The Welsh National Procurement Awards 2013 were recently held at Deganwy, North Wales. Despite the best efforts of Mother Nature to spoil proceeding, thankfully the snow did not cause too much bother in the end. The evening was a celebration of good procurement practices across the whole of the Welsh public sector and the Finance Minister, Jane Hutt addressed the audience through a video link. Below you will find the list of Award Winners and over the coming weeks more information about the event will be made available on the Bangor University website and the Welsh Procurement Awards website.

All the awards were highly contested and feedback received from the judging panel confirmed that in a public procurement context, Wales' buyers and suppliers are innovative, drive progress and have influenced positive changes all in a way that delivers real environmental, social and economic benefits for Wales. What has been particularly pleasing is the high number of applicants and winners representing the built environment in Wales many of whom have already been recognised at the CEW Annual Awards. These include:

• Torfaen County Borough Council's Construction Team

• Carmarthenshire Council's Construction Framework

• Martin Nichols, City and Council of Swansea

The Award Winners for the Welsh National Procurement Awards are:

Sustainable Procurement and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award

• City and County of Swansea (Award winner)

• NHS Wales Shared Partnership – Procurement Services

Welsh Buyer and Supplier Award

• Nia Davies – HWB Cymru

• Torfaen County Borough Council (Award winner)

• NHS Wales Shared Partnership – Procurement Services

Outstanding Procurement Leadership Award

• NHS Wales Shared Partnership – Procurement Services (Award winner)

• Nia Davies – HWB Cymru

Innovation Champion Award

• Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd

• Cardiff Council Barnardo's Cymru (Award winner)

• Powys County Council

Procurement Student of the Year Award

• Christopher Edwards (Award winner)

• Christian Clee

E-Procurement Award

• Denbighshire County Council in collaboration with Flintshire County Council

• NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership – Procurement Services

• North Wales Procurement Partnership (Award winner)

Most Improved Supplier Award

• Workplace Worksafe

• Dynamix Ltd (Award winner)

• Advent Project Management

Procurement Collaboration Award

• The Carmarthenshire Construction Framework (Award winner)

• Denbighshire County Council in conjunction with the Welsh Purchasing Consortium and the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities

• South East Wales Schools Capital Collaborative

Community Benefit Award

• Ian F Mowatt – North Wales Procurement Partnership

• Martin Nichols – City and County of Swansea ( Award winner)