Councils shared service procurement team win national excellence award
A local authority procurement shared service initiative between Tayside Contracts, Angus, Perth & Kinross and Dundee City Councils - the Tayside Procurement Consortium (TPC) - has been honoured for outstanding achievement at the annual National Excellence in Public Procurement Awards 2010.
Elaine Brown and Rhonda McKay collect award on behalf of TPC from Graham Steed
The team was presented with a coveted Winner’s Award in the Collaborative Procurement Initiative (Public Sector Consortia) category as recognition for the establishment of a shared service organisation that is delivering a procurement reform programme across the local authorities in Tayside. In a well contested, category with four very different finalists, each with their own unique challenges to overcome, it was noted that;
‘’ the winner is an organisation which was well on its way to establishing principles of collaborative best-practice before collaboration became a hot topic. Following the publication of McClellands Review of Public Procurement in Scotland , the organisation re-focused some of its objectives to fully align with the Review's recommendations, and the results achieved have been impressive. The judges remarked that this was a good example of an organisation sharing its experience to benefit others, and that it showed the potential that a shared service model can realise . ‘’
