Alan Bone

When TUCO set up a group to consider national procurement, Alan Bone - University Catering and Retail Manager, was one of the original group at the first meeting in 2000. He played a key role in the work which led to the formal establishment of TUCO’s National Purchasing Group (NPG), and the tender process to appoint CEL as the contract manager. In his position of Vice-Chair of the NPG, he took on the role of line manager to CEL, and fulfilled a critical role in working with CEL to ensure it understood both the contract and TUCO’s requirements as we moved to expand national procurement for TUCO members. At the outset, turnover through TUCO’s national agreements was approximately £16 millon; by July 2007 this had increased to £37 million and a great deal of this success arises from the solid foundations Alan helped to build and on which TUCO continue to grow.

The presentation was made at the end of the TUCO AGM at Sheffield University on Thursday 26th July. The Quaich was presented to TUCO by George Donaldson.The Quaich is presented annually by the incumbent President to a person who is considered to have given outstanding service to the organisation. Phill Vergnano, Director, Accommodation Services comments: “This is a magnificent achievement and recognises the tremendous work Alan has done for the University sector while holding down a very busy post here. Sincere congratulations to Alan for this accolade.’