Winners announced in National GO Awards 2009
5 June 2009
Nineteen UK organisations have been honoured for outstanding achievement at the eighth National Government Opportunities (GO) magazine Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2009.
The GO Awards, 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 the UK.
The prestigious GO Awards ceremony, held on Thursday 4 June 2009 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London, also featured high-profile speakers Chairman of the Audit Commission Michael O’Higgins and Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), Nigel Smith.
The GO Awards categories recognised achievements in sustainability, procurement innovation, collaborative procurement and service delivery. There were also Awards for individual and team excellence.
The judging panel for the National GO Awards comprised a number of leading figures from across the UK who are leaders within the procurement and business communities.
The winning and highly commended entries were:
GO Excellence in Sustainability and Social Procurement Award
WINNER – Manchester City Council Partnership – Young People into Construction Initiative
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Greater London Authority Group
GO Best Collaborative Procurement Exercise Award
WINNER – Leicestershire County Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Department for Work and Pensions, Goods and Services Team
GO Best Collaborative Procurement Exercise Awards (Hubs)
WINNER – North West Collaborative Procurement Hub
HIGHLY COMMENDED – West Midlands Procurement Hub
GO Best Small Business or Third Sector Service Provider Award
WINNER – KiddiVouchers Ltd/Worcestershire County Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Safelincs Ltd/Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
GO Best Service Award
WINNER – PageOne Communications/British Red Cross
HIGHLY COMMENDED – HCR Ltd/Ministry of Defence
GO Best Procurement Innovation or Initiative Award
WINNER – The London Energy Project, sponsored by Capital Ambition
HIGHLY COMMENDED – BSO Procurement and Logistics Service
GO Young Procurement Professional Award
WINNER – Abi Bouch, Cumbria County Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Carly Haswell, Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands
GO Team Excellence Award
WINNER – London Probation, Corporate Procurement Unit
HIGHLY COMMENDED – Audit Commission, Procurement Team and North Lanarkshire Council, Corporate Procurement Team
GO Individual Award
WINNER – John Scowen, Procurement Manager, London Borough of Havering
GO Lifetime Achievement
WINNER – John F McClelland CBE
GO Managing Editor Grahame Steed said “We believe that the national GO Awards for 2009 have demonstrated that public procurement in the UK is in safe hands, even in the uncertain world in which we are now living. While it is undoubtedly tough out there, we believe it is also entirely appropriate that a service as valuable as this should be allowed a little time to reflect on its achievements, and to recognise the outstanding contribution it makes. If anything, the demands on the procurement profession are going to intensify in the coming years, but we believe it is more than capable of rising to the challenge.”
Further details on the National GO Awards can be found at www.goawards.co.uk
