MACPP MISSION STATEMENT MACPP MISSION STATEMENT MACPP MISSION STATEMENT MACPP MISSION STATEMENT—The mission of the 2005 Executive Board of the Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing is to join together to promote our profession, enhance our knowledge in all aspects of the ever-changing world of public procurement, and challenge the membership of our chapter to share their talents and commit to becoming an active member of MACPP. MACPP Newsletter Special points of interest: Reverse Vendor Fair Reverse Vendor Fair Reverse Vendor Fair Reverse Vendor Fair— — —Pages 3 Pages 3 Pages 3 Pages 3- - -5 5 5 Cooperative Procurement Cooperative Procurement Cooperative Procurement Cooperative Procurement— — —Pages 6 Pages 6 Pages 6 Pages 6- - -7 7 7 New Members New Members New Members New Members— — —Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Page 8 Purchase Card Fraud Event Purchase Card Fraud Event Purchase Card Fraud Event Purchase Card Fraud Event— — —Page 11 Page 11 Page 11 Page 11 2007 Events 2007 Events 2007 Events 2007 Events— — —Page 12 Page 12 Page 12 Page 12 CHAPTER OF THE YEAR— 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing Chapter of NIGP www.macpp.org Volume 20, Edition 186 November 2006
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MACPP MISSION STATEMENTMACPP MISSION STATEMENTMACPP MISSION STATEMENTMACPP MISSION STATEMENT————The mission of the 2005 Executive Board of the Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing is to join together to promote our profession, enhance our knowledge in all aspects of the ever-changing world of public procurement, and challenge the membership of our chapter to share their talents and commit to becoming an active member of MACPP.
I would like to start by thanking all the members of MACPP for giving me the opportunity to serve as your president. This has been a great experience for me, and I would like to encourage all members to consider be-ing a part of the Board in the future.
Our primary goal this year was to provide value to our members. I feel that we accomplished this goal and I would like to thank John Mahin, program coordinator, and Phil Sanders, professional development coordinator, for planning our programs.
Here are a few highlights:
• We started the year by appointing our first Chapter Historian, Pat Raney of Johnson County.
• On January 19th, the City of Olathe hosted an NIGP Webinar, “Why, When, and How to Use Price as an
Evaluation Criteria in your RFP”.
• In February, members and their guests enjoyed a Lunch and Learn experience at the new OfficeMax
distribution center in Edwardsville, KS
• During the month of March, members shared how their organization observed Purchasing Month.
• Our spring meeting, “Open Mike Night”, was held at the Argosy. This program provided members an
opportunity to present procurement questions and issues to share with members, as well as get help and
new ideas for their entity.
• In May, Ernie Lee was the instructor of a two-day course, “Analysis Techniques for Buyers”. This course
covered Cost/Benefit Analysis, Price Analysis, Value Analysis, and Life-Cycle Costing. The City of
Olathe provided a proctor for the CPPB exam.
• In June, Tom Conrow with the City of Independence shared a program he developed on freight
management. Also, a number of member participated in the Metropolitan Joint Vehicle Bid.
• Fifteen members attended the NIGP 61st Annual Forum held in Tampa, FL, in August. John Mahin of
Johnson County was this year’s recipient of NIGP’s ethics essay award.
• For our September meeting, Michelle Holland of Johnson County spoke about purchasing card fraud.
Following the program, members voted on recommended revisions to the Constitution and Bylaws.
• On October 17th, the University of Missouri, KC hosted our first Reverse Vendor Fair. The Planning
Committee, chaired by Cathy Barker, did an outstanding job! This event generated approximately
$17,000 in revenue. The Board voted in November to set aside $2,500 for seed money for the 2008
Reverse Vendor Fair, transfer $2,000 to the John Neger Scholarship Fund, and the remaining funds would
be used to subsidize events in 2007/2008. The City of Olathe hosted a Webinar, “How to Prepare for the
CPPO Oral Exam”.
• In November, the City of Olathe provided a proctor for the CPPB and CPPO exams. On November 30th,
Torey Parker will facilitate a Webinar, “Vendor Demonstrations” hosted at the City of Olathe.
Please join us for our annual holiday luncheon on Friday, December 15th, at Strawberry Hill Museum.
These and many other activities are the result of the dedication and commitment of members who have given selflessly of their time and talents to make things happen. I have been fortunate to have a capable and innovative Board upon which I could depend. In closing, I would like to thank all the members of the Board for the successful year, and look forward to our upcoming year with Mary Derrington as our new president.
Wishing you all a safe and blessed holiday season!
Jackie Waggoner, CPPB, Douglas County, KS
From the President...
MACPP
The Reverse Vendor Fair exceeded my greatest expectations! I
t was extremely bene-
ficial for all involved—vendors a
nd participating agencies. K
udos to Cathy Barker and
the entire planning committee. I only hope others in
our membership will see the
tremendous value in this event and partici
pate in the next one!
