Local Government Procurement vs Beef Grading

LGP is a not-for-profit organisation and a ‘prescribed entity’ by legislation, meaning that councils don’t have to go to tender for values greater than the tendering threshold – as they would normally have to. LGP provides fully integrated procurement services. These services include establishing contract panels, consulting, professional development, and contract management. Our customers include all NSW councils, regional organisations of councils (ROCs), joint organisations (JOs), non-NSW councils, not-for-profit organisations, universities, state government agencies and departments. Our goal is to share our procurement expertise with councils. Our practical knowledge has come from the diverse industries and projects we’ve worked with to drive the ongoing progress of your local government communities. Through targeted training and consulting, we guide councils towards sustainable, high-value procurement solutions. The LGP app is the official mobile app for Local Government Procurement. This app will provide information on our products, services, conferences and events, and will enable real-time news and updates. We have the services and expertise to support procurement capability and efficiencies for the local government sector.

Beef Grading custom mobile application is for use by small capacity plants that harvest beef who would like beef grading services but are unable to afford it due to cost prohibition under the current in person grading model. The business goal is to deliver and maintain grade integrity to customers wanting a quality product they are willing to pay for. The mobile application will collect information such as geo-location and date-time information of the image from a device used by a non-USDA employee and store it in a secure system for data storage separate from the AMS Billing and Information (ABI) database to be evaluated by a L&P employee who is trained and licensed to grade the product. The images of beef carcasses will then be evaluated by L&P and provided a USDA grade based on factors evaluated from the images. The employee at the plant will be able to see the result in the mobile application and complete the process by identifying the carcass with a USDA Grade.