2020-10-15 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                           15 OCTOBER 2020


REPORT
During discussion at the Services & Organisation Committee meeting on 6 October 2020,
Councillors requested further information in relation to the following items on Council’s Specialised
Supplier List:
1.   Item 6 – Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd. Question regarding whether there were additional
     suppliers available to meet our requirements;
2.   Item 8 – G James Pty Ltd. Question regarding why we do not go out to quote for our Street
     Litter Bin enclosures; and
3.   Item 19 – Local Newspapers. Question on whether this list was exhaustive as Councillors
     were aware of other local newspapers that were not included on the list.

The following information has been sourced from the relevant Council officers to respond to the
questions raised by Councillors:

Item 6 – Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd

Response by Community Services Director
Public swimming pools must adhere to strict water quality standards. Chlorine is critical to
maintaining safe water hygiene levels within public swimming pools and large quantities are
required. Liquid chlorine is the most widely used form of chlorine for a public swimming pool as it
is cheaper than powder or granules, does not require pre-mixing, is easier to administer in precise
doses and can be administered directly from the storage tank into the filtration system without staff
handling the chlorine. We require liquid chlorine in bulk and for it to be delivered via tanker. We
cannot use liquid chlorine supplied in containers as given the large quantity required, significant
health and safety risks would be created for our staff in having to transfer the chlorine from each
individual container into the pool system.

Coogee is a very large company that specialises in bulk chemical supplies, particularly bulk liquid
chemicals. Coogee make the liquid chlorine themselves - they are not a distributer. They deliver
the liquid chlorine in a tanker to the Noosa Aquatic Centre (NAC) and then discharge it directly
from the tanker into the NAC's storage tanks without requiring staff to handle the chlorine.

Coogee are the only suppliers of bulk liquid chlorine that have been able to be identified in SE Qld
who can provide it in the volume required and dispensed directly into the NAC's storage tanks. A
competitive procurement process was undertaken in February 2020 to try to identify other potential
suppliers however the only other supplier identified was a re-seller who obtained their product from
Coogee and added a further profit margin on top. Given the time taken to run a procurement
process and the outcome not producing any alternate suppliers it is considered reasonable to place
Coogee on the Specialised Supplier List.

Item 8 – G James Pty Ltd

Response by Waste & Environmental Health Manager
Following a further review, the request for specialised supplier status for this supplier to facilitate
the purchase of street litter bin enclosures is no longer required. Gossi Park is the business name
for G James Pty Ltd, under the same ABN and this caused the confusion and the request to Council
for Specialist Supplier status for G James Pty Ltd. Upon further research, Gossi Park has been
found to be an existing supplier under two Local Buy Panel Arrangements. As such, Council is able
to engage Gossi Park as a supplier of street litter bin enclosures under Local Buy’s Panel
Arrangement terms and conditions, in accordance with the LG Regulations. It is recommended that
G James Pty Ltd be removed from the Specialised Supplier Listing.



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