Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement
Course

Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement

  • Date: 12/10/2025 - 12/12/2025
  • Start Time: 9:00 AM Eastern Time
  • End Time: 6:00 PM Eastern Time
  • Hosted By: Missouri Association of Public Purchasing Chapter of NIGP
  • Instructor: Danny Mays, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPSM, CPSD, CPPB
    Director of Procurement
    Danny Mays, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPSM, CPSD, CPPB
    Phone: 410-260-1594Fax: 410-333-7022
    Danny Mays, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPPB, CPSM, CPSD is a seasoned public procurement professional dedicated to ensuring an efficient, transparent, and accessible process for all stakeholders, while maintaining a focus on integrity, honesty, and optimal customer service. In this role with NIGP, he looks forward to the opportunity to leverage his experience to help others reach their full potential. In his current role as Director of Procurement for the Maryland Judiciary, Danny is responsible for managing all procurements across the entire judicial branch, including establishing and maintaining a portfolio of master contracts for use across the judicial branch and beyond. He also administers all grants and memoranda of understanding. In this role, Danny has demonstrable experience with policy writing, streamlining processes and procedures, developing and delivering training, establishing standard templates, implementing emerging technologies and overall organizational transformation.
  • Level: Advanced Practitioner
  • Format: Virtual Instructor-Led
  • Contact Hours: 24
  • CEUs: 2.4
In the fast-evolving landscape of governmental technology procurement, understanding complex terms and conditions is paramount for professionals aiming to secure successful contracts. NIGP’s Specialization Certificate: Technology Procurement is a comprehensive, activity-based learning experience that equips learners with essential skills in IT best practices, risk assessment, and contract negotiation. This specialized certification not only enhances your procurement expertise but also empowers you to navigate the intricacies of technology procurements with confidence. By mastering these skills, you can elevate your career prospects as an advanced practitioner in the public procurement domain, ensuring legal, flexible, and fair agreements for governmental entities.
Pricing:
PriceCostBeginsEnds
Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement (Member: Early)$536.00 10/11/2025
Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement (Member: Standard) $670.0010/12/202512/08/2025
Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement (Non-Member: Standard)$770.00 12/08/2025
Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement (Member: Early) $536.00
Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement (Non-Member: Standard) $770.00
(prices valid until Oct 11, 2025)
Spots available: 22

Objectives

  • Apply leadership principles to manage resistance to technology change. 
  • Implement proactive strategies for staying up to date on technology trends.
  • Develop AI governance policies that balance innovation with compliance. 
  • Employ strategies to bridge knowledge gaps and reduce stakeholder frustrations.
  • Establish a partnership between procurement and IT departments. 
  • Implement strategies to increase the consistency of technology procurements. 
  • Reduce the vulnerability of cyber-attacks to the entity.
  • Improve the technology evaluation process.  
  • Ensure demos demonstrate how they meet an entity’s needs.  
  • Create a demo scorecard that agrees with the evaluation criteria in the solicitation and plan negotiations.
  • Reducing exposure to the entity by identifying risk in the technology contract. 
  • Determine strategies for negotiating with suppliers to obtain the best possible terms for the entity. 

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 Core Certificate, 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 84% or higher.
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  • Register online and upload a Purchase Order
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If paying by check, please make check payable to NIGP and send payment to:
NIGP, Attn: Seminar Registration
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Reston, VA 20191
 

Local Contact

Name:Kelli Stinebrook
Phone:417-388-0800
Fax:417-237-7340
Email:kstinebrook@cwep.com

Sessions

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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Core Certificate: Foundations of Technology Procurement

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