The Purchasing Exchange The Official Newsletter of the Arizona State Capitol Chapter of NIGP

President’s Message by Teena Ziegler, CPPO, CPPB

M ar ch / Apr i l 2 0 1 9

Dear AZNIGP Members,

Traditionally April marks the beginning of

flowers which are the first signs of spring and

from a Procurement stand point, the mad rush

to empty budgets. During this time period,

professional attributes like persistence, disci-

pline and patience can help us navigate the

typical demands that programs will send our

way. NIGP developed and adopted a series

of values and principles that can be used to

help support Procurement staff during all

Procurement cycles. The NIGP “Principles

of Public Procurement” was created to help

Procurement Officials during times like now

to “shape, empower and elevate” our work.

https://www.nigp.org/home/find-procurement

-resources/guidance/values-and-guiding-

principles

NIGP developed six categories and call them

Values: Accountability, Ethics, Impartiality,

Professionalism, Service and Transparency.

Each Value is accompanied by a set of prin-

ciples to help guide us toward that Value.

During the next six months, I ask you to send

me ideas or stories to share on your experi-

ences with each of these categories. With

your help, lets high lite what is working at

your office or share stories on how your team

practices one of the values mentioned above.

The first Value, Accountability is defined as

“taking ownership and being responsible to

stakeholders for our actions which is essen-

tial to preserve the public trust and protect

the public interest.”

How do we hold ourselves accountable?

More often than not, people want from me a

decision. That decision is normally going to

be based on two factors, the experience and

expertise that I have about the law, and my

own research. The research part requires

time, therefore I have a set time in my mind

that I try to have that issue resolved. As a

manager I am responsible for the actions of

my staff and on a very personal level, I feel

my behavior should never embarrass the

class of procurement people that I associate

or work with. That belief and my behaviors

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Inside this issue:

Purchasing Month 2

Executive Board 3

Nominations & Awards 4

Charity News 5

Upcoming Events 6

Regional Conference Recap 8

Event Pictures 12

2019 Committee Chairs 13

Connected? 15

Our Sponsors! 16

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are the corner stones that help me to be accountable. I am not competing with anyone, I am becoming

the person I want to be. The procurement strategies that we develop for our stakeholders will ultimate-

ly show not only the value of our work, but most importantly, it will show that we can be trusted.

The tools we use to show our principles, whether through our matrices or solicitations are only some of

the many ways we demonstrate to the public that we do not take their trust for granted. I hope everyone

had a great time celebrating Procurement Month and took the time to share with your agency, school,

city, town or county the Professional people that you are and the significance of your work effort.

During the next two months there are members who are studying to take the CPPB/CPPO certification

test – We wish you the best! We have two National NIGP classes available for CEU credits.

(www.aznigp.org) May Luncheon Business Meeting on May 14th and we have two events for causes

related to charity. Pat’s Run on the 27th of April and Helen’s Hope Chest will be having an open house

for NIGP members. Check out their video -

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tWVoX1HQ62nJJoZBU6IWB5Xi3rVK5Ppu/view

Finally, as Procurement Officers we know that we have opportunities every day to share new ideas, do

our own research to improve our own knowledge and develop better relationships with our internal cus-

tomers. However, sometimes it is not enough. I leave you with a piece of music by the group called

“The Piano Guys” who might inspire you more with the music piece, “Begin Again.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P94DusN4LsY

Have a great Spring Break, Passover, Easter, Ramadan Holiday and a very American Cinco de Mayo –

all of you deserve it.

Teena Ziegler, CPPO, CPPB—2019 AZNIGP President

Did You Know?

Arizona’s Department of Transportation (ADOT) is taking extensive

measures to keep our highways safe from wrong way drivers. In addi-

tion to installing the first-of-its-kind thermal camera detection system

on I-17, ADOT wants drivers to know that the traffic control lights lo-

cated on the on-ramps will remain “RED” when a wrong way driver is

detected on the road ahead.

Drivers should be cautious and try not to continue onto the highway.

Email your “Did You Know?” to the newsletter committee:

Lori.noyes@azdcs.gov or Bertha.Arenas@azdcs.gov

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Purchasing Month—March 2019

DEQ celebrated by having a different event or activity every week. Above you

can see the results of a breakfast hosted one morning and the attendance at

DEQ’s Open House. Below you can see snap shots videos with helpful

procurement tips and full of procurement information.

Environmental Quality

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City of Buckeye April 1st 9:00 AM—12:30 PM This years Reverse Trade Show was a big success! Thank you to Tammy Vogel and the City of Buckeye for hosting us this year! We had 312 participants registered for this years event. There were 28 agen-cies in attendance and the Chapter admitted 53 participants who signed up at the door. We also received $425 from 8 vendors who participated in the Reverse Vendor Trade Show. A HUGE shout out to the following contributors!

