Local Capability Fund

The Local Capability Fund (LCF) provides businesses with access to funding to improve capacity and competitiveness.


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Applications for these Local Capability Fund rounds: Regional Business round, Digital Transformation round, Aboriginal Business round and Supplying key projects round open at 12:00PM (AWST), Friday 26 June 2024 and close Friday 13 September 2024. The Standards compliance round opens at 12:00PM (AWST), Friday 26 June 2024 and closes when funds are fully committed.

About 

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.

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 Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation administers this fund.

Key rounds and dates

LCF round nameClosing dateLearn moreMore info
Aboriginal business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Digital transformation roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Standards compliance roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Supplying key projects roundWhen funding is committedLearn moreGuidelines
Gascoyne regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Goldfields-Esperance regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Great Southern regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Kimberley regional business round Friday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Mid West regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Peel regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Pilbara regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
South West regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines
Wheatbelt regional business roundFriday 13 September 2024Learn moreGuidelines

More about these grant rounds

Local capability fund regional rounds

The Regional Round provides funding support to Western Australian small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in regional Western Australia to enhance their business capability.
Local capability fund - supply key projects round

Supplying key projects rounds

Grant fund to help increase the capability and capacity of Western Australian SMEs to supply products, services and works to key government and private sector projects. Closed 3pm AWST, 31 October 2023.
Local capability fund - Aboriginal business round

Aboriginal business round

This round focuses on supporting Aboriginal businesses state-wide to prepare as suppliers of products, services and works to the Local, State, and Australian Governments and the private sector. Closed 3pm AWST, 31 October 2023.
Local Capability Fund for Compliance Round

Standards compliance round

This round is to assist Western Australian SMEs with the costs of using external expertise to carry out the implementation and third party certification of national and international standards. Closes when all funding has been committed.
Local capability fund - digital transformation round

Digital Transformation Round

This new round is to help Western Australian SMEs enhance their digital capabilities and/or adopt and use digital technologies and data.

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