Practice: Specifications Now Open for Public Comment
The latest Practice: Specifications is now open for public comment. The comment period will remain open through June 4, 2012. We hope that you will continue to join us in the effort to develop the Public Procurement Practices. To comment on this practice, click here.
Principles & Practices Presented in Gwangju, South Korea
The Principles and Practices for Public Procurement were presented to the Public Procurement Regional Office in Gwangju, South Korea this week. Candace Riddle, Standards Manager at NIGP presented a translated version of the Values to the office in Gwangju.
Officers at the PPS in Gwangju provided a warm welcome and plenty of information on South Korea’s robust procurement system. The meeting was successful and appears to be the beginning of an opportunity to learn more about the South Korean procurement system, and to include the knowledge and expertise from professionals in the Far East.
Lease v. Purchase Analysis Open for Public Comment
We are excited that so many of you joined us for our big announcement! Yes, the first 10 Practices are complete! However, this is not the end of the road for us, as we anticipate releasing 30 Practices by July 2013.
We need your continued feedback on the next Practices! Join us today by commenting on the latest Practice: Lease v. Purchase Analysis. This Practice will remain open for your comment through May 7, 2012.
Global Practices for Public Procurement Provide Pathway to Fiscal and Political Success
Herndon, VA – NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement and the UK Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) today jointly announce the release of ten Global Public Procurement Practices. As part of a larger shared initiative to define and formalize global professional standards for government procurement officials, these ten standard practices provide high-level guidance across the following procurement activities: Strategic Procurement Planning; Performance Management; Performance Measurement; Performance Metrics; Use of Cooperative Contracts; Transparency; Risk Management; Ethical Procurement; Procurement Policy Manual; and Performance-Based Contracting.
Public entities at all levels of government perform many of the same procurement activities, yet their methodologies and outcomes differ as each entity’s practices have been defined based on their unique operating environments. With a reference of formalized standard practices, established through the collaboration of public sector professionals around the world, agencies will have an authoritative resource that defines professional standards of practice across critical public procurement functions.
As political leaders draw increasing scrutiny and voter pressure to demonstrate fiscal responsibility, procurement professionals must ensure that they maximize the value of every tax dollar. U.S. governments spend a combined seven trillion dollars, Canadian governments 360 billion dollars and U.K. governments over 500 billion pounds. Consistent and professional procurement practices across governments can positively impact the effective expenditure of public funds.
The Practices for Public Procurement are founded upon the Values of Public Procurement necessary to preserve the public trust, protect the public interest, and ensure fairness for the public good. Those Values are: Accountability, Ethics, Impartiality, Professionalism, Service, and Transparency.
NIGP and CIPS will continue to jointly develop and release additional Practices while maintaining an ongoing review process to ensure that the body of Practices remains relevant and supports the needs of government procurement practitioners over time.
Earn a Cameo Appearance for Your Organization!
Maybe it is just Purchasing Month, or maybe it is Spring in the air, but some great things are happening with the Principles and Practices Project.
We’ve had several municipalities support or adopt the Values & Guiding Principles in their Purchasing Month Resolutions (City of Tamarac, FL; City of Tarpon Springs, FL; City of Winter Park, FL; City of Franklin, TN). This is really exciting, as we love to see the Values & Guiding Principles being implemented as part of the daily professional practice.
Speaking of practice….we have some very exciting news in this area that will be released early next week, so stay tuned to the website and our social media outlets to be the first to know! You can reach our social media outlets via the media tab on the right hand side of this page. Be the first one to re-tweet the BIG NEWS next week and we’ll give your organization a special cameo in our next posting!!
Public Comment Period for Spend Analysis Extended
The public comment period for Spend Analysis has been extended. We hope that you will take a moment to tell us what you think. The comment period will remain open through March 21, 2012. Click Here to view the practice and enter your comments.
Proclaim Your Support!
We are pleased to announce that the latest Public Procurement Practice: Spend Analysis is now open for public comment. This practice will remain open through March 12, 2012.
We also are delighted to share some exciting news with you to kick off Purchasing Month! Keith Glatz, Purchasing Manager for the City of Tamarac, Florida set out on a mission to spread the news about the Principles & Practices project – and that he sure did! Just last week, Mr. Glatz forwarded us proclamations from the City of Tamarac, Florida and the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority. Both proclamations cite support for the Values and Guiding Principles of Public Procurement!
This is another monumental step for the Principles and Practices project and an example that we hope you will carry back to your local departments and organizations as well.
Sustainable Procurement Open For Public Comment
In case you missed it, the latest Practice Sustainable Public Procurement is now open for public comment. This is perhaps the most exciting Practice to date, as we seek to standardize this practice in public procurement around the globe.
We hope that you will take a moment to comment and participate with other stakeholders from around the world. The Practice will remain open for comment through February 27, 2012.
Chartered Institute for Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) Adopts VGPs
This week the Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) formally announced their adoption of the Values & Guiding Principles. This is an extremely exciting announcement for us as both NIGP and CIPS are working together, with the support of the other Supporting and Adopting Organizations, to take the Principles & Practices project global.
As CIPS stated on their website this Monday, “CIPS has adopted the VGPs to give our [CIPS] members assurances that their funding is being put to good use, that our suppliers know that they can transact with us in an open and transparent manner, and to show the outside world that we live and breath our values to be seen as the customer of choice. In today’s highly competitive world what organisation wouldn’t want this? All eyes are on the public sector to spend responsibly and adopting and implementing the VGPs as well as the Principles and Practices of public procurement (PPPs) demonstrates that procurement teams are being good custodians of the public purse strings”.
We are excited to see CIPS adopt the VGPs and look forward to seeing the continued global reach of the project grow.
PMAC Translates Values & Guiding Principles to French!!!
We are thrilled to announce that the Values & Guiding Principles are now available in French. We are also issuing a very big thank you to the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC), a Supporting Organization, for volunteering to translate the original document. This is a great example of how a Supporting Organization can get involved to help further the project.
PMAC officials contacted us about a month ago to ask if we had a copy of the Values & Guiding Principles available in French. When we told them that we did not, they immediately volunteered to translate the original document for us! They then graciously agreed to share the final translation so that we could share it with you too!
So, thank you PMAC for your truly collaborative spirit and contributions to the project and profession!