DCS Contracts and Procurement were presented lengths of

public procurement service certificates by their Assistant

Director in support of Purchasing month

CHILD SAFETY

John Reilly, EnviroStix.com Jon Anderson, ACA Proactive Scott Draper, Bio-One Mesa John Carlson, Rapid Recovery

Mark Jordan, Bassett Communications, Inc. Elvira Hernandez, Corning Michelle Farmer, Voyager Sopris Learning Tony Geyer, H&E Equipment

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Barbara Corella, Department of Child Safety

Brian Garcia, Maricopa County

Karie Ingles, City of Scottsdale

Laura Symanoski, Dysart Unified School District

Lisa Goodwin, City of Tempe

Simon Alvarez, Maricopa County

Sharon Brause, Retired

Toni Wright, Department of Child Safety

487 Active

3 Pending

2 Expired

16 Vacant

3 New

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HELEN’S HOPE CHEST

AZNIGP’s 2019 goal is to provide Helen’s Hope Chest with

3000 filled Christmas stockings. We need everyone’s help to

reach this goal. We currently have 33 stockings. Please bring

any stockings and/or stocking stuffer items to any chapter

meeting or feel free to contact any member of the outreach

committee to arrange a pick up.

A very grateful thank you to Sarah

Sharp from WIST who donated the

school items seen below. These were

given to Helen’s Hope Chest to sup-

port their “Back to School” drive.

Charity News

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May Charity News

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May Charity News

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May Charity News

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June Charity News

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Chapter Luncheon Meeting’s

May Chapter Luncheon Meeting

Tuesday, May 14th 11:30AM—1:00PM, Doubletree by Hilton—Tempe

September Chapter Luncheon Meeting

Tuesday, September 10th 11:30AM—1:00PM, Location TBD

December Chapter Luncheon Meeting

Tuesday, December 10th 11:30AM—1:00PM, Phoenix Airport Marriott

Professional Development Opportunities

Contracting Construction Services

April 15th—16th 8:00 AM, Central Arizona Project

Legal Aspects of Public Procurement

April 24th—26th 8:00 AM, Kingman, AZ

Contract Administration in the Public Sector

May 6th—8th 8:00 AM, Maricopa Community Colleges

Managing End Users and Suppliers

June 10th 8:00 AM, City of Mesa

Negotiations Training 360 (Wait list)

June 17th 8:00 AM, Industrial Commission of Arizona

Introduction to Public Procurement

September 16th—18th 8:00 AM, City of Peoria

Preparing for the Age of Licensing

October 28th 8:00 AM, City of Avondale

Calendar of Events for 2019

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Career Seminar’s ADOT—HRDC

Career Seminar II

Tuesday, August 13th 8:00 AM

Webinars / Lunch & Learn’s at 11:30AM to 1:00PM

April 9th

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO WRITING SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE SOLICITA-

TIONS (3 locations)

Maricopa County Elections , City of Mesa, City of Surprise

June 11th

ARE YOU READY TO BECOME PROCUREMENT'S NEXT RISING STAR?

(2 locations) Maricopa County Elections , City of Mesa

November 19th

REMOVING THE MYSTERY OF RFP EVALUATIONS (3 locations)

Maricopa County Elections , City of Mesa, City of Surprise

Volunteer Events

Pat’s Run—April 27th

Helen’s Hope Chest Open House—May 18th

Other

Scholarship Applications and Nomination Forms can be found at:

https://www.aznigp.org/insidepages/filearchive/index.cfm?

NIGP National Forum—August 25th—28th—Austin, TX

30th Annual Regional Conference & Vendor Expo

November 6th 8:00 AM, Mesa Convention Center

Calendar of Events for 2019 contd.

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2019 Executive Board!

President—Teena Ziegler, CPPO, CPPB

ziegler.teena@azdeq.gov 602-771-5198

Vice President—Heather Hodgman

hhodgman@ajcity.net 480-474-8500

Treasurer—Cyndi Hawk, CPPB

cyndi.hawk@surpriseaz.gov 623-222-1854

Secretary—Lori Noyes

lori.noyes@azdcs.gov 602-255-2849

Immediate Past President—Kristy Garcia, CPPO, CPPB

kristy.garcia@mesaaz.gov 480-644-5052

Newly elected officers after being sworn in at the December 2018 luncheon.

Teena Ziegler, Kristy Garcia, Lori Noyes, Heather Hodgman, Cyndi Hawk

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Awards & Scholarships

Heather Hodgman

Budget & Finance

Cyndi Hawk

Chapter of the Year

Kristy Garcia

Community Outreach

Becki Watson

Cooperative

Gary Barkman

Education & Professional

Development

Telma C. Bearden

Governance

Jess Romney

Historical

Arturo Enriquez

Legislative

Barbara Corella

Membership & Outreach

Kristy Garcia

Mentoring

Christine Finney

Newsletter

Lori Noyes

Nominations / Elections

Susanna Hernandez

Photography

Karie Ingles

Pro-D Prize Drawings

Darryl Woodson

Programs / Webinars

Irma Guzman

Regional Conference

Heather Hodgman

Resource Library

Evan Karl

Reverse Trade Show

Tammy Vogel

Social Media

Eric Boyles

Strategic Planning

Teena Ziegler

Vendor Expo

Gary Barkman

Website, Marketing &

Communications

Cheryl Rentscheler

Young Professional /

Student Chapter

Nick Perrera

2019 Committee Chairs

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