Connecting the UK's Local Government Procurement Buyer and Supplier Community
Bringing together buyers, suppliers and procurement leaders from across local government, LGPE provides extensive skills development, networking, collaboration and product showcase opportunities for organisations working within or exploring ways to enter the UK’s local government procurement marketplace, worth more than £63 billion a year.
Confirmed Speakers Include:
Lindsay Maguire
Deputy Director - Procurement Reform
Guy Battle
CEO
Mana Sadeghipour
Working Group Secretary
Darren Knowd
Chief Executive
Jennifer Pallister
Head of Commercial Implementation - Procurement Reform
Andrew Presly
Head of Commercial (Associate Commercial Specialist) - Capital Projects North
Michelle Walker
Head of Procurement Services
Andrew van Doorn OBE
Chief Executive
Andrew is the Chief Executive of HACT. HACT partners with organisations across the housing sector to drive value for residents and communities through insight-led products and services which encourage innovation and foster collaboration. HACT helps them measure their social value, better understand the communities they serve, broker collaborations with the NHS, and connect with like-minded organisations. Andrew has worked for HACT for 21 years and in housing, homelessness, supported housing, community development and wider social policy and practice for over 30 years. He is a Non-Executive Director at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. Andrew was awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours List 2023 for services to housing.
Nick McDonald
Corporate Services & ICT Specialist
Sean McNabb
Director - Competition Enforcement
Sean McNabb is currently a Director in the CMA’s Competition enforcement team. His background is as a fraud investigator and he has been involved in cartel enforcement for over 20 years, having previously worked at the Office of Fair Trading. He has worked on a number of successful criminal and civil cartel investigations involving a diverse range of industries ranging from airlines, estate agents, furniture products and various sectors of the construction industry, including leading the largest ever cartel investigation in the UK which resulted in fines totalling £63.6million being issued to 103 construction firms found to have engaged in bid rigging with competitors on building contracts, including many for the public sector. Sean was also Project Director for the recent CMA investigation into bid-rigging in the demolition sector which resulted in 10 companies being fined £60 million.
Lisa Bliss
Head of London Construction Programme and Dynamic Markets
Lisa has been with Haringey Council for 19 years, bringing extensive procurement experience across various sectors, including care, supplies and services, and construction. Since 2018, she has successfully established and led a dedicated team responsible for managing the Council's extensive portfolio of DPS systems and frameworks, ensuring seamless engagement with stakeholders and suppliers. In addition, Lisa leads the London Construction Programme (LCP), a virtual organisation hosted by Haringey Council, serving as a one-stop shop for public sector construction procurement. The LCP facilitates the procurement of a wide range of projects, from Professional Services to Minor and Major Works schemes across London and the Home Counties. Now, over 50 public sector organisations are benefitting from efficient, compliant procurement processes that the LCP offers. Lisa has been instrumental in leading innovation in end-to-end procurement practices which has recently been demonstrated in the launch of LCP’s Housing Framework, which takes a unique approach to Social Value, Supporting SME’s, and bringing together the Golden Thread that runs through the Gold Standard, Construction Playbook and the Framework Alliance Contract (FAC-1).
Rikesh Shah
Head of Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre
Esther Beaumont
Head of Category Management
Moira Skinner
Founder & Director
Moira Skinner is the Founder and Director of ProcureCo – a new digital platform directly connecting buyers and suppliers in the public sector and social housing markets to share knowledge and conduct meaningful preliminary market engagements. Moira has worked across public and private sectors and has extensive experience on both the buyer and supplier sides of public sector procurement. In roles focused on delivering SME engagement and social value, including as a local authority economic programme director, Moira has collaborated with large corporations, SMEs and microbusinesses. As Managing Director of community interest company 3D Change, Moira has led key programmes including the London Jobs Fairs and Procurement Opportunities in Social Housing (POSH). Working alongside procurement professionals and industry leaders across multiple organisations, divisions and departments, Moira has developed ProcureCo, a digital solution for contracting organisations seeking to carry out preliminary market engagements and for suppliers looking to provide goods and services to the public sector.
Benjamin Taylor
Chief Executive
Helen Sharp
Director
Julian Blake
Partner
Matt Jarratt
Director of Operations
Matt Jarratt is the Director of Operations at Procure Plus leading the team responsible for the procurement and delivery of over £200m of investment works and services per year across the housing and public sector. His team of specialists utilise the collective volume and knowledge of their customers to understand the market and drive continuous improvement from their activity and exposure to it. Matt is a chartered building surveyor and prior to joining Procure Plus in April 2010 he worked in a range of construction and development roles across the public and private sectors.
