National Procurement Awards 2016: Rhondda Cynon Taff Council wins award for electronic procurement
The Welsh National Procurement Awards 2016, held at 精东传媒 by 精东传媒 Law School鈥檚 Institute for Competition & Procurement Studies, recently saw RCT Homes awarded the Award for Electronic Procurement.
RCT Homes Ltd was established in 2007 as a community mutual housing association to receive the transfer of the social housing owned by Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council. One of the largest housing associations in Wales, with a stock made up of over 10,000 rented homes (including 740 sheltered housing schemes), RCT were given this award for its progress in running e-auctions as a means of disposing of RCT homes鈥� unused properties. What was particularly significant was the very positive feedback received from bidders, who found engaging with the electronic auction scheme to be user-friendly, as well as the cost effectiveness of this method of selling, compared to using a conventional auction house. The project required a cross-functional team as well as liaison with external partners, and involved the RCT procurement team, an asset management team, local estate agent, a leaseholder team and the e-tender Wales platform hosted by Bravo Solutions to actually run the e-auction.
The judges were particularly impressed by the level of innovation which the use of the e-auction brought to this project, and applauded the use of e-procurement in this new setting. The judges were impressed, in particular, by the 鈥渢hinking outside the box鈥� dimensions of the project, and said that it pointed the way towards widespread use of e-auctions and e-procurement in the Welsh public sector.
Receiving the award on behalf of RCT Homes, with Nia Parry, S4C TV presenter: Daniel Keenan, Andrew Bradley, Robin Roberts, Liz Aitken, (Nia Parry), and Wayne Hughes
Publication date: 7 July 2016