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The Local Buy Promise - to support Queensland Councils in reducing the risk, time and costs associated with their internal procurement requirements. Each year Queensland local government entities spend approximately $12 billion on operating and capital expenditure and manage over $108 billion in total assets. For the past fifteen years, Local Buy has harnessed the collective purchasing power of Queensland Councils to deliver value for money for its members. Local Buy’s core focus is to support Queensland Councils to reduce the risk, time and costs associated with internal procurement processes. Owned by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ), Local Buy has established more than 40 prequalified supplier arrangements which allows Councils access to a range of goods and services through a quotation, rather than a tender process. Through aggregated spend, local government entities have less demand, costs and requirement for internal resources to manage individual and inhouse arrangements. These arrangements provide suppliers an opportunity to engage with local government by direct quotation meaning reduction in money and time responding to individual tenders, access to a larger sales volume and a better understanding of market requirements.
for the provision of their goods and/or services. In a bid to streamline communication, suppliers must also offer a dedicated account manager, to oversee ongoing compliance and risk management audits and quarterly contract management reporting meetings and reports. Suppliers are responsible for actively managing their relationships with local government and for regular promotion of their goods and services. Local Buy support its suppliers with marketing collateral, training, regular meetings and promote the contracts on an ongoing basis. Suppliers do pay an annual administration free once appointed to a Local Buy arrangement and in some cases a rebate for work conducted with a local government entity depending on the arrangement. Any profit made by Local Buy is returned to the LGAQ and Queensland Councils. If you would like to learn more about the solutions Local Buy offer, please contact the team at 07 3000 2280 or by email enquiry@ localbuy.net.au.
For suppliers to become prequalified under a Local Buy arrangement, they need to comply with the terms and conditions of their contract and in some cases offer a best price guarantee
Engineering for Public Works | March 2017