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From foundational knowledge to advanced leadership skills, NIGP offers a wealth of tools and resources to help you navigate your professional journey and achieve your leadership goals.
Your step-by-step guide to a successful career in public procurement.
Get 20% off by registering 60 days prior to the course start date.
All the tools to help you successfully prepare for certification.
NIGP and Sourcewell are dedicated to lifelong learning and professional development for every member.
Start your job search in the field of Public Procurement.
A Network of 18,000+ Professionals working in the field of Public Procurement.
As volunteers serve the Institute, the Institute serves the profession, and the profession serves society.
Each year, NIGP recognizes members who have achieved hallmark status in the eyes of their peers.
Fostering stronger relationships between suppliers and our members.
The field of public procurement is often misunderstood. In the past, it was considered a back-office function. However, over the years, the profession has transformed and today the procurement professional is a strategic partner and steward of maximizing the value of public spend. They are important agents in the public sector who strategically source suppliers and materials for activities that benefit the public’s health and safety in a variety of ways.
Without public procurement, roads wouldn’t get built and hospitals wouldn’t have the medical equipment they need to care for patients. Schools wouldn’t have textbooks and sanitation services couldn’t be improved. There’s a seemingly endless list of all the ways public procurement impacts the public to improve people’s lives and ensure their health and safety.
Public procurement is responsible for ethically sourcing contracts that benefit the public. Public procurement operates at the local, state, and federal levels. Here are some of the ways public procurement benefits all of us.
Finding sustainable ways to solve problems is an essential part of public procurement. Building roads and infrastructure using eco-friendly and sustainable materials and suppliers benefits the environment now and in the future.
By focusing on sustainable initiatives, public procurement can contribute to solving global environmental challenges, including the following:
Through careful and strategic sourcing, public procurement professionals and agencies can have a lasting impact on social sustainability locally and nationally. Some of the ways procurement can have a meaningful social impact include the following:
Procurement strategically and carefully distributes public funds to provide services and infrastructure that benefit the public. Here are some of the ways public procurement benefits the local and national economy:
Finding sustainable ways to solve problems is an essential part of public procurement. Building roads and infrastructure using eco-friendly and sustainable materials and suppliers benefits the environment now and in the future.
By focusing on sustainable initiatives, public procurement can contribute to solving global environmental challenges, including the following:
Through careful and strategic sourcing, public procurement professionals and agencies can have a lasting impact on social sustainability locally and nationally. Some of the ways procurement can have a meaningful social impact include the following:
Procurement strategically and carefully distributes public funds to provide services and infrastructure that benefit the public. Here are some of the ways public procurement benefits the local and national economy:
There are over 90,000 local governments in the United States, made up of 16,360 townships, 19,519 cities, 3,031 counties, 12,800 school districts, and 38, 266 special districts. (GovTech)
At least 45 states, plus the District of Columbia, have procurement policies designed to give preference to businesses meeting certain characteristics, such as being veteran-owned, using environmentally sustainable practices, or manufacturing within the state. (Institute for Local Self Reliance)
Overall, public procurement spend represents around 13 – 20% of GDP. (World Bank)
There are over 90,000 local governments in the United States, made up of 16,360 townships, 19,519 cities, 3,031 counties, 12,800 school districts, and 38, 266 special districts. (GovTech)
At least 45 states, plus the District of Columbia, have procurement policies designed to give preference to businesses meeting certain characteristics, such as being veteran-owned, using environmentally sustainable practices, or manufacturing within the state. (Institute for Local Self Reliance)
Overall, public procurement spend represents around 13 – 20% of GDP. (World Bank)