Joanna Dahlgren
Head of Social Vale & SROI
Adam Sargent
Director of Procurement
Clare Tetlow
Procurement Lead
Shamayne Harris
Head of Procurement
Adam Sanford
Operations Lead
Kingsley Clarke
Operations Lead, South West
Kingsley heads the SCF team in the South West region, is the Chair of CESW, a regional representative of NACF (National Association of Construction Frameworks) and a Director on the JCT Board (representing the Local Government Association). In his role with SCF he’s accountable for generating and overseeing the successful delivery of the South West pipeline of work, helping public sector clients to deliver projects which have ranged from c£500k to £256 million. Having supported over £4billion of construction procurement Kingsley has industry leading experience delivering capital construction and maintenance projects for the public sector including central Government, local authorities, and higher education institutions.
Mark Tugwell
Deputy Director of Estates
Simon Crosby
Group Director
Thank you to our Event Partners
Cabinet Office
Partner
The Transforming Public Procurement programme aims to improve the way public procurement is regulated in order to: - Create a simpler and more flexible, commercial system that better meets our country’s needs while remaining compliant with our international obligations - Open up public procurement to new entrants such as small businesses and social enterprises so that they can compete for and win more public contracts - Embed transparency throughout the commercial lifecycle so that the spending of taxpayers’ money can be properly scrutinised.
YPO Supplies Limited
Headline Sponsor
Stand Number: 22
For 50 years YPO has been providing products and services to meet the needs and demands of the public sector. We use our bulk buying power to achieve the best prices for our customers on supplies and for access to contract services – from everything to energy, insurance, ICT and food. We’re one of the largest public sector organisations in the UK, reinvesting all our profits back into frontline public services where it’s needed most.
ProcureCo
ProcureCo is the new digital platform bringing together buyers and suppliers in the public sector and social housing markets to share knowledge and collaborate on future contracts. The platform offers a streamlined solution for contracting organisations seeking to conduct meaningful preliminary market engagements, as well as for suppliers looking to provide goods and services to the public sector. Bridging the gap between the public and private sectors, the platform makes public procurement more accessible, transparent and efficient. By demystifying the procurement process for suppliers, ProcureCo broadens market opportunities, enhances sector resilience and drives efficiencies across procurement practices.
North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO)
Partner
Stand Number: Procurement Pavilion
Since 1976, NEPO has worked in partnership with North East local authorities on the strategic procurement of high value goods and services in order to deliver savings, maximise efficiencies and promote best practice. Collaboration is at the heart of everything that NEPO does. Our procurement solutions are the result of extensive consultation with the public sector, suppliers and end-users, so that we deliver positive outcomes for the communities we serve.
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
Partner
Stand Number: 10
We are CIPS, the global membership organisation for procurement and supply, driving positive change across our profession. We lead in education and training. We provide information and tools. And we help build capability within organisations. Through all our work, we are the voice and standard, building a global network to power our profession. Join us.
Delta
Stand Number: 44
Delta eSourcing enables efficient, effective and compliant procurement. Utilised by thousands of public sector buyers every day, its Buyer Portal, Tender Manager, Supplier Manager, Contract Manager and eAuctions services can be used independently or else combined to form a comprehensive and effective end-to-end procurement solution. In challenging times, Delta eSourcing delivers transparency, compliance and value for money.
PASS Procurement
Stand Number: 44
PASS procurement consultants present at over one hundred conferences and events each year as well as delivering in-house training and consultancy for both public and private sector clients. Our training sessions are designed to cover the legal requirements of public procurement in a non-legalistic manner, using real life examples to help simplify the rules. Thousands of organisations, public and private, have already benefited from PASS best practice tendering/procurement events and advice. Whether you work within public sector procurement or tender for public sector contracts, PASS can help you improve your efficiency and effectiveness.
Cadence Marketing
Official Marketing Partner
At Cadence Marketing, we understand the importance of data in the public sector and have built a comprehensive database of over 200,000 contacts across 31,600 organisations, including Central Government, Local Government, NHS, Education, MOD, and Emergency Services. We love helping businesses connect with public sector buyers through targeted marketing solutions. Whether you’re looking to boost your email campaigns, do some market research, host a webinar, or create some killer content, we’ve got you covered. Reach the right people, stay up-to-date, make informed decisions and improve your win rate.
Testimonials
Events like this are a really good opportunity to get together with everyone. I really like connecting with local authorities to understand their challenges, and it helps us make a better product at the end of the day.
Lindsay Maguire
Deputy Director for Procurement Reform, Cabinet Office
This event really houses local government as well as central government and other partners in it’s core function. Bringing together such a unique specialism of people within the public sector in one space.
Michael Murray
Commercial Manager, NEPO
We are all in the same boat, and events such as this is just bringing all of us closer together and come up with that one solution that we can all work with.
Rehana Ramesh
Head of Digital Transformation, Brent Council
I think it’s important to attend events like this, not only for networking, but really innovation and change. You want to know what’s happening in the procurement space