Doing business with us
The NSW Department of Primary Industries is part of NSW Trade & Investment. Our legal entity is NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services.
Customer service
The NSW Department of Primary Industries is committed to provision of quality customer service. For information and advice on complaints handling please refer to NSW Trade and Investment website
Filming at DPI locations
Requests for permission to film on NSW DPI locations including Crown Lands should be directed to Public Affairs and Media
Financial transactions
Supplier and vendor inquires should be directed to finance.enquiries@industry.nsw.gov.au or free call on 1300-720-773.
Paying accounts
Information is available on the NSW Trade & Investment website payments page.
Purchasing
Information on NSW Government procurement, such as how to become a supplier, is available from the Department of Finance and Services website.
You may also want to read an outline of the NSW Trade & Investment general purchase agreement.
DPI publications are available for sale through the Bookshop.
Sponsorship
For information on giving and receiving sponsorship see the Trade and Investment policy or contact us.
Tenders
NSW Trade and Investment follows the guidelines set out by the NSW Government for all tendering processes. More information on tender processes and tender documents can be obtained from the NSW eTendering Website.
Legal matters
For further information such as the procedure for serving subpoenas and other legal documents refer to the NSW Trade & Investment website.
Obtaining a copy of the Department of Primary Industries logo
The DPI logo should not be used for any purpose without written permission. In certain circumstances, for example where organisations are involved in joint projects or DPI is providing project funding, permission may be given to use the logo for signage, publications, websites or other applications.
To obtain a copy of the logo send a request to dpi.communications@dpi.nsw.gov.au giving the following information:
- your name, contact details and a brief overview of project, event or publication
- all intended uses of the logo, for example signage, publication, website
- the contact officer, that is, the primary contact for the project you are involved in
- preferred file format – tif, jpeg, eps, etc.
Guidelines for using the DPI logo will be supplied with the electronic file.
Scholarships
The department provides specific scholarship opportunities to support knowledge and research relating to primary industries.
Farrer Memorial Travelling Scholarship
The Farrer Memorial Travelling Scholarship supports overseas travel to attend an international conference at which a paper or poster is being presented. Applicants must be postgraduate students enrolled for a PhD on any aspect of field crop research.
Find out more about the Farrer Memorial Travelling Scholarships.
Peter Cullen Postgraduate Scholarship
The NSW Government has developed a postgraduate scholarship in honour of the late Professor Peter Cullen AO FTSE.
The program is jointly funded by various NSW Government water agencies, including the NSW Office of Water, Sydney Catchment Authority, State Water, Hunter Water and Sydney Water. The aim of the scholarship is to:
- improve our understanding of how rivers, groundwater, wetlands and estuaries function and respond to enhanced management
- improve the linkages between aquatic science and water management in NSW
- provide research opportunities in NSW for water specialists.