Procurement in Practice
Aligning Capacity, Strategy and Sustainable Outcomes
The Procurement in Practice project (the project) focuses on fostering collaborative procurement practices across the Victorian local government sector.
The project is working directly with council officers to identify and deliver on agreed collaborative procurement opportunities.
Why are we doing it?
This project is an extension of the reform activities that have been delivered through the Procurement Excellence program of LGV’s Councils Reforming Business program.
The Local Government Procurement Strategy (2008) (PDF 675KB) or (Word 1.2MB) identifies potential annual savings of $180–$350 million available to the sector through improved strategic procurement practices. The strategy makes a number of findings and recommendations that support the benefits of collaborative procurement, particularly in rural areas.
This project will provide evidence of the benefits available to local government through a collaborative approach to procurement, supporting the findings of the strategy.
Who is participating and what is being aggregated?
Central Highlands Regional Victoria GroupArarat, Ballarat, Hepburn, Golden Plains and Pyrenees councils are undertaking an aggregated procurement on Bituminous Resealing.