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The official publication of NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement
www.govpro.com OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014
DELIVERING
THE GOODS
Co-op purchasing unpacks savings
PLUS:
Why Public Procurement
and NIGP Are Important
New Codes: Recipe
for Sustainability
Requirements Contracts:
What's Your Obligation?
Expo Draws
Procurement's
Shining Stars
A Penton® publication
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TCPN Helps You Save Your Pennies. Overseeing s
IN DEPTH 22 Delivering the goods Co-
PERSPECTIVES [discussion] PROCUREMENT PONDERABLE
ANO-BRAINERTHAT'LLHAVEYOU LOOKING LIKE A GENIUS.
HOTTOPICS [standards] WHY PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND
Your toughest, thickest grass has met its match.
HOTTOPICS [green purchasing] NEW CODES A NEW REC
footsteps of the first statewide adoption of a
HOTTOPICS [legal pro] REQUIREMENTS CONTRACTS: WH
hours as a way of cutting costs. The price a
HOTTOPICS [legal pro] “Mere increases in the pri
why reinvent the WHEEL? Why go
HOTTOPICS [legal pro] submission of estimates
Sometimes, the most valuable lessons don't come f
HOTTOPICS [leadership] LEADERSHIP AND QUALITY DE
ED HAINES, CPPPO, CPPB, CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER
HOTTOPICS [purchasing cards] Communicating the
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HOTTOPICS [energy] A Holistic Approach to Energ
their normal consumption patterns in response to
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IN DEPTH [cooperative purchasing] “Indep
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IN DEPTH [NIGP awards] NIGP's 69th Annual Foru
The NIGP Forum attendees connected an
IN DEPTH [NIGP awards] For the third year in a
PEOPLE [cppo/cppb] CPPO/CPPB ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE
BACK PAGE [darin matthews] Mission possible
Business Efficiency meets Fuel Efficiency. The 2
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