Supply and procurement
Grow your business through supplying to government and large organisations
Supplying to government and large companies provides opportunities to expand your operation and validates your business to more customers. Find information, resources and tender alert services from all levels of government to build the capability of your business.
Supply to Government
Sign up to tender alerts, procurement platforms and supply directories to access government contract opportunities at all levels.
Sunshine Coast Council procurement
Tender platform
Businesses can access and submit for council tenders via the VendorPanel platform. Put your best foot forward when creating your free business profile and start tendering. Find more info here.
Learn how to set your business up on VendorPanel here.
Tender alert service
Council offers an online alert service to advise businesses of advertised tenders. Register your details to receive instant email alerts each time a new tender is advertises. Subscribe here.
Event suppliers
EventsConnect is a FREE listing platform for all Sunshine Coast LGA event suppliers such as venues, facilities, sport and event services. It is a virtual one-stop-shop and has been developed to connect the local events industry to event organisers, as well as offer a business-to-business Supplier Portal so that businesses can share opportunities, knowledge and resources.
Learn more here.
Business Gateway
Council has partnered with the industry capability network (ICN) to deliver the business gateway platform. The platform provides a channel to advertise projects while suppliers can create profiles that can be viewed by project managers.
Learn more and create a supplier profile here.
Queensland Government procurement
Tender platform
Businesses can access QLD Government tenders via the VendorPanel platform. Create a free profile, sign up for tender notifications and submit tenders through the platform.
You do not need to create a profile if you have already created a profile for Sunshine Coast Council tenders. You’ll find all local and state tenders in the same platform.
Learn more here.
Supplying to Brisbane 2032
In 2032, Sunshine Coast and Queensland will be hosting the world for the Games. Several events will be held in the region with venue upgrades and new facilities planned to be delivered leading up to the big event.
Businesses can stay updated on procurement openings and other business preparedness measures to maximise the commercial opportunities of the Games.
Learn more here.
Demonstrating value in the tender process
Queensland Government’s Why Choose Your Business series provides guidance on what your business can do to demonstrate your capability as a quality government supplier.
Demonstrating value
Promoting your capability
What is a tender?
Fine-tuning your tender response
Key learnings and being visible
Australian Government procurement
AusTender is a centralised platform that aggregates all Australian Government procurement opportunities.
Find out more here.
Selling to government
Do you have a lot of questions related to supplying to government? Visit this page to find valuable information on:
- rules associated with supplying to the Australian Government
- considerations around determining your tender value
- tender criteria and evaluation.
Find out more here.
Qualify with Local Buy
Local Buy helps streamline procurement processes for government through preapproving local suppliers that meet a set criterion. This allows governments to select suppliers from a pool of qualified and capable businesses.
Register your business to become a supplier that meets government standard.
Find out more here.
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