Course

Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds

  • Date: 01/14/2025
  • Start Time: 8:00 AM Eastern Time
  • End Time: 5:00 PM Eastern Time
  • Instructor: Ms. Magan Waltari, NIGP-CPP, CPSM, CPPB
    Ms. Magan Waltari, NIGP-CPP, CPSM, CPPB
    Magan Waltari, CPPB, CPSM, NIGP-CPP is an experienced procurement professional with 16 years of experience in the procurement field, with 10 years specific to public transit procurement. She is currently the Procurement and Contracts Manager for Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) in Bellingham, WA. Prior to that, she served as a Project Coordinator for Alpha Technology Services providing back office coordination, project management, and customer support for a variety of national telecommunication construction projects. Magan was presented the 2020 Buyer of the Year by the Washington Chapter of NIGP. She often serves as a procurement subject matter expert for the Washington Transit Association’s Finance Officer Leadership Committee. Throughout her career at WTA, she has assisted peer agencies with DBE goal calculations, policy drafting, staff training, and succession planning. Magan currently serves on her NIGP Chapter Education Committee, Awards Committee, and Lunch and Learn Committees and chair’s the Chapter’s Marketing and Public Relations Committee. She also works with the NIGP Consulting team assisting other agencies with their procurement needs.
  • Level: Advanced Practitioner
  • Format: Virtual Instructor-Led
  • Contact Hours: 8
  • CEUs: 0.8
Developing the skills to analyze federal grant conditions and meet requirements is crucial for procurement professionals. NIGP’s Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds is an activity-based learning experience that equips participants with the ability to develop solicitations and reconcile local and federal requirements. The course also focuses on facilitating evaluation, award, and supplier performance to ensure adherence to federal guidelines. This specialized training enhances career prospects in the procurement field and allows professionals to navigate the complexities of federal grant fund management. This course does cover all federal grants.
Pricing:
PriceCostBeginsEnds
Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds (Member: Standard)$340.0011/16/202401/10/2025
Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds (Non-Member: Standard)$440.00 01/12/2025
Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds (Member: Standard) $340.00
Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds (Non-Member: Standard) $440.00
(prices valid until Jan 12, 2025)
Spots available: 13

Objectives

NIGP's Using Federal Grant Funds specialization course creates a dedicated learning experience where students leave with the ability to:

  • Analyze federal grant conditions to ensure federal requirements can be met.
  • Develop the solicitation to meet federal requirements and reconcile local requirements with federal requirements.
  • Facilitate the evaluation, award, and supplier performance to ensure supplier and the contract are following federal requirements.

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 Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds, 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 72% or higher.

Competency Alignment

NIGP’s Specialization Certificates require a strong foundation in the Public Procurement Competency Framework and are designed to be more advanced learnings.

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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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Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds

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