{"id":732,"date":"2018-08-09T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=732"},"modified":"2019-07-09T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T08:24:05","slug":"go-awards-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2018\/08\/09\/go-awards-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"GO Awards Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GO Awards Scotland returns this October, and the deadline for entries is now less than 3 weeks away.<\/p>\n<p>Ainslie McLaughlin, Director of Procurement and Commercial, Scottish Government said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted to be returning as a judge for the GO Awards Scotland. The standard of entries is always incredibly high, and I look forward with interest to the submissions for this years\u2019 award programme. Celebrating excellence in the field of procurement is vital to help us drive forward standards in the sector, and I would encourage the public sector to enter and share their successes. I wish all entrants the best of luck!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking place on the evening of Procurex Scotland 2018, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goawards.co.uk\/scotland\/\">GO Awards Scotland 2018\/19<\/a> ceremony will be held at the Glasgow Marriott Hotel on 23 October 2018 and recognise the achievements of those who make a real difference to the Scottish public sector through procurement.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goawards.co.uk\/scotland\/award-categories\/\">several new categories added<\/a> this year, make sure your procurement team gets the recognition it deserves by entering GO Awards Scotland 2018\/19.<\/p>\n<p>Entering is simple, and registering only takes a few minutes. You still have some time left to complete your entry as the deadline is <strong>Wednesday 29 August at 5pm<\/strong>. All finalists are invited to attend a lunch and certificate presentation at Procurex Scotland, ahead of the evening ceremony at Marriott Hotel Glasgow.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/go.awardsplatform.com\/\">Start your entry for GO Awards Scotland 2018\/19<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have any questions or need any assistance with your registration, please contact the GO Awards team at <a href=\"mailto:enquiries@goawards.co.uk\">enquiries@goawards.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for entries is Wednesday 29 August at 5pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,10,15],"tags":[251,252,31,111],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-go-awards-scotland","category-procurement-news","category-procurex","tag-go-awards-scotland","tag-procurex-scotland-2018","tag-public-procurement","tag-public-sector"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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