Welcome
Welcome to the Procurement and Contract Management Program
Contracting, purchasing, tendering, P3, ASD...whatever procurement means to you personally, it is a critical function for your organization. The BC government and the vendor community want fair and transparent procurement processes, and taxpayers expect top value from each procurement transaction. To this end the Government of British Columbia has developed an integrated learning curriculum called the Procurement and Contract Management Program (PCMP) for public service employees.
Unique in Canadian procurement training, PCMP features self-directed elearning, instructor-led classes, peer-to-peer elearning, and executive seminars. The curriculum is specifically built to meet the demands of today's challenging government environment.
The Procurement and Contract Management Program is competency-based and results-driven, and includes blended learning at every level - from contract administrator to executive - to effectively assist staff with all aspects of procurement and improve on-the-job performance.
Every fiscal year, the BC government spends approximately $4 billion through some form of procurement or contract management process. Numbers of this magnitude highlight the importance of good procurement and contract management skills.
For additional information, visit the PCMP Overview:
News
March 27th 2008
New Course Offerings
NECI is currently scheduling many new courses for April, May and June. New offerings are available on CIRS. They are currently available for registration.
February 27th 2008
Third Class of PCMP Learners Graduate
A third group of PCMP participants graduated in February 2008. 22 people were in the third graduating class, bringing the total to 66 learners who have completed all 13 courses in the certificate program.
Deputy Ministers and other senior representatives of government were on hand to personally congratulate the graduates on their accomplishments.
PCMP Graduate Lesley Bullard observed:
"PCMP for me was an exciting challenge and I found it to be extremely well planned so that there were no surprises. Now that I've achieved certification, I'd say I...
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February 26th 2008
Course Challenges
During the month of January, 19 learners successfully challenged one of the PCMP courses. This challenge process has been developed for PCMP courses 201, 202, 203 and 204. The option to “challenge” is available to all ministry procurement specialists through the PCMP Project Management Office. The next challenge session window will be in the month of July 2008.
Check out the link "Challenging a Course" on the left.
