conducted by AEMO. Registration is now open.

To get started, if you are registering before 13 December, download the Market Brief, or alternatively, if you register after 13 December, download the Tender Guidelines, which will supersede the Market Brief. The Tender Guidelines will be made available on the AEMO Services website, and will provide an overview of the key design elements of the Tender 4 Process, including the proposed Eligibility Criteria and Merit Criteria.

There are two sequential steps involved in initiating your participation in Stage A of Tender 4. The first step is to register your Project (through this Registration Form), and the second step is to complete a Project Bid.

Once Stage A opens on 13 December 2024, Proponents will gain access to the CIS T4 Project Bid Form within one Business Day upon submission of this Registration Form.

Key dates:

• Registration Opening Date: 28 November 2024
• Stage A Project Bid Commencement Date: 13 December 2024
• Q&A Opening Date: 13 December 2024
• Registration Closing Date and Time: 11 February 2025 at 5:00 pm AEDT
• Q&A Closing Date and Time: 11 February 2025 at 5:00 pm AEDT
• Stage A Project Bid Closing Date and Time: 18 February 2025 at 5:00 pm AEDT

Proponents who have created a SmartyFile organisation profile can set up multiple team members as users for their organisation with different access levels. This feature allows for collaboration with multiple team members on SmartyGrants submissions. For more information on setting up your organisation's SmartyFile profile, visit the SmartyFile Help Page.

Proponents who choose not to set up a SmartyFile organisation profile can work on the Registration Form using the same log-in details. However, at any given time, only one person can be working on the form in the system. In this instance, we recommend that Proponents download a PDF of the Registration Form in order to allow content to be developed in parallel. Please ensure that your team members regularly save their progress, in order to avoid losing any completed information.

For help using this form, download the SmartyGrants help guide for Proponents or check out SmartyGrants Proponent FAQs.

The first step in the Tender 4 Process is completing the Registration Form (this form).

The purpose of Registration is to provide indicative details of the Project for which the Proponent intends to submit a Project Bid, nominate entity details, provide authorised contacts, and indicate the product(s) that you intend to include in your Bid.

Once registered, you will be kept up to date on all the information required to support you throughout the Tender 4 Process. You will also receive a submission number, which must be included in the subject line of all future correspondence about your Bid.

Proponents may only register and submit one Project Bid per Project. Proponents must not submit a Duplicative Bid. A Bid will be considered to be a Duplicative Bid if it is in respect of essentially the same Project as another Bid from the same Proponent or its Associates, and only has changes to the configuration or design (such as capacity or storage duration).

If a Proponent submits Project Bids that are considered by AEMO to be Duplicative Bids, AEMO will accept the compliant Bid that was lodged last. Previously submitted Duplicative Bids will not be accepted and will not be assessed. If Proponents wish to change their Bid, they must notify AEMO via the Online Portal that they wish to withdraw their existing Bid, and then register a replacement Bid before the Registration Closing Date and Time, and submit a replacement Project Bid prior to the Project Bid Closing Date and Time.

Information provided by you as part of, or in connection with, this Registration Form will be dealt with by AEMO, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in this form and the Tender Guidelines. To the extent of any inconsistency, the terms of the Tender Guidelines will take precedence.

The Australian Government, with the Australian Energy Market Operator Limited (ABN 94 072 010 327) and AEMO Services Limited (ABN 59 651 198 364) (together, AEMO, and their Associates), have taken care in the preparation of the information contained or referred to in this document but cannot guarantee (and make no representation or warranty regarding) the completeness, accuracy, adequacy or currency of that information or any information communicated provided during the Tender Process. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Australian Government and its Associates in respect of this document:

• do not give any warranty or make any representation, express or implied, as to the completeness, accuracy, adequacy or currency of the information contained or referred to in this document or any information which may be communicated or provided in connection with it or the Tender Process;
• expressly disclaim any and all Liability to or resulting from:
  
  • the use of, or reliance on, such information by any person, a Proponent, or any of their respective Associates, including in the preparation and submission of a Bid (including any decision not to prepare or submit a Bid);
  • any delay in the Australian Government or its Associates providing any such information; and/or
  • the exercise of any discretion, delay to exercising any discretion, or the making of any decision, by the Australian Government or its Associates in relation to the Tender Process, including in the assessment of any Bid by a Proponent or its Associates.

By submitting this Registration Form, the Proponent confirms and agrees that:

• the Proponent is bound; and
• the Proponent’s Associates have agreed that they are bound,

by the Terms and Conditions set out in this form and in the Tender Guidelines.