The National Procurement Awards 2026 has announced CIPS, the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, as Gold Sponsor, with the awards gala taking place on 22nd October at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry. The partnership brings together Ireland's most prestigious procurement recognition programme with the global body that sets the standards, defines best practice, and drives professional development across the procurement and supply chain sector worldwide.

As the voice and standard of the procurement profession, CIPS plays a defining role in shaping how procurement management is understood, practised, and measured across organisations of every scale and sector. Its position as the awarding body for the profession means that the qualifications and frameworks it develops carry direct weight for procurement professionals seeking to demonstrate their capability, and for organisations seeking to build procurement excellence from the ground up.

CIPS' work spans four interconnected areas that together address the full development needs of the modern procurement professional. Through its education and training programmes, it equips individuals with the knowledge and skills that underpin strategic sourcing, contract management, supplier management, and ethical procurement practice. Through insights, information, and practical tools, it keeps members connected to the developments shaping the procurement landscape. Through capability-building partnerships with organisations, it supports procurement transformation at an institutional level. And through its global network of professionals, it creates the connections that allow procurement innovation and best practice to flow across borders and sectors.

That breadth of influence makes CIPS a natural sponsor for the National Procurement Awards 2026, a programme that shares CIPS' conviction that procurement leadership, sustainable procurement, and value for money are not separate ambitions but interconnected foundations of excellent procurement practice.

As Gold Sponsor of the National Procurement Awards 2026, CIPS brings the authority of a truly global professional body to an evening that celebrates the best of Irish procurement across the public, private, and semi-state sectors.

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