Arrangements update - July 2025

By Isobel Czislowski, Category Officer

What does the Winter Solstice, International Day of Yoga and World Environment Day all have in common? They all happen in the month of June!

Being the first month of winter and the last month of the financial year, June is always a jam-packed month. Here at Local Buy, our days are filled with evaluating the submissions from the May round of tenders, continuing the last of the appointments from the February round, and continuing to deliver top-tier customer service to all our valued suppliers and buyers.

May Overview

The May round saw a total of 334 applications to become Local Buy pre-qualified suppliers. This figure did not include those suppliers applying for our two new tenders, Waste Management and Resource Recovery LB344 and Heavy and Light Plant Machinery LB345, which remained open until mid-June.

The Business Management and Consulting Services LB309 Arrangement took out the title of ‘Most Applications’ for May, with a total of 46 submissions. This was closely followed by the Training Services LB327 Arrangement which had 36 submissions.

Future Arrangements

Over the next six months, we’ll be releasing new tenders in the areas of Fleet and Asset & Project Management.

We have two pre-tender briefings scheduled in July for new and existing suppliers to learn about the new Arrangements and understand the requirements for existing suppliers to retender. Find out more here:

Evaluation Statistics

As part of the tender process, the second month of the cycle is dedicated to evaluations. This process broadly includes reviewing each tender submission, ensuring that the response meets the requirements of the Arrangement and issuing clarifications where appropriate. 

For the month of May, 33 Arrangements were closed off on the 31st with a total of 334 applications. This translates into 10,989 individual questions that the team here at Local Buy need to review.

So how do we process so many questions? The answer is one word: teamwork!

A single submission is comprised of two sections. The first section is made up of mandatory questions, which are evaluated by the Contract Administration, Finance and Compliance, and Legal teams. The second section is the technical capability questions that are evaluated by our subject matter experts being the Category Managers and external evaluators. Allocating portions of a submission to different areas ensures that the submission is given the attention to detail and time it requires.

We would like to acknowledge the time and effort our suppliers put into their tender applications. Not only do they pull together the information required for the mandatory questions, but also pull together the information and evidence for the technical capability sections. Our panels are only as good as the suppliers who are on them. A big thank you and we look forward to continuing to advance Queensland procurement together!