Miami, FL – The City of Miami’s Purchasing Department will be honored with the National Purchasing Institute (NPI) 2005 Achievement in Excellence in Procurement Award on Monday, August 1, 2005. This award recognizes organizational excellence in public procurement and demonstrates excellence by measuring innovation, professionalism, productivity, e-procurement, and leadership attributes of the procurement organization.

This honor is fitting for the City of Miami Purchasing Department, as it is one of only a handful of Purchasing Departments throughout the nation to have the entire professional purchasing staff nationally certified.

“We are grateful that this prestigious organization has recognized the department for its efforts to maintain an open and fair procurement process while maintaining high benchmarking standards and implementing best practices in my department,” said Chief Procurement Officer Glenn Marcos. “This award should be attributed to the leadership of City Manager Joe Arriola, Chief Financial Officer Linda Haskins, and of course my hard working staff that has raised the bar for municipal purchasing practices.”

The NPI 2005 Achievement in Excellence in Procurement Award will be presented during the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) Business/Award Luncheon. The luncheon is a part of the NIGP 60th Annual Forum and Exposition in Anaheim, California, which starts this Saturday, July 30th thru Wednesday, August 3rd.

The NIGP forum is the only annual national educational conference exclusively for public procurement professionals designed for professional development, to educate themselves about current and future commodities and services in the marketplace, share new ideas and innovative techniques, and to collaborate and network with procurement officials throughout the nation, to improve on delivery of services to City departments and the general public.

In May of this year, the Purchasing Department was also the recipient of the Florida Association of Public Purchasing Officers (FAPPO) 2005 Award for Excellence in Public Procurement.