navigation search this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources nigp the institute for public procurement news newspapers books scholar jstor free images november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message nigp the institute for public procurement type private non profit industry public procurement training headquarters herndon virginia united states key people rick grimm chief executive officer website http www.nigp.org the nigp the institute for public procurement nigp is a national membership based non profit organization providing support to professionals in the public sector procurement profession . nigp provides its members with many services including education professional networking research and technical assistance . organized in 1944 nigp is an international not for profit educational and technical organization of public procurement agencies . the institute is composed of 77 affiliate chapters and one student chapter and more than 2 600 agency members representing federal state provincial and local government levels throughout the united states and canada . these agencies represent over 16 000 individuals serving the public procurement community education and certification edit one of nigp core missions is the education of its members . certification is the process by which the public purchaser demonstrates a standard of competency for the benefit of public and themselves . nigp s seminars prepare candidates to sit for the universal public procurement certification council s uppcc certified professional public buyer cppb and certified public procurement officer cppo certification examinations . nigp offers a complete set of courses and training workshops to prepare the purchasing professional for the examination and certification process . these training opportunities are offered at individualized courses regional meetings and at the annual forum event . external links edit nigp the institute for public procurement what s the value of certification govpro magazine october 2008 see also edit list of nigp chapters this article about a professional association is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nigp the institute for public procurement & oldid 741071096 categories government procurement in the united statesprofessional associations based in the united statesorganizations based in virginiaprofessional association stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2008all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from november 2008all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 06 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view