Legal requirements
The Redland City Council reviews and accepts tender offers in line with its Corporate Procurement Policy [PDF 0.2MB].
In short, Council is required to:
- accept the offer most advantageous to it
- apply the city's local business and industry criteria (under Section 228 of the Local Government Regulation 2012).
Council must consider the five sound contracting principals set out in Section 104(3) of the Local Government Act 2009:
- value for money
- open and effective competition
- the development of competitive local business and industry environmental protection
- environmental protection
- ethical behaviour and fair dealing.
Overall, Council conducts procurement impartially, fairly, independently, and with openness and integrity, to ensure probity and accountability in its processes and outcomes.
Preference for local suppliers
Council encourages competitive local businesses, and aims to promote and support competitive local industry in its procurement.
Therefore, as well as price, performance, quality and suitability, Council may also consider:
- employment opportunities for the region
- economic growth for the region
- readily available goods, services and support
- the benefit to Council of contracting with local suppliers and the associated local commercial transactions flowing from that contracting.
Council is also committed to supporting the Quandamooka People in local business initiatives in line with the above sound contracting principles.
Points to note
As the Council is located in the South East Queensland metropolitan area, and is a major buyer of goods and services from the private sector, a ‘local’ business for certain procurement may be based in South East Queensland, Queensland or interstate.
Additionally, local government can directly and indirectly benefit local business by procuring from a local, Queensland or interstate-based supplier by utilising whole-of-government arrangements to access local and other domestic suppliers of works, goods or services. This encourages local businesses to compete within a wider market through whole-of-government tendering platforms.