HOUSING association Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd (CCG) has been honoured alongside the Welsh procurement elite at the inaugural Government Opportunities (GO) Excellence in Public Procurement Awards Wales 2016/17.

Hosted by BiP Solutions Ltd, the GO Awards are the UK’s premier procurement awards and recognise the benchmark by which procurement excellence and progress in public sector commissioning is measured.

CCG was highly commended by the judges in two categories; GO Innovation or Initiative of the Year Award and GO Procurement Leadership of the Year Award.

Grahame Steed, managing editor of GO and chair of the judging panel, said: “This was our first ever GO Awards Wales and what a fantastic night it was. The country really embraced the GO Awards.

“The finalists were behind some ground-breaking initiatives and were keen to benchmark themselves against the best in the country. So, thank you to all who entered and well done to all the winners and highly commended.”

Carl Thomas, CCG procurement manager said: “These two awards are a testament to how far we have come as an organisation."

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