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Local Buy Newsletter - June 2023

Jess Talks

Social procurement is an untapped resource for Local Councils to drive wellbeing and environmental outcomes, improve equity and free up government resources that are much needed elsewhere.

Thomas Pollock – Founder of Gov Ready and author of Winning Government Business: the 6 Rules and 9 Absolutes takes a look under the bonnet and investigates a few of the reasons why!

Let's take a snapshot of the June highlights, upcoming tenders, and what's in development.

We invited Local Buy’s first ever CEO, Michelle McFadyen to share with the team the history of Local Buy, with a view that the past could provide some guidance on what was and remains important.

Are you getting the most out of the extra capabilities available to Queensland Councils and NFP's through Procurement Tech with Integrated Modules?

SEQ Procurement Summit provides value to local and state government about supporting local suppliers and insights into industry trends.

Upcoming Procurement Summits

Welcome to the first edition of Local Buy News for 2023.

45 Arrangements are now open for tender

On 1 May 2023, 47 arrangments will be available for new tender submissions.

On Tuesday 28 March, Local Buy delivered our inaugural Regional Procurement Summit in Port Douglas.

One of my key roles at Local Buy is to assist councils with onboarding to the Local Buy procurement technology ecosystem and the end-to-end management of the implementation process.