 Northern Ireland public procurement annual budget of £2.2 billion.
Northern Ireland public procurement now accounts for some £2.2 billion expenditure per annum according to Mr Des Armstrong, Director, Central Procurement Directorate, Department of Finance and Personnel. Mr Armstrong was speaking at a Breakfast Briefing held by the Sales Institute of Ireland, Northern Ireland Branch. He is shown on the left in the above picture, with Declan Kavanagh CEO of Sogeti Ireland and Noel Brady Chairman of the Sales Institute.
In the course of his briefing, Mr Armstrong explained how public procurement is organised and advised his audience on the tendering and selection process. The Breakfast briefing was sponsored by Sogeti Ireland, a Capgemini company and a leading supplier of professional IT services throughout the island, specialising in software quality assurance and testing services, SAP services, application lifecycle management, training and competence development. The Sales Institute has around 200 members in NI and over 2,000 on the Island.
About the Sales Institute
The Sales Institute of Ireland (SII) is Ireland’s only professional body for salespeople. Established in 1995 to promote standards of excellence and ethics in sales and to raise the status and recognition of sales as a profession in Ireland, the Institute currently has over 1,500 members nationwide.
The Institute exists to maintain and promote the integrity of selling by actively improving the professionalism of all who work in a sales role. The SII offers training and support to sales professionals throughout their careers and promotes the interests of all members and the sales profession as a whole in the media and to industry bodies and the public.
About Sogeti Ireland
Sogeti, a member of the Capgemini Group, is a global leader in the provision of local professional services with over 20,000 staff in Europe, Asia and the USA.
Sogeti Ireland is a leading local IT service provider throughout the island of Ireland, North and South. Locally Sogeti specialises in software quality assurance and testing services, SAP services, application lifecycle management, training and competence development
Sogeti’s model of local independent well-resourced subsidiaries means local solutions tailored to the local market and client needs are provided; yet with the flexibility, where appropriate, to draw on the group’s IPR, expertise and considerable resources.
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