The City of Melbourne spends over $250 million on goods, services and works every year. This creates many opportunities for businesses and individuals to work with us to help us achieve our operational and strategic objectives.
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What we buy
We work together with suppliers delivering a broad range of goods, services and works to the community including:
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Community development and services, parking, recreation & waterways
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Catering, logistics and event management
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Technology and digital innovation
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Property, infrastructure and design including capital works and building maintenance
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Strategy, planning and climate change including open space management, waste and recycling
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Professional services in areas such as legal, advertising, marketing and HR
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Operational business expertise and supplies including office fit out, office supplies and technology
How we engage suppliers
We have different options for how we engage the right supplier for goods, services and works:
Understanding how we purchase goods, services and work will help you increase your ability to win work. When we engage with the market and depending on the value of the purchase we either go through a quotation or tender process to engage the right supplier.
Quotations: Under $250,000
Depending on the value of what is being spent, we invite suppliers to quote for work.
Learn more about quotations.
Tenders: Above $250,000
We use Tenders for large values going out to open market providing open and fair opportunity for multiple suppliers to submit offers and compete for work.
Learn more about tenders.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes:
- If you are supplying goods and services under $250,000, you will need to register with COMBUY.
- If you are supplying major work over $250,000, you will need to register with Tenderlink.
It depends. If you are a small sole trader you may not need an ABN to supply us with your goods and services. However, if you have an ABN, you will need to provide us with the details for billing purposes.
Yes. It is one of our core priorities which includes:
- Value for money
- Supporting local business
- Genuine employment opportunities within the City of Melbourne.
No. We are unable to grant extensions on closing dates for fairness and equity with other suppliers.
Congratulations on winning work with us. You will be sent a Purchase Order and can then commence work with us as agreed with the branch buyer.
Contact the branch buyer or nominated contact which you will find in the documentation supplied to you.
- Quotes: Up to 40 files and combined file size of 128 MB
- Tenders: The total size of the combined documents must not exceed 10 MB.
Any supplier who canvasses or contacts a councillor about open work may have their submission disqualified by the City of Melbourne.
No. In the interests of equity and fairness we cannot accept later submissions.