Course Description: 
Municipalities purchase billions of dollars of goods and services annually and having a high-quality procurement policy is critical in protecting the public purse.  Procurement best practices are critical knowledge for all CAO’s, municipal executives, and finance officers.

Learn how effective procurement practices protect the municipality from financial loss.  Learn the six key procurement best practices, procurement policy, the seven stages of the procurement process, procurement methodologies, and key principles related to public procurement.

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn the six key procurement best practices for municipal government.
• Learn about procurement policy, the role it plays in risk prevention, and how to develop an effective procurement policy for your municipality.
• Learn the seven stages of the procurement process and how to evolve and develop effective procurement processes.
• How good procurement practices protect the municipality from financial loss.
• Learn about open tendering, restricted tendering, request for proposals, two stage tendering, request for quotations, and single source tenders.
• Learn key principles related to public procurement, such as nondiscrimination, free movement of goods, freedom to provide services, and freedom of establishment.

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal financial professional and senior executive.

Currently available ON DEMAND

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