About Us
Welcome to Augmentas Group! We are a team of experienced specialists committed to providing better value and quality services to and from the public sector.
By working with us, get access to buying & contract delivery specialists who can help you gain unparalleled visibility and control over your procurement spend, supplier performance, and compliance.
With our expertise and commitment, we strive to make a positive impact on the public sector and the communities it serves.
Consulting with a difference
We provide a unique consulting service that combines the best of a consultancy business and an agency.
We challenge established models and prioritise social value, as evidenced by our membership in the National Social Value Task Force and the APMP Social Value Group.
Our goal is to provide experienced specialist support to government departments who need extra capacity. We also enable suppliers to improve their ability to deliver government contracts.
Think of us as ‘build-in’ expertise for your existing teams, with specialists in procurement, tendering, contract and supply chain management, cost reduction, risk mitigation and beyond.
Our Values
At Augmentas, we want to be different.
Everything we do is driven by our values, and it’s important to us that our teams share the vision on which the business was founded.
Dependability: Trust us to always deliver on our promises.
Integrity: You can count on us to do the right thing, every time.
Innovation: We’re constantly pushing the envelope to find new and better ways of doing things.
Customer focus: Your satisfaction is our top priority.
Sustainability: We’re committed to creating a better future for both our business and the planet.
Social responsibility: We take our role in society seriously and strive to make a positive impact.
The Augmentas Group Team
Glenn St. John-Colgan FIoD MCIPS, Founder & Managing Director
Founder and Group Managing Director, Glenn has worked in the commercial sector for more than 30 years – the majority of which, he has spent operating at director level within the public sector, private international organisations and consultancies.
Having previously worked as a consultant, interim manager and a senior civil servant, Glenn largely found the professional services delivery method frustrating and thought the value structure of both consultancies and agencies could be better.
In 2004, he founded Augmentas Group and created a team with decades of experience within government procurement and contract management. He wanted to help drive better supplier performance, supplier social value and accountability, boost efficiency and reintroduce value for money, while improving the retained skillset within the civil service.
Recognising Our Extended Network of Contributors
We are fortunate to have many amazing alumni members & partners who contribute to our success. This access means that our knowledge is extensive and continues to grow across numerous, varied industries.
Our commitment to Social Value
We are passionate about supporting the social value agenda and work hard to embed its principles into everything we do, whether promoting the development of sustainable business models or encouraging thoughtful ways of working and living.
Augmentas Group Alumni
Augmentas is selective and thorough in identifying discerning staff and associates that support our values-based approach to service delivery. We implement a two-stage pre-qualification process and use specialist experts for our second stage interviews. As a result, Augmentas maintains a Prequalified Associate List (PAL) of specialists who can offer a tested broad range of skills at all levels.
We help our associates network creating a professional matrix of expertise. At the same time, we offer access to our knowledge library, which contains templates and example documents drawn from the full spectrum of specialisms.
Working with Augmentas
Our group of alumni has differentiated itself from the rest of the interim and contractor market.
Our Strategic Partnerships
We have also developed strategic partnerships which enable us to offer the best level of service to our customers.
• The Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP), a global organisation consisting of over 10,000 professionals and an extensive body of knowledge to improve our profession.
• The Social Value portal, a service to assist both buyers and bidders to develop appropriate requirements and measures for sustainability and social value.
• The IASME Consortium is a leading organisation that specialises in cyber security standards. Our partnership with the IASME Consortium helps our clients achieve their cyber security accreditation objectives.
• We have established a partnership with the University of Portsmouth to provide paid internships within our organisation. This partnership allows us to offer practical experience to students while benefiting from their fresh perspectives and innovative ideas.
Awards & Certifications
Our Clients
Our Charity Of the Year
Each year we support a charity chosen by our Alumni and colleagues, and we are pleased to announce that this year we are supporting Macmillan Cancer Support.
Right now, one in four people living with cancer in the UK feel that they just ‘can’t afford life’. Make a donation today and whatever you give will go directly towards funding Macmillan Cancer Support.
Macmillan Cancer Support is one of the UK’s leading Cancer support charities, dedicated to causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure.
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