On Demand: NIGP Supplier Essentials Core Certificate

The knowledge gained through achieving your certificate will help you build a stronger partnership while providing you with a better understanding of procurement best practices and restrictions. The following competencies compose NIGP Supplier Essentials Certificate:

• Mission and Public Benefit
• Ethics, Integrity and Transparency
• Enabling Regulations and Compliance
• Legislation and Legal Environment
• Sourcing and Contracting Methods
• Specification Development
• Evaluation Methods
• Negotiations
• Protests and Appeals

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.