Glossary

Local supplier

Glossary topic: Procurement

Local supplier means a supplier of goods or services that maintains a workforce whose usual place of residency (i.e. where they normally live, sleep and eat) is located within a 125 kilometre radius of where the good or service is to be supplied. If a capable local supplier does not exist within the 125 kilometre radius, the radius should be extended progressively to the local region, then Queensland, then Australia, until a suitable supplier is identified.

Supplier (in the context of Information Assets) (Definition)

Glossary topic: Information and communication technology

The provider of an information service through which consumers are able to access information assets. Suppliers implement the information service, but may not necessarily be the data manager, custodian or owner. However, a supplier would operate within the rules applicable to the information assets they utilise for an information service. Examples included, OESR provides access to various information assets (some of which are held by other agencies) about Queensland to Queensland Government agencies and NRMW offers access to digital cadastral information assets to local councils.

Local Area Network (LAN) (Definition)

Glossary topic: Information and communication technology

A network connecting computers, usually within an organisation, and typically over wireline connections.

Supplier (Definition)

Glossary topic: Information and communication technology

The group or groups responsible for the supply of the project's products. They can be either internal or external to the Agency.

Senior Supplier (Definition)

Glossary topic: Information and communication technology

The Project Board role which provides knowledge and experience of the main discipline(s) involved in the production of the project's deliverable(s).

Request For Information (RFI) (Definition)

Glossary topic: Information and communication technology

An RFI is a formal notice to suppliers indicating that information is being sought as to the goods, services and/or equipment that may be available to meet a specified need. An RFI is used by agencies to assess the capability of the market to meet a specified need and to assist in selecting a short-list of the most suitable suppliers.

Request for Offer (RFO) (Definition)

Glossary topic: Information and communication technology

An RFO is a formal notice to suppliers indicating that proposals/solutions (incorporating the provision of goods, services and equipment) are being sought to meet a detailed specification of agency requirements. An RFO is used by agencies to select the supplier most able to meet the specified need.

Owner(ship)

Glossary topic: Recordkeeping

The legal ownership of records.

For all Queensland public records, ownership rests with the State of Queensland or the local government.

Note: The ownership of public records does not generally affect a public authority's responsibility for the care and preservation of the records in its possession or control.

Government owned corporation (GOC)

Glossary topic: Recordkeeping

A registered corporation that undertakes commercial activities and is wholly or partly owned by the state or a local government (e.g. SunWater, North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation).

Sideloading (Definition)

Glossary topic: Information and communication technology

Sideloading is the process of transferring files between two local devices, in particular between a computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone, smartphone PDA, tablet, portable media player or e-reader.