Arrangements Update | September 2023

By Sarah McCrackan, Finance & Reporting Lead

‘Arrangements’ was established in August 2021 to enable potential suppliers to apply to their tenders four times a year. The benefit of this tender process allows new suppliers to join contracts within the contract period and allow existing suppliers to add additional categories if their capability extends from their original tenders.

Our ‘Arrangements’ open every February, May, August, and November at 12:00 AM on the first of the month and close at 2:00 PM on the last day of the month.

The reason Local Buy was established is to help councils’ procurement function meet legislative, reputation and compliance requirements. We help simplify the process by connecting councils to pre-qualified local Queensland suppliers, big and small.

September Highlights

Throughout our August Arrangements round, the following activity occurred:

• 723 tender responses were submitted in August and are currently in the evaluation phase
• 204 quotes were requested through VendorPanel
• Local Buy has now onboarded a total of 3,742 pre-qualified suppliers up until September 2023

We have numerous Tenders in the pipeline for release over the coming months including

In Development 

• Temporary Recruitment Services & Temporary Recruitment Neutral Vendor Managed Services - LB334 If your council is interested in working with us to develop this Arrangement, please get in contact with Category Manager, Michael Franzmann email phone

Replacement Arrangements In Development

Please note the below contracts will be expiring and you will need to reapply when the new contract goes to market.

EXPIRING: BUS270 – this has been split into two contracts

Roads, Bridges & General Civil Construction & Maintenance LB313Water, Sewerage & Marine Infrastructure Construction & Maintenance LB314

Replaces Water and Sewerage Products LB283 – Due to market February 2024

• Culverts, Pipes, Pumps, Valves & Meters

Extensions

Please note the below contracts have been extended

• Asset Management Services LB280 (extended until 30th July 2025)
• Project Management Services (Civil Infrastructure) Services (extended until 30th June 2024
• NPN04.13 Trucks (Cab Chassis) (extended until 31st January 2024)
• NPN1.15-2 Specialised Trucks (extended until 31st January 2024)

Extensions are applied to current contracts when their initial contract term is close to expiring, all current suppliers do not need to re-apply when there is an extension. New suppliers are able to continue to apply to the arrangements.

PLEASE NOTE: 

If you are an existing supplier you are NOT required to re-apply each time tenders open unless you would like to be appointed to a new Arrangement, or a new category within an Arrangement to which you are currently appointed. 

To find out more about becoming a Local Buy supplier, visit Arrangements at www.localbuy.net.au