Grant Terms and Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

The Durotank Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program is open Australia-Wide to businesses, councils, agriculture, mining, transport and equipment hire companies, and tender and construction organisations to undertake projects to improve fuel storage efficiency with fuel tanks and trailers from Durotank Pty Ltd.

In order to be considered, the project must:

• Be delivered by Australian-registered businesses, councils, agriculture, mining, transport and equipment hire companies, and tender and construction organisations with an ABN and Australian bank account (unless otherwise agreed by Durotank Pty Ltd)
• Create opportunities to enhance fuel storage efficiency within Australia, reflective of customer priorities or in those communities.
• Create opportunities to reshape the landscape of fuel storage, creating positive outcomes in one or more of the following: businesses, councils, agriculture, mining, transport and equipment hire companies, and tender and construction organisations.
• Be delivered within twelve (12) months of participation in the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program being confirmed, with grant funding used by 31 August 2025; and,
• Provide an avenue for promoting an understanding of Durotank Pty Ltd, our products and our contribution to businesses and local communities.

Durotank Pty Ltd reserves the right to consider projects that do not fall within the above eligibility criteria or to impose additional eligibility criteria for certain categories of projects, where reasonably required.

If Durotank Pty Ltd chooses to partner with you as a funding or in-kind sponsor, you will be required to enter into a Durotank Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grant Agreement, which will be tailored to suit your project and outline your obligations in more detail. Some of the standardised obligations will require you to:

• Enter into a Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grant Agreement
• Redeem the grant on agreed Durotank products to be purchased & installed during the specified funding period (up until 31 August 2025)
• Report on the progress, completion and efficiencies impact of the project via an online survey, a link to which is to be provided by Durotank Pty Ltd
• Acknowledge Durotank Pty Ltd support publicly.
• Successful applicants agree to be included in various promotional, media, communication and marketing material and will cooperate with Durotank Pty Ltd in promoting the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grant Agreement.

Application Process

In order to have a proposed project considered by Durotank Pty Ltd, applicants will be required to complete an Application Form by 16 August 2024, which is available online here.

Durotank Pty Ltd reserves the right to approach potential applicants at any time.

Before applying, we encourage applicants to read and understand the Program Guidelines and these Program Terms and Conditions. All applicants that submit an application agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.  These terms and conditions are subject to change over time, however, and may be updated/amended at Durotank Pty Ltd’ discretion at any time.

Applicants are responsible for ensuring that the information supplied by way of their application is complete and accurate. Durotank Pty Ltd may ask for clarification or additional information from applicants if we consider it necessary to assess a proposal.

Selection Process - How the grant process is decided

All eligible Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grant applications will be assessed by a panel (comprised of representatives from Durotank Pty Ltd) according to the criteria.

To give your application the best chance of securing a grant, ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet each criterion.

Where appropriate, Durotank Pty Ltd will seek to discuss the proposed project in more detail. As part of this process, Durotank Pty Ltd may require applicants to participate in certain third-party due diligence processes.

By submitting an application and participating in the selection process, applicants consent to Durotank Pty Ltd using and disclosing the information provided in the course of the application process and, if successful, during or after the grant period for the purposes of conducting the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program.

Decision and Award

If an application is successful:

• A representative of Durotank Pty Ltd will contact you to provide confirmation of the same and to discuss next steps; and
• The applicant will be required to enter into a legally binding agreement with Durotank Pty Ltd governing the terms of the applicant’s participation in the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program; and
• The applicant will be required to participate in a launch announcement, which will occur before the end of October 2024 (date to be advised).

Due to caps on funding, however, it is likely that some applicants/applications that satisfy the eligibility criteria may not be invited to participate in the current year’s Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program. The final decisions in this regard and the amount of funding to be allocated in each instance (if at all) is at the sole discretion of Durotank Pty Ltd. While Durotank Pty Ltd will advise applicants of the outcome of their applications as soon as possible, Durotank Pty Ltd is under no obligation to enter into correspondence in relation to the decision-making process or the outcomes.

Payment of Grant

The formal Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grant Program Agreement will confirm the timing of the credit and the maximum amounts to be awarded by Durotank Pty Ltd. The grant funds are all-inclusive, and the grant recipient must meet any additional costs associated with the delivery of the project and the receipt of the grant fund from Durotank Pty Ltd (including any related charges, fees and taxes).

The grant recipient will need to provide evidence that a bank account is held by the grant recipient and that the bank details are accurate and complete.

Grant recipients should seek independent advice as to whether they have a tax liability arising in connection with receipt of grant fund credit.

Use of Grant Funds

The grant fund must be used solely for the approved project as set out in the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program Agreement and be expended by 31 August 2025. The grant recipient must provide Durotank Pty Ltd with regular reporting, as specified by Durotank Pty Ltd from time to time.

If completion of the project/program/ initiative in the manner proposed is no longer possible, the grant recipient must advise Durotank Pty Ltd as soon as possible so that alternate options can be discussed.

For successful grant applications, Durotank Pty Ltd will cover partial funding of freight/delivery cost. The remaining freight cost will need to be covered by successful grant applicants.

General Terms and Conditions

Durotank Pty Ltd may promote the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program from time to time as it deems appropriate. Each grant recipient consents to their name, details of their project and related intellectual property being used in Durotank Pty Ltd promotional materials and grants to Durotank Pty Ltd an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive and royalty free licence to use, reproduce, modify, disseminate and publish any such materials for any purpose (and to grant sublicenses in respect of the same).

• Durotank Pty Ltd makes no express or implied warranty or representation in relation to the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program other than as set out in the Guidelines and these Program Terms and Conditions and, to the maximum extent permitted by law:
• Any liability that Durotank Pty Ltd may have to any party, whether for negligence, breach of contract or otherwise in respect of the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program is limited to conducting the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program in accordance with the Guidelines and these Program Terms and Conditions; and
• Durotank Pty Ltd will have no liability whatsoever for any loss of profits or any other incidental, consequential or indirect loss or other consequence in connection with the Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks and Trailers Grants Program.

Repayment, Variation or Termination of Grant Agreement

Durotank Pty Ltd may terminate the Grant or Initiative or request the recipient to modify the initiative or require a repayment of the Grant if:

• The Recipient has breached the outlined Terms and Conditions, including if the Recipient has spent the Grant otherwise than in accordance with the Terms and Conditions.
• If Durotank Pty Ltd determines that the funding criteria has not been met by the Recipient
• The Recipient was ineligible to receive the Grant
• The Recipient has provided false or misleading statements within the Grant Application, or the Grant Application was incomplete or incorrect.
• The Recipient has become bankrupt or insolvent, entered into a scheme of arrangement with creditors, or come under any form of external administration.
• The Recipient has in relation to these Terms and Conditions, breached a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory
• The Recipient has had a Change in Control or Change in Circumstance that will negatively affect the Recipient’s ability to comply with these Terms or conditions, OR
• The Recipient is otherwise notified in writing by Durotank Pty Ltd.

The Recipient agrees on receival of a notice of termination or variation to:

• Stop or vary the performance of the Recipient’s obligations and Initiative as specified in the notice;
• Repay any funds that the Recipient has received from Durotank Pty Ltd
• Take all Available Steps to Minimise loss resulting from termination or reduction

The Recipient will not be entitled to any compensation whatsoever as a consequence of a termination or variation of the Initiative or Grant.