June 10, 2021 | While government fleet procurement plunged during the pandemic, it's now back on the rise...
June 3, 2021 | Purchasing Guide from the Municipal World for Canada Procurement Professionals" sponsored by Kinetic GPO, NCPP Canadian Cooperative, and includes quotes from NCPP Executive Director.
March 31, 2021 | March 2021 was National Procurement Month. NCPP issued fifteen ABOVE & BEYOND Awards to recognize public procurement professionals nominated by their peers—see the full list of winners here!
March 29, 2021 | Cooperative purchasing agreements are just what the doctor ordered for stretched-thin government procurement departments...
February 22, 2021 | Just in time for National Procurement Month—NCPP announces new "ABOVE & BEYOND" Award!
October 1, 2020 | Featuring NCPP members NPPGov, GovDeals, Konica-Minolta and Sunbelt Rentals. “That’s the way we’ve always done it” is an oft-quoted response to questions about well-entrenched processes or policies...
September 15, 2020 | Cooperative procurement—piggybacking on previously solicited and awarded contracts for goods, services and construction—is a growing public procurement phenomenon.
August 11, 2020 | ProcuRising features Cooperative Procurement and stories from NCPP Strategic Suppliers Kimball, Network and Office Depot.
May 13, 2020 | Government Procurement magazine published a special April edition on COVID-19 with an article covering our recent webinar. Special thanks to panelists Kim Abrego from Disaster Recovery Services, Chris Mellis from OMNIA Partners, Dan Listug from Sourcewell and Debbie Wellnitz from City of Concord, CA.
March 31, 2020 | The coronavirus pandemic has brought public life to a halt in most of the United States. It's easy to see echoes of the 2008 Great Recession in today's climate of quarantines and business closings...
March 17, 2020 | Having served as a former Purchasing Agent during a past disaster, I understand how responding to the needs of your organization and residents can be trying times for any public procurement team...
March 5, 2020 | When agency IT sections were first formed a few decades ago, technology was a novel concept with just a few products...
March 4, 2020 | As a department, fleet represents a large part of a government agency...
February 27, 2020 | In anticipation of March’s National Procurement Month, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between National Cooperative Procurement Partners (NCPP) and NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement, to collaborate and advocate the value of cooperative procurement...
November 1, 2019 | The tried-and-true method of traditional government bidding does not always keep up with the times—particularly with technology purchases...
October 15, 2019 | NCPP hosted its annual "Lunch & Learn" luncheon to support the National Procurement Institute’s (NPI) Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® Award...
September 4, 2019 | Combining spend to leverage savings is a contracting method that brings more “bang for the buck” purchasing for any organization...