Course

Competency Module: Protests and Appeals

Date: 10/24/2023
Start Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Time
End Time: 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Hosted By: Ontario Public Buyers Association, Inc. Chapter of NIGP
Instructor: Mr. David E. Nash, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPPB
Procurement Specialist - Retired
Mr. David E. Nash, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPPB
armynash6888@gmail.com — Phone: 954-749-5291
David Nash retired as a Chief Warrant Officer Three from the United States Army in 1988 after 20 years of service in inventory management. In 2007, he retired from the City of Fort Lauderdale after 18 years of service in warehousing and procurement. David holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Business Administration. He was the last President of the Governmental Purchasing Association of Southeast Florida, having successfully led a merger with the SE Florida Chapter of NIGP in 2001. He was also the President of the Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials in 2006-2007. David was presented with FAPPO’s George H. Wolf Distinguished Service Award in 2010. In 2014, he was presented with FAPPO’s Educator of the Year Award. In 2019, he was presented with his second George H. Wolf Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to FAPPO during 25 years of membership. David is a certified instructor for NIGP and from 2010 to 2013 he served on the Evaluation Committee for the National Procurement Institute’s Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award. Since creating the online “Question of the Day” in 2007, he has helped thousands of procurement professionals prepare for their CPPB, CPPO and NIGP-CPP exams. For this contribution, he was presented with the "Spirit of NIGP Award" at the NIGP Forum in 2013. For his overall contributions to the procurement profession, he was presented with NIGP’s Distinguished Service Award at the 2018 Forum in Nashville, TN. David previously served as a Chapter Ambassador for NIGP in Area 5 for 4-1/2 years and currently serves on the Mentorship Committee and Radio-NIGP.
Level: Advanced Practitioner
Format: Virtual Instructor-Led
Contact Hours: 4
CEUs: 0.4

Focus Areas:

Sourcing and Solicitation
Protests and Appeals

A critical role that procurement practitioners serve is benefitting a procurement entity by effectively and fairly addressing supplier concerns in a timely manner. Practitioners must understand how to appropriately process and respond to protests, and prevent recurrence of the common causes of protests.

Pricing:

Price	Cost	Begins	Ends
Competency Module: Protests & Appeals (Member: Early)	$132.00		08/25/2023
Competency Module: Protests & Appeals (Member: Standard)	$165.00	08/26/2023	10/17/2023
Competency Module: Protests & Appeals (Non-Member: Standard)	$265.00		10/17/2023

Competency Module: Protests & Appeals (Member: Early) $132.00
Competency Module: Protests & Appeals (Non-Member: Standard) $265.00
(prices valid until Aug 25, 2023)

Spots available: 24

Objectives

In order to successfully earn a digital badge, learners must:

Create a protest procedure.
Identify the most common causes of protests.
Process and respond to protests appropriately.
Determine the sustainability of a protest and respond appropriately.
Develop solutions to prevent a recurrence of the protest conditions.

Intended Audience

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

Mid-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as senior buyers, managers, directors, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.  
Non-procurement managers and supervisors who either provide procurement functions that support entity programs under delegated authority, or who already have a good understanding of basic procurement principles but wish to get more in-depth, hands-on training.  
Professionals who are employed by local governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly funded or created entities) who either serve within or manage the procurement function.

Supplier managers and supervisors seeking to understand the public procurement function from a more in-depth holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.

Completion Requirements

In order to successfully complete the NIGP Competency Module, learners must:

Attend and participate in the entirety of the instructional event.
Complete the post-course evaluation survey available in Aspire.
Complete the final assessment examination with a score of 81% or higher.

Miscellaneous

Length

1/2 Day Virtual Course

Payment Information

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Local Contact

Name:	Rozalyn Werner-Arcé
Phone:	416-407-4014
Email:	rozalyn@opba.ca

Sessions

October 24, 2023

Competency Module: Protests and Appeals

October 24, 2023
Competency Module: Protests and Appeals

Cancellation Policy

Registration and payment must be received 24 hours prior to the course start date. After this time, registrations will be based on space availability.  A full refund, less a $75 administrative fee will be given for cancellations made in writing 31+ days prior to the seminar date by emailing RegistrationInfo@nigp.org. No refunds are given for cancellations received within 24 hours of the seminar start date. There are no refunds for no-shows. If the seminar is cancelled for any reason, NIGP's liability is limited to the registration fee only.

Attendee substitutions within the same agency may be done at any time with email notification to NIGP. If attending via scholarship, please provide documentation verifying the scholarship issuer's name and contact information in lieu of payment information.

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