With the overall aim of creating greater awareness and promotion of the procurement profession in Africa, State Owned Enterprise Procurement Forum (SOEPF) will be running the 3rd Public Procurement Awards (AAPP Awards) which the focus on specifically recognizing public sector procurement professionals. The State Owned Entities Communicators Association endorsed by the Minister of Communications will also be running the inaugural Communicators Awards on the same evening. SOEPF is working together with the Department of Trade and Industry as the strategic partner of SOEPF, the focus is on businesses and SMMEs that support economic development, industrialisation and inclusive growth.
The ultimate goals is to recognise excellent practice across the procurement profession and reward and recognise those procurement professionals and organizations doing excellent work. The plan is to combine both the awards ceremonies, being, “AAPP Awards” and SOECA Awards on the same evening. This approach is aimed at strengthening Public Sector through SOEPF and SOECA to gain credibility, recognition and promotion of the profession and on the other hand enhance the role and awareness of Professionalisation in the Africa.
SOEPF, CIPS and SOECA will align the nomination criteria and categories for the awards to ensure continuity and synergy in the nomination and award process. For purposes of continuity, the SOEPF adjudication panel and the SOECA adjudication panel will have representatives to preside over the judging processes.
The entries into the awards remain free of charge with the submissions and adjudication of categories handled by the technology partner MarketSqr Supply Network. The adjudication panel for the public sector awards are as follows:
1. Teddy Daka (Chairperson)
2. Prof Douglas Boateng
3. Carol Chiloane
4. Makhosazana Seate
5. Kamogelo Mampane
6. Letticial Letsholo
7. Congress Mahlangu
8. Andre Coetzee
The actual date of the Award ceremony will be held on 14 September 2016 at Gallagher Estate.
Entries can be send both manually and electronically. Please visit www.SOEPF.co.za to submit your entries.