Local Buy
Kathryn Dalley has extensive experience in procurement and administration, currently serving as Manager of Procurement Technology and Contracts Administration at Local Buy Pty Ltd since September 2022. Prior to this role, Kathryn held various positions at Queensland Government from May 2017 to September 2022, including Senior Category Specialist and Senior Category Manager for Travel. Notable earlier roles include Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator at BEST Pacific Institute of Education, English Teacher at Vancouver Language Institute Ltd., and Executive Assistant to the CEO at Toll New Zealand. Kathryn's career also includes positions in operations and marketing, with a foundational education in International Communication from Unitec.
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Local Buy
All councils want to support their local businesses, but council procurement is costly, takes time, needs to manage fraud and corruption risks, and must meet Queensland Audit Office standards. Local Buy helps council procurement meet legislative, reputation and compliance needs, simplifying the process by connecting councils to pre-qualified local Queensland suppliers, big and small. This saves time and money reducing councils need to tender, advertise and prepare contracts. Councils were asking for help with procurement, which is why the LGAQ created Local Buy in 2001. Access to Local Buy is a valuable component of LGAQ membership. The profits from Local Buy are returned each year to the LGAQ and invested to help keep council membership fees low. Local Buy simplifies the procurement process for councils and government entities across Queensland through these arrangements which save money through aggregated buying (discounts through bulk purchasing) and save time by reducing the cost of going to market for the purchasing of goods and services. While councils and government entities are not legally bound to use Local Buy, purchasers using Local Buy contractual arrangements are fully compliant with the Local Government Regulation 2012.