Winners announced in GO Awards Scotland 2009
2 November 2009
Twelve Scottish organisations and individuals are among the winners and highly commended entries for the second Government Opportunities (GO) magazine Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland 2009.
The GO Awards Scotland, organised by public procurement experts BiP Solutions, recognise the outstanding contribution that procurement professionals – and the organisations which support them – make to the effective delivery of public services in Scotland.
The GO Awards Scotland were presented at a special ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow on the evening of 28 October. The ceremony followed the Scottish Government’s National Public Procurement Conference, which had been held as part of Procurex, Scotland’s first dedicated private and public sector procurement exhibition
The GO Awards Scotland categories recognised achievements in sustainability, corporate social responsibility, healthcare procurement, collaborative procurement and service delivery. There were also awards for individual and team excellence.
The judging panel for the GO Awards Scotland included many of the procurement and business community’s leading experts: Gordon Dickson, Scottish Procurement Directorate; Duncan Eaton, former Chief Executive of NHS PASA; Barry Graham, Head of the Central Government Centre of Procurement Expertise (CGCoPE); John McClelland CBE, author of the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland; Iain McMillan CBE, Chief Executive, CBI Scotland; Jim Miller, Director of Strategic Sourcing, NHSScotland; Angus Warren, Chief Executive, Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC); and Grahame Steed, Managing Editor, Government Opportunities (GO) magazine.
The winning and highly commended entries were:
The Winners:
GO Sustainability Award (incorporating CSR) –
sponsored by Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd
City Building ( Glasgow) LLP
Procurement and Supply Chain Management Team, Fife Council
GO Healthcare Supplier Award – supported by NHSScotland
Fresenius Medical Care ( UK) Ltd / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
GO Best Service Award – sponsored by BiP Solutions Ltd
dbda / Road Safety Scotland
GO / John F McClelland Collaborative Procurement Award
Procurement Scotland
GO Team Excellence Award –
sponsored by BiP Solutions’ Procurement Advice and Support Service (PASS)
National Procurement Programme Management Office, NHSScotland National Procurement
GO Individual Excellence Award
Robert Stewart, Deputy Head of Procurement, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
GO Outstanding Contribution Award
Paul McNulty, Deputy Director, Scottish Procurement Directorate, Scottish Government
The Highly Commended:
GO Best Service Award – sponsored by BiP Solutions Ltd
Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Ltd
GO / John F McClelland Collaborative Procurement Award
Supplier Development Programme, Glasgow City Council
Tayside Procurement Consortium
GO Team Excellence Award –
sponsored by BiP Solutions’ Procurement Advice and Support Service (PASS)
Central Procurement Unit, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils
GO Managing Editor Grahame Steed believes that Scottish procurement professionals should be recognised for the demanding work that they carry out so successfully, and the GO Awards Scotland provide an excellent means of doing just that.
Mr Steed said: “The GO Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Scotland have been a tremendous success, and once again underline the breadth and depth of talent both working within and supporting public service delivery within Scotland. Each of the highly commended and winning entries thoroughly deserves the recognition of their success at these Awards; and we congratulate them and the rest of the finalists for their achievement.”
Further details on the GO Awards can be found at www.goawards.co.uk
