2016 FALL TRAINING CONFERENCE AND NJPA SUPPLIER EXPO
OCTOBER 6-7, 2016
EMBASSY SUITES OAKBROOK/LOMBARD, LOMBARD, ILLINOIS
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Hotel: Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago-Lombard/Oak Brook
707 E. Butterfield Road, Lombard, IL 60148
Group Name: Illinois Association of Public Procurement Officials
Arrival Date: 05-Oct-2016
Departure Date: 07-Oct-2016
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Schedule subject to change prior to actual event.
Wednesday, October5, 2016
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.IAPPO Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, October 6, 2016- Delegates awarded 6.50 contact hours
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.Registration Open
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. "Tackling Cost in any Procurement"
Jim McGuire, Procurement Officer
City of Park Ridge, IL
Costs seem to relentlessly increase so where can cost savings come from? Reducing cost is never easy as providers and suppliers may be trying to sell more to your entity to increase their bottom line. This session will highlight ways to potentially reduce cost for your entity’s acquisition of goods and services.
Price vs Cost
TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
Cost Reduction Opportunities
Sourcing Strategies
Bid Pools / Information Sharing
Importance of Specification or Statement of Work
Payment Strategies/economic price adjustments (cost control)
Supplier Relationship
After the Bid Event
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.NJPASupplier Expo & Lunch
Lunch Sponsored by: NJPA
1:30 p.m.to 3:00 p.m. "Ethics and Procurement"
Jim McGuire, Procurement Officer
City of Park Ridge, IL
Incorporating ethics into the procurement process provides confidence to all stakeholders that goods and services are being secured fairly and efficiently. This session will highlight ways to ensure at different steps of the procurement process that ethical concerns are addressed.
Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
Perceptions
Confidential and Proprietary Information
Responsibility to the Entity
Representing the Entity in negotiations, as well as suppler and provider relationships
Sustainability and Social Responsibility
Follow the Law
Maintain Professionalism
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m."Making the Contract Work for You and the Other Party"
Jim McGuire, Procurement Officer
City of Park Ridge, IL
Contracts are necessary to protect the interest of all parties. This session will identify the concepts that will help your entity protect its interest and acquire the goods and services that are needed.
Elements of a contract
Different types of contracts (ITB, RFP, RFQ, RFI)
Your contract vs OPP (other people’s paper)
Protecting the entity’s interest
Different types of bonds
Economic price adjustments
Mitigating Risk
Starting and Terminating an agreement
5:00p.m. to 7 p.m.Social Hour- Hotel lobby
- Sponsored by: NJPA
Friday, October 9, 2015- Delegates awarded 2.5 contact hours
7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.Registration Open
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.IAPPO Business Meeting& Elections
9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m."Internal Controls for Government"
Carla D. Paschal, CPA, Partner, Sikich LLP and Roman Gray, Purchasing Manager, Winnebago, County, IL
11:00 a.m. - NoonRound table discussion - topics to be determined.
Speaker Bio's on following pages
JIM MCGUIRE
Jim McGuire is the Procurement Officer for the City of Park Ridge since April, 2014. He has worked for high-tech firms in product management and procurement. He recently had procurement consulting assignments with Hewlett Packard, British Petroleum, and Mondelez International. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Science degree in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University (with a specialty track in Procurement, including Spend Management and Analytics). He also maintains certification with APICS (CSCP - Certified Supply Chain Professional) and ISM (CPSM – Certified Professional Supply Manager).