This half-day seminar is designed to prepare state employees to conduct procurement actions with an estimated value up to $5,000. Participants must take and pass six web-based courses on legislative procurement code prior to registering for this seminar. These classes are available at the DAS CPE training website.

After completing this seminar, you will be able to:

• Identify procurement rules of the road
• Detail the steps in the purchasing cycle
• Differentiate types and methods of procurement
• Describe ethical issues related to procurement

Any state employee who desires to attend The Introduction to State Procurement Seminar must first complete and pass all six Procurement Legislative Code On-line training. Upon completion, you may attend any one of the following Introduction to State Procurement Seminar dates. Upon successful completion of Introduction to State Procurement, you may attend the Advanced Procurement Certification Seminar on one of the dates noted below.

Introduction to State Procurement - Upcoming dates:

January 23, 2014

February 18, 2014

March 19, 2014

April 16, 2014

Advanced Procurement Certification Seminar:

February 26, 2014 - 8:30am-4:30pm

March 26, 2014 - 8:30am-4:30pm

April 23, 2014 - 8:30am-4:30pm

May 29, 2014 - 8:30am-4:30pm