The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) Procurement Team has been selected as one of the five Finalists in the ‘Procurement Team of the Year’ category for GO Awards Scotland.
The nomination highlights how the procurement function at SCTS has developed over the last couple of years and acknowledges a range of excellent initiatives and achievements by the team.
GO Awards Scotland (Scotland’s leading public procurement excellence awards) set out to recognise the achievement and successes of procurement teams from all aspects of the public, private and third sector. The award ceremony will take place in a unique, online event due to the Covid-19 pandemic on Friday 6th November 2020.
SCTS Head of Procurement, Derrick Welsh MCIPS said: "This is a great achievement for SCTS and recognises how far the Procurement Team has come (supported by the Executive Team) in such a short period of time. As you can imagine the whole team are extremely pleased and excited and it is true recognition of a professional, talented and dedicated team."
SCTS Chief Finance Officer, Richard Maconachie added: “These awards reinforce the importance of strong procurement to the SCTS and the wider public service. For the team to be included in the finals of the GO Awards is a well-deserved recognition of the great leaps the team have made in recent years.
The judges for the GO Awards Scotland include a cross-section of key procurement figures from within the public and private sectors, whose aim is to assess each GO Awards category submission to discover the worthy winner.
The GO Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in all aspects of procurement, recognising outstanding achievement from the public, private and third sectors.
To see the shortlist, go here https://www.goawards.co.uk/scotland/finalists/