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NIGP, Periscope by Colin Cram
Editor’s Note: Procurement Insights’ European Union Edition Editor Colin Cram – who has more than 30 plus years of public sector experience – raises a number of interesting questions relating to the transfer of the NIGP consultancy arm to Periscope. Should for example, former NIGP executives or those with active involvement in the past with […]
Why the everyday taxpaying citizen should care about the Missouri NIGP Code Bid Protest by Jon Hansen
April 4, 2015
“Can you imagine what a politician would do with a story like this? How would State’s explain their coming under the thumb of a purported non-profit entity such as the NIGP who, through what appears to be a non-arms length relationship with a private entity, wields enough power to the point that they can dictate […]
With regards to the NIGP Code, are States forfeiting their future for the sake of a questionable past? by Jon Hansen
April 3, 2015
“Just to be clear . . . one of the main reasons why States don’t just jump to the United Nation’s Code is that without a crosswalk, historic spend data that is tied into the NIGP Code would be lost? Based on my research to date, it appears that with the exception of a handful […]
The Fruit of The Poisonous NIGP Code Tree by Jon Hansen
April 1, 2015
The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. is a national, membership-based non-profit organization providing support to professionals in the public sector purchasing profession. – Wikipedia This past November, I had an opportunity to meet and talk with the NIGP’s Chief Executive Rick Grimm. As a panelist in a discussion that I was moderating, I found […]
Up Periscope? Examining Periscope’s acquisition of BidSync with a “Survivor’s” eye by Jon Hansen
December 11, 2014
Breaking News Update: Word is that Periscope and BidSync have filed a formal letter of protest regarding Missouri’s award of a contract to Perfect Commerce. Over the next day or two I will be providing further details. That said there are suggestions that Periscope is using their NIGP connections both on and off the record, […]
April 11, 2015
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