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There are a number of approaches that councils can maintain to maximise the effectiveness of using labour hire and temporary staff. When employing temporary staff, it is important to provide clear expectations to your agency, maintain proper communication channels with the consultants, and ensure compliance with council’s requirements and expectations.  This will limit any confusion […]

2024 is in full swing but when it comes to procurement have you achieved what you set out to at the start of the year? Like so many new years’ resolutions, professional priorities take a back seat to everyday tasks to ensure we ‘keep the lights on’. But is doing nothing a risk in itself,

We are thrilled to share some exciting news with you – Local Government Procurement (LGP) has been prominently featured in the February issues of both @Supply Chain Digital and @Procurement Magazine! In an exclusive and in-depth interview, Anubhav Madan, our Head of Procurement, eloquently articulated how LGP continues to add significant value to New South

A Notice of Participation (NOP) allows councils to advice LGP Approved Contractors of their intension to procure all applicable goods and/or services under the terms and conditions of an LGP Contract, no matter how that procurement is conducted. Once the NOP form is signed by a council it becomes effective from the day on which

Last year I took up ParkRun. For those who have not heard of ParkRun, it is a free community event held each Saturday morning in locations around the world where participants run or walk 5km. It’s fun and I highly recommend it. When I started ParkRun I had a goal to run the whole way

Who am I? I was born here in Sydney and have a Serbian background.  I am the youngest of the three siblings.  I have raised two boys and now busy raising two adorable cats (Oscar and Frankie) who think they are special.  I like to stay in shape and live a healthy lifestyle. I was

Hello all & welcome back! A quick recap, or if you have just joined us, we have been completing an RFQ in VendorPanel using the Request Wizard (after a brief introduction to VendorPanel.) So far, we have entered the request name, selected our approved suppliers to contact and filled in some details around our request.

You may have noticed VendorPanel has had a few cosmetic updates in the last few months, so we have updated a couple of LGP’s guides. Though the changes are minor, we wanted to highlight them as they relate to how the site currently looks, so as to avoid any confusion. They can be found here.

Who am I? Born and bred in London but I was also lucky to spend my adolescence in the beautiful land of Aotearoa (NZ). Eleven years ago, I grabbed my backpack and crossed the ditch to Australia. Of course, I fell in love with Sydney and the rest is history! In my spare time, I

Who am I? I was born in the former Yugoslavia as a Hungarian minority, in the region now called Serbia. In 1968 our family immigrated to Australia, along with my parents and older sister our Aussie journey began. My “little” brother was born in 1970, our very own bona fide Australian. Like many migrants coming

Who am I? I am originally from Bangladesh; lived half my life there, moved to the UK for 5 years to attend Uni, and finally moved to Sydney in 2011 with my husband and first-born son. We now have one more boy, and the two brothers are totally different from each other, always in opposite

Who am I? I am originally from Rwanda, a small landlocked country located in East-Central Africa. A country known as the “Land of a Thousand Hills” due to its hilly and mountainous terrain. It is bordering Uganda to the north, Tanzania to the East, Burundi to the South, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

We are officially in the last month of 2023 – can you believe it? If you’d like to end the year on a high, you can watch our recent webinar ‘Looking Forward to Positive Procurement in 2024′ in full here. We explored some common challenges for procurement in 2023 and gave our top three predictions

Two recent decisions have highlighted the importance of setting out proper reasons for withholding payment in a payment schedule. Those decisions are the Supreme Court decision in Turnkey Innovative Engineering Pty Ltd v Witron Australia Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 981 and the New South Wales Court of Appeal decision in Ceerose Pty Ltd v A-Civil

Last year’s (FY23) procurement capability grant program saw councils accessing over $97,000 in procurement-related funding, marking a significant investment in the improvement of procurement practices across the region. Among the successful recipients was the Central NSW Joint Organisation, a collaborative effort comprising five joint organisations across regional NSW. The Central NSW Joint Organisation utilized the

Who am I? I am born and raised mostly in Sydney (with stints in Tokyo and Melbourne) to immigrant parents. In terms of my career, I hold a degree in supply chain management and previously I worked in running the end-to-end supply chain in an oil and gas company. I love everything about food and

LGP is happy to announce a new resource for councils: “A Guide to Evaluating RFQs and Awarding Contracts under LGP Panels” This guide continues on from where our “Guide to Using LGP Contracts” finishes. Located in the Resource section of the LGP website lgp.theteamserver.com (top right from the home screen) Inside you will find information

What is an RFI? A Request for Information (RFI) is a staged approach to procurement whereby the procurer uses direct communications with the market to receive deeper intel around the commodity they’re looking to purchase. It is commonly used when there are multiple suppliers and further information is required about their business, products, and/or services.

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Hello and welcome back to your VendorPanel guided tour. You may notice that VendorPanel is looking a little different after a recent update. Most items are in the same place – but if you are unsure, please get in touch or reach out to VendorPanel directly. I am a big fan of their inbuilt Help