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The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) is seeking an experienced offeror to collate the necessary existing technical and scientific information and present it in a manner that builds a solid case for why timber should be considered as a preferred building material.

The objectives of the ‘benefits of timber’ project are to:

• Build understanding of government decision makers about the opportunities and benefits of using timber in built assets through the provision of relevant and targeted information.
• Provide a suite of written materials that will be used by government and industry to support decision-making about the use of the timber in built assets.

The deliverables of this ‘benefits of timber’ project are to:

• Prepare a series of fact sheets and/or technical guides that draws together a range of existing information covering each topic within the following key areas of interest:
• the sustainability and environmental benefits of timber;
• the building and construction benefits of timber;
• the social and regional benefits of timber being incorporated into built assets
• the ongoing lifecycle costs (eg maintenance) of timber being incorporated into built assets; and 
• the common concerns relating to the use of timber.
• Prepare a concise and succinct summary document that presents the key and most important messages relating to the five key areas of interest.