2022-04-12 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          12 APRIL 2022


4     NOOSA SHIRE COUNCIL SPECIALISED SUPPLIER LIST

Author            Procurement and Contracts Advisor, Leigh Mooney
                  Corporate Services Department

Index             ECM/ Subject/ Purchasing and Supply Matters

Attachments       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The procurement of all Council’s goods and services must be carried out in compliance with the
Local Government Act 2009 (‘the Act’) and the Local Government Regulation 2012 (‘the Regulation’).
The Regulation provides for the procurement of medium-sized and large-sized contracts, and also
allows for exceptions to these requirements under certain circumstances such as the approval of a
supplier being deemed a specialised provider.
This report seeks the inclusion of both SEEK Limited and LinkedIn Corporation to Council’s current
Specialised Supplier List for online recruitment platform services.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Procurement & Contracts Advisor to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 12 April 2022 and add SEEK Limited and LinkedIn Corporation to the
current Specialised Supplier list for the remaining term of the list’s validity period, being to 21 October
2022.


REPORT
The Regulation provides for different methodologies to establish medium and large sized contracts.
Medium sized contracts, defined as being of contract value greater than $15,000 and less than
$200,000 (exclusive of GST), require three (3) written quotations to be invited.
Large sized contracts defined as being of contract value greater than $200,000 (exclusive of GST);
require written tenders by public invitation.
The Regulation (Section 235) allows exceptions to these requirements under certain circumstances,
including where the suppliers are sole or specialised providers of a good or service:
      A local government may enter into a medium-sized contractual arrangement or large-
      sized contractual arrangement without first inviting written quotes or tenders if—
      (a) the local government resolves it is satisfied that there is only 1 supplier who is
      reasonably available; or
      (b) the local government resolves that, because of the specialised or confidential nature
      of the services that are sought, it would be impractical or disadvantageous for the local
      government to invite quotes or tenders.
An immediate need has been identified by Council’s People & Culture branch to seek the inclusion
of both SEEK and LinkedIn, to the Specialised Supplier list previously adopted 21 October 2021, for
specialised online recruitment platform services (refer Table 1) for the remaining term of the list’s
validity period.




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