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Spotlight on Brandworx: 2024 Foundation Approved Contractor Winner

LGP spoke to Patrice Sheriff, National Sales Manager at Brandworx, following their win for the Foundation Approved Contractor Award at the LGP Annual Conference last week. LGP: Congratulations on your recent win! You looked genuinely surprised during the ceremony. What does receiving this award mean for your business? Patrice, Brandworx: Thank you! Honestly, it means …

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Paul Youdell with the LGP Values Trophy

Introducing Paul Youdell as new Business Development Manager for the Northern Region

After six rewarding years as Business Development Manager for the Northern Region it is time for me to hand over the management of the region and focus solely on my role as Head of Business Development. I am deeply grateful that I have been entrusted with looking after councils in the northern region for many …

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Soldout events in Sydney, while Bathurst event goes trackside

August was a busy month for LGP (Local Government Procurement) with two council focused network meetings being held, the first a double header at the Grace Hotel in Sydney closely followed by the waving of the chequered flag for our last 2024 network meeting held at Rydges Mount Panorama. Sydney Record Sydney audiences attended the …

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Illawarra Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Business Expo FREE

Procurement Networking Event Wednesday 16 October, 6 – 8pm Inside Industry at BlueScope, Coniston Join us for a Q&A discussion and meet the businesses. Free. Bookings essential. Expo Thursday 17 October, 11am – 1pm Wollongong Town Hall Design • Photography • Education • Construction & Civil • Maintenance • Policy & Research • Arts, crafts, …

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Introducing Megan Riakos

I am one of five children born to immigrant parents who came from opposite sides of the world. My dad hails from Zgharta Lebanon, while my mum comes from Pennsylvania, USA and I grew up in the melting pot of the inner-Sydney suburbs of Alexandria, Waterloo and Redfern (before property prices skyrocketed!). I’m lucky to …

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From the CEO’s Desk

The 2024 LGP Annual Conference is ramping up as we start to lock in final speakers and invite our delegates to secure their seat, especially after 2023 bring record attendance.     Before we move to the Annual Conference, having now closed out the 2024 financial year, I do want to publicly recognise some of the key …

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From the CEO’s Desk

There are two great achievements I want to call out this month. The first is the fantastic outcomes from our first ever FOGO (Food Organics, Garden Organics) event held for councils last month.  Run in a hybrid format, the LGP office welcomed over 25 council staff to join the session in-person, they were joined by …

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From the CEO’s Desk

Release 3 of our Procurement Capability Grant Program is open until Wednesday 12th of June 2024.  With $150,000 available to distribute, having only been open for 2 weeks we are already receiving submissions. LGP is encouraging all councils to consider how we can provide funding of up to $25,000 to invest and enhance their procurement …

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From the CEO’s Desk

LGP is pleased to announce that on Thursday the 15th of May we open Release 3 of LGP’s Procurement Capability Grant Program for NSW local government.  LGP has committed up to $150,000 to be distributed to projects valued from $3,000, up to a maximum of $25,000. Our Grant Program has been designed to remove the …

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From the CEO’s Desk

We are coming to the final quarter of the 2024 financial year which has LGP drawing close to the end of the first year of our 2023-2026 strategic plan.  Let me outline some of what we will be delivering from our five strategic pillars which you will see impacting our work together in the future. …

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From the CEO’s Desk

Last month we delivered our ESG webinar.  Our newest member in the LGP Consulting Team, Dr Hadi Rezaei Vandchali shared with our large audience examples and benefits of ESG – Environment, Social and Governance as it relates to procurement.  The webinar was a strategy to start bringing a greater sense of awareness towards ESG across …

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From the CEO’s Desk

Thank you to all those who have supported LGP over the last 12 months. Our team has had a terrific year growing across a range of areas and introducing a series of new initiatives. The LGP Board has provided sound advice and strong encouragement to drive and grow our business.  We have again benefitted from …

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From the CEO’s Desk

A couple of weeks ago we held our biggest ever LGP Annual Conference, at Doltone House, Darling Island, Pyrmont.  Welcoming close to 280 delegates and exhibitors to explore how to better Connect, Leverage and Achieve. Our opening keynote speaker Dr Helena Popovic shared her insights on powering our brain and our body for maximum performance, …

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LGP Annual Report FY23

We are excited to share our latest milestone with you – the release of LGP’s Annual Report! The report shares what we have delivered, demonstrates our performance, and quantifies our value to stakeholders and the NSW local government sector.  Our FY23 highlights include: $902 million contract spend Saved the sector $76 million and over 310,050 …

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New Tools in VendorPanel

The LGP Conference is postponed but we have a Zooth You don’t have to wait until October to learn about the new tools VendorPanel has on offer. Make a coffee and meet us in our Zooth (that’s our Zoom booth!) any time in February. Let’s set up a time to chat!

New Team – Customer Reference Group (CRG)

The Customer Reference Group (CRG) was established in 2019 to create a diverse group of council representatives. The purpose of the CRG is to gain valuable insights and feedback into councils’ changing needs and expectations. It provides representatives with intimate access to LGP management and the opportunity to influence various strategic initiatives. Following the Expression …

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Modern Slavery Risk Assessment – LGP Panels

Local Government Procurement (LGP) has recently completed its second annual modern slavery risk assessment across all its panel contracts. As a result, updated modern slavery risk ratings have been assigned to LGP Approved Contractors and are displayed as Supplier Intelligence (SI) badges in VendorPanel. These SI badges assist councils (when purchasing under LGP Contracts) to …

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