County Procurement Departments receives prestigious award two years in a row


Published/Last Modified on Thursday, November 6, 2008 1:51 PM MST


BISBEE, AZ- The Cochise County Procurement Department is pleased to announce that its staff has again been awarded the National Purchasing Institute Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) for 2008.


Given annually by the National Purchasing Institute, this prestigious award recognizes outstanding performance in procuring goods and services for county departments.

“This is a great accomplishment which could not have been achieved without the hard work of the procurement staff at Cochise County,” explained Mr. David Seward, Procurement Director”.

In 1995, the National Purchasing Institute established the Achievement of Excellence program, designed to recognize organizational excellence in public procurement.  The criteria are designed to measure innovation, professionalism, productivity, e-procurement, and leadership attributes of the procurement organization.  The award was presented to county Procurement Director, Dave Seward, recently while attending the National Institute for Government Purchasing (NIGP) conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. NIGP is a co-sponsor of the AEP program.

Mr. Seward is keeping with his commitment, voiced as the department was recognized in 2007, to receive this prominent award every year that he works for Cochise County. Dave had won the award five years in a row for his previous employer, Placer County.

The AEP is co-sponsored by several other National and State purchasing associations, including the Institute for Supply Management, California Association of Public Purchasing Officers, Florida Association of Public Purchasing Officers, Texas Association of Public Purchasing Officers, National Association of State Procurement Officials, and the National Association of Educational Buyers.

For more information, please contact Karla Jensen, Public Information Officer, at 520-432-9207.

 

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Comments

    Sarah wrote on Nov 10, 2008 9:23 AM:

    " Congratulations Cochise County! You are definitely a model for other procurement departments! Thank you for the hard work that you do for Cochise County, the accountability, efficiencies and economies of scale that you provide for Cochise County government. "

    John wrote on Nov 6, 2008 3:11 PM:

    " Congradulation to Cochise County Procurement Staff! "

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