Awards

SOPO Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Procurement 2009

The Society can now reveal the results of the SOPO Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Procurement 2009. All the submissions have been evaluated by the three independent judges, namely: Fred Harvey of FE Harvey & Associates, Mark Henderson of PMMS Consultants and David Matthews of David Matthews & Associates.

The unanimous decision of the judges has resulted in the following being selected as finalists (in alphabetical order) for the Awards: 

County

• Cumbria County Council
• Leicestershire County Council
• Staffordshire County Council

 

Single Tier

• London Borough of Lambeth (Cremators and Filtration)
• Portsmouth City Council
• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
• District/Borough
• Joint submission by the West Midlands Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership and the District Councils of Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills, Wychavon and Wyre Forest, the Borough Councils of Redditch and Staffordshire Moorlands, and Worcester City Council
• Swindon Borough Council

 

Other

• Firebuy
• Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
• London Fire Brigade

 

Education

• To be announced

 

All the above finalists will be presented with an award at the Gala Dinner on Wednesday, 11 November. The outright winners of each category will, however, only be announced at the Gala Dinner. We would like to congratulate all the finalists and look forward to presenting them with their finalist trophies, as well as presenting the trophies to the outright winners in each category.