This is an opportunity to sponsor the 2025 Game Changer Challenge (GCC), the department’s multi award-winning design thinking competition.

Project goals

The Game Changer Challenge (GCC) is open to all 2,200+ NSW public schools and centres on discovering solutions for a real-world wicked problem.

Teams of up to 5 students, from Years 3 to 12, submit an online portfolio and video pitch demonstrating their understanding of and research conducted on the wicked problem.

Teachers and students are supported with webinars, playbook resources and downloads to help them throughout each stage.

Industry Partners and Event Supporters participate in the challenge as judges throughout each stage and attend the grand finale to provide real-life connections, advice and support to students.

The Game Changer Challenge aims to:

• introduce students to the concept of design thinking as a skill and method for thinking about challenges, solving problems, working collaboratively and improving lives.

By involving external organisations we aim to:

• give NSW public school students the skills to be creative, entrepreneurial and competitive in a global market
• expose students to the best and brightest minds working in the private sector to draw on their expertise and industry knowledge
• inspire students with knowledge about possible career paths in a variety of fields they may not have considered
• support, inform and inspire students to choose post-school pathways aligned to their goals.
• provide broad, inclusive and rich curriculum with strong co-curricular activities.

Scope

Industry Partners and Event Supporters will support the program as sponsors through:

• financial contributions that help us to continually improve the scope, quality and reach of the program
• value in kind contributions that supply the challenge with judges, mentors, advisors, experts and inspirational speakers.

For a full list of contributions and benefits please see the attached EOI document. 

Related files

2025_GCC_Expression_of_Interest.pdf (5946 KB)

Additional details/instructions

Expressions of interest may be submitted:

• via the online form (https://forms.office.com/r/qURp6LRqpL)
• on tenders.nsw.gov.au
• in an email to a department contact.

Please note this is a request for sponsorship for the 2025 Game Changer Challenge.

We are not able to respond to requests to supply to the department, or any other procurement-related enquiries. For all enquiries relating to supplying to the department please visit: https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/supplying-to-us

Requirements

Mandatory requirements

There are no mandatory requirements for this opportunity.

Opportunity requirements

1. Sign a sponsorship agreement

Successful respondents to the EOI will be required to countersign a Sponsorship Agreement or Letter of Agreement subject to NSW Department of Education's:

Commercial Arrangements, Sponsorship and Donations policy and procedures

Response type

Checkbox (Agree)

Evaluation

Weighting

The evaluation weighting is an estimate and is subject to change.

Price 50%

Non price 50%

Terms and conditions

Global terms and conditions

buy NSW Tenders Terms and Conditions (210 KB)

Notices

No notices have been posted for this opportunity.

Amendments

No amendments have been made to this opportunity

For general enquiries and help

buy.nsw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au

1800 679 289