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:
Mana Sadeghipour
Working Group Secretary
Guy Battle
CEO
Darren Knowd
Chief Executive
Rikesh Shah
Head of Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre
Esther Beaumont
Head of Category Management
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.
Clare Tetlow
Procurement Lead
Adam Sanford
Operations Lead
Kingsley Clarke
Operations Lead
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.
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
CIPS, the global membership organisation for procurement and supply. With 60,000 members spanning 156 countries and offices across the world, we’re building a global network to power 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.
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