Course

On Demand: NIGP Supplier Essentials Core Certificate

  • Level: Foundation
  • Format: On Demand
  • Contact Hours: 7
  • CEUs: 0.7
Understanding procurement guidelines, productive relationships, and negotiation skills is crucial for personal growth. NIGP’s On Demand: NIGP Supplier Essentials Core Certificate is a 7-hour, activity-based learning experience. This course will enhance your ability to navigate procurement processes effectively, fostering better partnerships. By gaining insight into public procurement needs, you'll position your offerings more strategically, leading to professional growth and success in supplier relationships.
Pricing:
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On Demand: NIGP Supplier Essentials $385.0007/15/202012/31/2054
On Demand: NIGP Supplier Essentials $385.00

Objectives

The knowledge gained through achieving your certificate will help you build a stronger partnership while providing you with a better understanding of procurement best practices and restrictions. The following competencies compose NIGP Supplier Essentials Certificate:

  • Mission and Public Benefit
  • Ethics, Integrity and Transparency
  • Enabling Regulations and Compliance
  • Legislation and Legal Environment
  • Sourcing and Contracting Methods
  • Specification Development
  • Evaluation Methods
  • Negotiations
  • Protests and Appeals

Intended Audience

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

  • Entry-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as assistants, coordinators, buyers, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

  • Non-procurement managers and supervisors who are responsible for either the procurement function or staff who provide procurement functions under delegated authority.   

  • Professionals who are employed by governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly-owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly-funded or created organizations) that either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

  • Suppliers or representatives of suppliers seeking to understand the public procurement function from a holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.  

Completion Requirements

In order to successfully complete the NIGP Supplier Essentials Certificate, learners must:

  • Complete all competency modules.

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Payment Information

  • Register online with credit card
  • Register online and upload a Purchase Order
  • Register by fax and download the print & fax form

*FORM OF PAYMENT MUST ACCOMPANY REGISTRATION FORM FOR ORDER TO BE PROCESSED

Methods of Payment Accepted: Check (make checks payable to NIGP), Purchase Orders (via print and fax form or online), and Credit Cards (Master Card, Visa, and American Express).

If paying by check, please make check payable to NIGP and send payment to:
NIGP, Attn: Seminar Registration
440 Monticello Avenue Suite 1802
PMB 63452
Norfolk, VA 23510

Cancellation Policy

There are no refunds, all sales are final.

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