5. GO Innovation or Initiative of the Year Award

Scotland is a nation renowned for its invention and originality. The GO Innovation or Initiative of the Year Award brings these qualities to the fore, celebrating concepts that have made a genuine difference within Scotland’s commissioning and procurement sector. The premise is simple – the innovation or initiative can come from any quarter, and can be of any scale, but it must be a genuine advancement within commissioning and procurement in Scotland, and compliant with existing procurement legislation.

Open to:
Scottish public and third sector organisations, private sector organisations (with public sector endorsement)

Awards:
One winner, one highly commended (if merited)

Criteria:

1. Please describe the innovation or initiative that your organisation has implemented, and the problem or challenge it sought to resolve.
2. What aspects of it are particularly imaginative, creative or groundbreaking, and how does it represent real advancement?
3. What level of engagement has been achieved with stakeholders in the innovation or initiative?
4. What were the expected outcomes, and what success has been achieved to date? Where possible, please provide evidence of targets set and performance or measurable benefits achieved.
5. Please provide any other information that you believe is supportive of this entry.