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Go Awards NI 4 weeks for submissions

20 Dec 19



The countdown is now on to the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Northern Ireland.

With just four weeks to go to the submission deadline, the race for entries to the GO Awards is hotting up.

The countdown is now on to the Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Northern Ireland.

The GO Awards Northern Ireland celebrate excellence and innovation in all aspects of procurement, and are open to public, private and third sector organisations.

Entering the GO Awards is a fantastic opportunity for your organisation to celebrate your success and to showcase your organisation’s achievements to the cream of Northern Ireland’s public procurement marketplace.

The GO Awards Northern Ireland 2020 are a unique opportunity to showcase the innovations, initiatives and advancements that make Northern Ireland a world leader in smart and effective public procurement.

This year a number of new categories have been added to the list, reflecting the diversity of procurement across Northern Ireland’s public sector. Open to public, private and third sector organisations, take this opportunity to ‘step out of the back office’ and into the spotlight by entering the GO Awards and ensuring that your procurement success story is told! Join past winners such as Trasnlink, Department for Infrastructure, Graham Farrans Joint Venture, AECOM, and Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD).

Go Awards Northern Ireland Categories whcih may interest our community include:

Infrastructure or Capital Project of the Year

This category has been introduced to recognise the significant achievements of those within the procurement sector across the UK in delivering cutting-edge, highly successful infrastructure and capital projects.

From buildings to roads, and from transportation and communication to energy, water and sewerage, countless infrastructure projects are undertaken each year by both the public sector and the utility sector.

This award honours these high-value and high-profile procurement projects, whether public sector or utility sector, which deliver successful outcomes to the betterment of communities in and across the UK.

Entries can come from any organisation within the supply chain for the delivery of successful, cost-effective infrastructure projects in compliance with the appropriate contract regulations.

A GO Awards submission in this category must cover activity during the period April 2017 to April 2019. The contract or initiative related to the submission must have commenced during this period to be eligible.

This award is open to public or utility sector organisations and private sector contractors if their entry is supported by the appropriate contracting authority for the infrastructure project.

Other categories (Click link for more information):

GO Buy Social/Social Clauses Award

GO Excellence Award

Procurement Team of the Year

Procurement Project of the Year (above-£10m value)

Procurement Project of the Year (below-£10m value)

Best Service – Medium and Large Organisations

Best Service – Micro and Small Businesses and Third Sector Organisations

The glittering awards evening will be held 10th March at the Titanic Hotel in Belfast, with host award-winning broadcaster, Holly Hamilton. The welcome address will be provided by Des Armstrong, a Chartered Engineer; Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers; eminent Fellow of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply. Des is responsible for developing procurement policy and best practice across the Northern Ireland public sector.

Get your entries in now!

Register to attend the upcoming webinar “Creating a winning submission” on Friday 10 January and hear first hand from one of our judges on how create a successful GO Awards entry and ask any questions you may have.

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