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Matrix Milestone, together with Keele University, has been named a finalist at the GO Awards in the Supply Chain Diversity category 2026, recognising a partnership that is helping to make public sector procurement more inclusive, compliant and accessible.
The nomination celebrates the impact of an outcome-based procurement model designed to open up opportunities for local SMEs, microbusinesses, voluntary organisations and community-rooted suppliers, while maintaining the governance, transparency and auditability required in public sector procurement.
Through their partnership, Matrix Milestone and Keele University have created a more accessible route to market for smaller suppliers that may previously have found traditional procurement processes difficult to navigate. By replacing paperwork-heavy processes with an open-access, outcome-based framework, the model supports compliant project delivery while enabling a broader and more diverse supplier base to compete for work.
To date, the partnership has onboarded more than 80 local SMEs and supported the delivery of over 100 projects across estates, technology and specialist services. The result is a procurement approach that strengthens compliant spend, improves supplier diversity and helps Keele University access the specialist capability it needs from the communities around it.
Shaun Toner, Head of Business Development at Matrix Milestone, said:
“What we’ve built with Keele is a genuine reimagining of who gets a seat at the table. Too many capable, community-rooted businesses have historically been locked out not because of what they can deliver, but because of how procurement was designed. This partnership has changed that. Together, we have created real and structured routes for local SMEs to participate, grow and thrive.”
For Matrix Milestone, inclusive procurement is not simply about widening supplier lists. It is about building stronger, more resilient supply chains that reflect the communities they serve, while giving public sector organisations a compliant and effective way to deliver projects through outcomes.
The GO Awards recognition highlights the value of a partnership that is helping to remove barriers, improve SME supplier access and show how procurement can deliver both operational value and meaningful social impact.
Congratulations to the Matrix Milestone and Keele University teams on this fantastic recognition.
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