Helps local businesses enhance their ability to supply products or services for key projects.

The Local Capability Fund (LCF) helps small and medium-sized enterprises in Western Australia to increase their capability, capacity and competitiveness as suppliers of products, services and works to the Western Australian Government, major projects and other important markets. Applications close 4 September 2025.

The fund can be used for expenses such as:

• Making improvements to internal infrastructure, plant and equipment
• Training
• Meeting pre-qualification requirements for supply-chain entry
• Buying and upgrading essential equipment
• Engaging consultants to advise on matters including occupational health and safety, marketing, finance and cybersecurity
• Planning improvements to internal infrastructure, plant and equipment and training.

The Supplying Key Projects Round provides funding support to Western Australian small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enhance their business capability and capacity to supply to major projects run by Western Australian State or Local Government agencies, the Australian Government and the private business sector.

The focus of this round will be on assisting SMEs supplying to projects in these priority sectors:

• Energy (oil and gas renewables)
• Mining
• Civil construction
• Defence
• Marine

The level of funding support under the Supplying Key Projects Round is 50% of eligible costs (excluding GST) up to a maximum funding level of $50,000 per successful applicant.

To be eligible for funding, applicants must:

- Be operating in a trade-exposed industry (or an industry that faces competition from other national or international SMEs)

- Be registered for GST for at least 12 months prior to application submission date

- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN)

- Be a for-profit organisation or business, or an incorporated not-for-profit Aboriginal Corporation operating as a commercial enterprise

- Have its principal place of business in Western Australia

- Have been operating for at least 3 years in Western Australia at the time of submitting an application for funding

- Employ less than 200 people.

Click here to view full funding guidelines on the provider's website.

Smith Thornton subscribes to a grant search provider and can help you prepare your grant application. If you have any questions our Business Services Advisor Jenna van Nierop will be happy to assist. You can email her at jennav@smiththornton.com.au or call her on 9842 5155.