Procuring to large organisations provides opportunity 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.
Council is committed to supporting the local community by generating employment opportunities, strengthening local supply chains and supporting competitive local business development and industry networks.
This is encouraged by facilitating a preference for local suppliers and identifying social benefits and First Nations provider opportunities when undertaking procurement activities.
Recent update to council’s procurement policy focuses on further engaging with local suppliers. The policy asks that local suppliers are only invited to respond to Request for Quotes up to $500,000, unless there are no suitable local suppliers to invite.
All procurement activities undertaken by council include Social and Economic Factor criteria. This is a weighted criteria which allows suppliers to address their contribution to the local economy and identifies any social benefit or First Nations provider opportunities within their business and/or supply chain.
Local businesses are encouraged to submit tenders for Sunshine Coast Council procurement contracts for goods and services and disposal of non-current assets. Subscribe to councils tender alert service to receive notifications on new tenders, upcoming Doing Business with Council events, new supplier arrangements and more.
For more information, you can email [email protected] or phone (07) 5441 8287.
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 was 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.
Find out more about upcoming capital works and service contracts and opportunities through these council briefings. Attending these sessions will give you more detail on the council procurement process and allow you to speak with council officers.
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Sunshine Coast First Nations Supplier Day showcases First Nations businesses to government, NGOs and corporate businesses and provides opportunity to build relationships. The event highlights First Nations businesses and their ongoing contribution to the sustainability of the Sunshine Coast region. Organisations can attend this event to learn about products and services First Nations businesses provide and discuss potential supplier opportunities.
Find our more here.
Council has partnered with the industry capability network (ICN) to deliver the business gateway platform. The platform allows project managers to advertise projects that need suppliers. Suppliers also create profiles that show what they can do. This helps businesses find work and projects find suppliers.
You can create a supplier profile by clicking here.
Stay updated with upcoming procurement contracts with the Queensland Government and find resources that will help you submit a competitive tender.
Visit the following pages to find contracts and procurement information.
Business Queensland travel to regions in the state in a roadshow program that:
Subscribe to the mailing list to find out when the roadshow will be visiting your region.
Find out more here.
The Queensland Government has released Brisbane 2032. The procurement strategy outlines how businesses can align with Buy Queensland elements to become an attractive supplier. Buy Queensland introduces strategies, policy and practice that defines the State Governments procurement approach.
Alignments to Buy Queensland include:
Find out more here.
AusTender is a centralised platform that aggregates all Australian Government procurement opportunities.
Find out more here.
Do you have a lot of questions related to supplying to government? Visit this page to find valuable information on:
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ASPIRE is a circular economy platform that allows businesses to turn their waste into a resource for other businesses. List your waste streams on ASPIRE as a free or low-cost resource that other businesses require for their own production or operation.
Sunshine Coast Council has invested in an enterprise license with ASPIRE which provides businesses within the LGA with less than 100 staff access to the platform for free.
Find out more and register your business here.
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.
