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September 2011 | Adam Leach
The
Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) reigned
supreme at the CIPS Supply Management Awards 2011, taking home the top award
for its work ahead of London 2012.
Watched
by an audience of more than 1,200 buyers, the public body, responsible for
delivering venues, facilities and infrastructure for the biggest sporting event
in the world, clinched the overall prize for purchasing and supply excellence
at the ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
The
ODA’s procurement team, who won the award for ‘best public procurement project’
earlier in the evening, were presented with the top award on stage with host
for the night comedian and TV star Miranda Hart.
Charged
with one of the largest regeneration initiatives in Europe, the ODA team set
about changing the way public procurement is conducted. Through the adoption of
a delivery partner, the first time the approach has been used for such a big
project, it was able to ensure that the contract spread risk and incentivised
timely delivery.
It
also lived up to the all-inclusive nature of the Olympics, with more than half
its workforce being drawn from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds,
while 12 per cent of the workforce had been previously unemployed. Most
impressive of all was the team’s consistency at coming in on time and under
budget. The Velodrome, which will stage the cycling events, was completed after
23 months and the Olympic Stadium was finished three months early and £10
million under budget.
Judges
said: “The benefits of this entry will last for a long time after the Olympics
has been and gone. The significant practice developments will, in our
estimation, become industry standards.”
ODA
chairman John Armitt, said: “Procurement has been fundamental to our success,
not only in terms of budget and construction delivery, but also to support our
wider objectives of sustainability, equality and inclusion.”
Other
winners on the night included:
Best contribution
to corporate responsibility
SkanskaUK
Best cross-functional
teamwork project
NHSBusiness Services Authority
Best people development
initiative
NetworkRail
Most improved
purchasing operation – step change
BalfourBeatty
Most
improved purchasing operation – start-up
AdelieFood Holdings
Best purchasing
initiative by an SME
NealBrothers
Best public procurement
project
OlympicDelivery Authority
Best contribution
to the reputation of the procurement profession
CancerResearch UK
International
purchasing project of the year
Wincanton
Best
supplier relationship management
AdelieFood Holdings and Cawleys
☛ You
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