Course

Core Certificate: Foundations of Planning and Analysis Online

Date: 04/16/2024 - 04/17/2024
Start Time: 9:00 AM Eastern Time
End Time: 6:00 PM Eastern Time
Level: Foundation
Format: Virtual Instructor-Led
Contact Hours: 15
CEUs: 1.5

Focus Areas:

For the public procurement professional, the ability to think strategically for both the procurement function and the larger governmental entity as a whole is critical to serving the communities in which we live and work. Designed to outline proactive, applicable approaches to ensuring best practice guidance and implementation, NIGP’s Foundations of Planning and Analysis Core Certificate empowers novice public procurement professionals to better identify and articulate the goals and objectives of public procurement. Outlining and exploring critical skills such as strength and weakness evaluation, opportunities and threat analysis, and stakeholder-end user engagement, the Foundations of Planning and Analysis certificate prepares learners with base-level interactive and exercise-driven instruction, providing best practice guidance to help you not only lead your entity to successful risk-averse strategy but also to secure the best benefit for stakeholders and communities alike.

Pricing:

Price	Cost	Begins	Ends
Core Certificate: Foundations of Planning and Analysis (Member: Standard)	$445.00	02/17/2024	04/15/2024
Core Certificate: Foundations of Planning and Analysis (Non-Member: Standard)	$545.00		04/15/2024

Core Certificate: Foundations of Planning and Analysis (Non-Member: Standard) $545.00
(prices valid until Feb 16, 2024)

Spots available: 24

Objectives

Upon successful completion of the certificate, the certificate holder will be able to:

Analyze the requirements for a project and provide the best solutions for the entity.
Determine the components and criteria required to successfully award a contract that meets the needs of the end user.
Describe how to customize terms and conditions in a contract to meet the entity’s needs.
Evaluate, select, and apply the tools and processes available for a comprehensive procurement plan.
Analyze the requirements of various internal stakeholders in order to adopt one set of specifications for commonly procured commodities.
Design contracts that satisfy the shared needs of multiple internal stakeholders to promote efficiency of the procurement function.
Evaluate cost and price data to determine total cost of ownership to an entity.
Compare the price of a commodity against the benefit to be derived by the entity to determine whether the expenditure is justifiable.

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 Foundations of Planning & Analysis Certificate, learners must:

Complete any pre-work materials provided prior to the course start date.
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 80% or higher.

Competency Alignment

This certificate is designed as an exercise-based learning experience and is tied to NIGP’s Public Procurement Competency Framework. Upon completion of the certificate requirements, learners will have demonstrated the successful knowledge, skills, and abilities in alignment with the following competencies:

Requirements Planning and Understanding
Standardization
Cost, Price, and Value Analysis

Miscellaneous

Post-Course Assessment

As outlined above, all students must successfully complete a timed post-course assessment upon completion of the learning experience. Assessments can be taken up to three (3) times to achieve a passing score. If a learner is unsuccessful in achieving a passing score within these attempts, they will be required to take the course again. For the Foundations of Planning & Analysis Core Certificate, students will have 120-minutes to complete all questions in the assessment, with any questions not answered being marked “Incorrect” within Aspire. Once learners receive access, they will have ten (10) calendar days to complete the assessment. Students who do not complete the assessment within this time frame will be required to retake the course.

Length

Two-day virtual class.

System Requirements

Operating System:

Windows Vista SP2 or newer
Mac OS 10.5 or higher
Linux/Unix (any recent version)

Hardware:

Video Card
Sound card and headphones or speakers (some assignments have audio components)

Software:

Microsoft Office 97 (or newer) or comparable office suite, such as OpenOffice or LibreOffice (free download available at http://www.openoffice.org and http://www.libreoffice.org)
The latest Adobe Flash Player (free download available at http://www.adobe.com)
The latest Adobe Reader/Acrobat Reader (free download available at http://www.adobe.com)

Web Browser:

The last three versions of the major browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer
Other web browsers may work, but may not render all features of the courses
Cookies must be enabled
JavaScript must be enabled

Internet:

Reliable internet connection. Broadband cable or highspeed DSL is recommended for optimal experience.
E-mail account (to be able to register and to receive e-mail from the course system regarding registration, course status, etc.)
Linux/Unix (any recent version)

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
2411 Dulles Corner Park, Suite 350
Herndon, VA 20171

Sessions

April 16, 2024

Core Certificate: Foundations of Planning and AnalysiS

April 16, 2024
Core Certificate: Foundations of Planning and AnalysiS

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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