 | Overall Excellence in Procurement The flagship "Award for Excellence" recognises exceptional achievement. The award is presented to the team that has undertaken the most successful project or activity and helped raise procurement's profile. You cannot formally enter this category. This recipient of this award will be selected from the winners of the other categories.
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 | Procurement Leader Open to all senior individuals, the Procurement Leader Award is presented to procurement's corporate star. The award showcases an individual's significant contribution to procurement. The winner can be nominated by themselves or anyone inside or outside their organization or involved in procurement in the wider context that believes the individual concerned has made a significant contribution via their own activities or influence to the advancement of procurement.
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 | Best Procurement Team This category recognises the procurement team that has worked best to achieve a significant goal or achievement. The team will have demonstrated teamwork, initiative and innovation, in the achievement of that goal. The winner can be nominated by themselves or anyone else involved in the project or initiative. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was set out to be achieved
- What was achieved by the team
- How exceptional procurement teamwork contributed to the outcome
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 | Innovation in Public Procurement This category recognises a procurement or sourcing non-capital project, action or initiative that has
demonstrated true innovation in the public sector. The award is presented to the team that can demonstrate a distinct new method or approach to a particular procurement challenge. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- A description of what is regarded as innovation in this context
- How innovation in the procurement strategy and/or execution helped the outcome
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 | Innovation in Private Procurement This category recognises a procurement or sourcing project, action or initiative that has demonstrated true innovation. The award is presented to the team that can demonstrate a distinct new method or approach to a procurement challenge. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- A description of what is regarded as innovation in this context
- How innovation in your procurement strategy and/or execution helped the outcome
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 | Excellence in Private Procurement SME This category, limited to Small to Medium Enterprises, recognises organisations that display excellence and/or innovation in procurement. We define a SME as having fewer than 250 employees, or a turnover of less than €50million. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- How innovation and/or excellence in your procurement strategy and/or execution helped the outcomes
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 | Excellence in Public Procurement involving indigenous SMEs This award is for the public procurement project which best illustrates innovation or excellence in procurement between public sector contracting authorities and Irish SME's. This category involves public sector contracting authorities who have completed projects involving Small to Medium Enterprises, which we define as having fewer than 250 employees, or a turnover of less than €50million. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- How innovation and/or excellence in your procurement strategy and/or execution helped the outcomes
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 | Green Public Sector Procurement The award is presented to the Public sector organisation that can best demonstrate a reduction in the impact on the environment as result of their procurement efforts. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - What was set out to be achieved
- What was achieved
- How environmental considerations were successfully embedded into the procurement challenge
- How this resulted in or will result in an environmental benefit
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 | Green Private Sector Procurement The award is presented to the non public sector organisation that can best demonstrate a reduction in the impact on the environment as result of their procurement efforts. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - What was set out to be achieved
- What was achieved
- How environmental considerations were successfully embedded into the procurement challenge
- How this resulted in or will result in an environmental benefit
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 | Healthcare Procurement This category recognises procurement excellence and/or innovation in the provision of healthcare. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- How considerations particular to the Healthcare sector were successfully embedded into the procurement challenge
- How the result will beneficially affect outcomes
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 | Best Cross Functional Procurement Management This category recognises a procurement team that has successfully worked with another function from the same organisation to deliver a successful procurement project or initiative. The award is presented based on how collaboration has successfully influenced the outcome. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was set out to be achieved
- What was achieved
- How cross functional collaboration was successfully embedded into the procurement challenge
- How this collaboration beneficially affected outcomes
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 | Infrastructure and Public Works Procurement This category recognises excellence and/or innovation in infrastructure or public works procurement . When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- A description of what is regarded as innovation or excellence in this context
- How innovation and excellence was successfully embedded into the procurement challenge
- How this collaboration beneficially affected outcomes
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 | Best People Development Initiative This category recognises the most effective people development or transformation plan within procurement. The judges reward programmes that have raised the skill levels of individuals and contributed to improvements in procurement performance. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
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 | Best use of Technology in Procurement Entries in this category demonstrate the most effective use of technology in procurement. The judges will reward the organisation that can demonstrate how technology has successfully influenced or will beneficially influence procurement outcomes. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- How technology improved /will improve procurement outcomes
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 | Excellence in Procurement of Facilities Management This category recognizes excellence and/or innovation the procurement of goods and services related to facilities management. When making your 500 word submission, please consider the following points: - The challenge
- What was achieved
- How considerations particular to facilities management were successfully embedded into the procurement challenge
- How the innovation /excellence (will) beneficially affect outcomes
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