On Demand: The Procurement Cycle: Planning Phase

Upon successful completion of this course participants will be able to:

• List the steps involved in pre-procurement planning
• When given a list of bids, determine the bid that is the best value.
• List strategic procurement planning steps
• Recognize threats to the planning phase
• Define supplier pricing strategies
• Define evaluation and analysis strategies

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.