—Mary Derrington
On October 17, 2006, MACPP held its first ever Reverse Vendor Fair (RVF) at UMKC. What a great success! Cathy Barker from UMKC, and a newer member of MACPP, volunteered to chair the planning committee for the event and did a great job. In approximately four months, the committee planned and executed a metro-wide affair that will continue to produce nothing short of a positive impact on the participating agencies and the vendors who attended.
The RVF was held as a chapter fund raiser for continuing education for MACPP members. The bottom line has not been drawn on the net proceeds as of this writing, but it hovers between $16,000 and $17,000. The money will be expended during 2007 and 2008, for subsidizing or even paying for entire seminars, classes, and other learning events, which will allow more members to receive the purchasing education they need. The MACPP Board approved $2,500 to be set aside as “seed money” for planning the 2008 RVF, which is tentatively planned for October 3, 2008, and another $2,000 to be placed in the John Neger Scholarship Fund. MACPP members may apply for a scholarship at any time by accessing the application form on the chapter web site, www.macpp.org. It is the intent of the MACPP Board to hold future Reverse Vendor Fairs every other year, opposite from the bi-annual KCRPE (Kansas City Regional Purchasing Exposition) event. So, the RVF would be held on the even-numbered years, and KCRPE would continue to be held on the odd-numbered years.
At the RVF, agencies with MACPP members set up and populated booths, offering information about their respective agencies and how to do business with them. Other not for profit organizations such as area Chambers of Commerce, Community Colleges, MARC, KCK/WYCO Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Mid-America Minority Business Development Council also participated. Training seminars, facilitated by purchasing professionals within the organization, were offered to vendors, giving information on subjects like “Doing Busi-ness with Government Agencies” and “Responding to RFP’s.”
Since the Reverse Vendor Fair, most of the participating agencies have had numerous positive communications from the vendors that at-tended. Often time, we purchasing professionals attend vendor shows where we stop at vendor booths and ask the questions we have about their company. The RVF gave vendors the opportunity to switch places with us and a chance to ask us the questions they wanted to ask. An overall outcome was building a business relationship with vendors that can result in better service, better communications, and better prices.
Russ Pankey, CPPB
City of Olathe, KS
It was nice visiting with you at the Reverse Vendor Fair the other day. I'll tell you,
I have been doing this for 15 years and I got a ton of information from that Fair. I
sat through the two meetings and got answers to stuff I have had questions on for
years!
Jeff Miles Branch Manager
Key Equipment & Supply Company
Volume 20, Edition 186
Cooperative ProcuremenT
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Procurement Corner
It has been very busy summer for all of us and thanks to the diligence of the City of Independence and Johnson County, Kansas, we’ve had many new contracts added to the cooperative database. Please see the list below of items now available for cooperative use by MACPP members. If you have cooperative contracts, please email them to myself, [email protected] and Rita Parker (Kansas City Regional Purchasing Cooperative), [email protected].
Commercial Concepts & Furnishings Office Furniture Corporate Express Office Furniture John A. Marshall Office Furniture Kansas City Business Supply Office Furniture Kross Office Outfitters Office Furniture Sauder Manufacturing Company Office Furniture Scott Rice Office Works Office Furniture Spaces, Inc. Office Furniture Invironments, LLC Office Furniture United Office Products Office Furniture Encompass Office Furniture Tab Products Co., LLC Office Furniture Concepts for Business, LCC Office Furniture Engineering Solutions & Design, Inc. Solid Waste Analysis Service Arkansas Electric Aluminum and Cooper Cable PSI Armored Inc. Armored Car Service Service-Rite Medical Inc. Autoclave Maintenance Gooch Brake Auto Filters Fisher Scientific Automated External DefilbrillatorO'Reilly Automotive Automotive and Truck Parts US Pipe and Foundry Cast Ductile Iron Pipe, Fittings and Valves Dean Machinery Company Caterpillar Parts & Service Alelco Cathodic Protection Service of Tanks KC Wireless Inc. Changeover of Electronic Equipment on Police
Vehicles Insituform Technologies Trenchless Reconstruction of Sanitary Sewer RSC Communications Inc. Global Positioning Satellite Fleet Mgmt Services 1100 Services, LLC HVAC Repair Service Central Detroit Diesel - Allison IHC Diesel & Transmission Parts Phoenix Fire Protection Fire Extinguisher Service Conrad Fire Equipment Fire Protection Gear Independenc Lincoln Mercury Mazda Ford Parts Jaco Analytical Laboratory Gas Chromatography PCB Performance Abatement Services Insulation and Abatement TestAmerica A.T.C. Laboratory Analytical Testing CE Solutions Continuing Educational Training Protective Equipment Testing Laboratory Dielectric Testing Lawrence Pest Control Extermination Service Midway Ford Truck Center OEM Ford Truck Parts and Service Murphy Tractor & Equipment OEM John Deere Parts and Service Victor L. Phillips Co. Vibrastat Roller Parts, OEM Case Parts and
Coast Snowplow Parts Corporate Express Office Supplies Graybar Electric Wood Poles
Polydyne, Inc. Polymer Douglas C. Christianson Radio Service/Repair Century Concrete Inc. Redi-Mix Concrete Delta Mobile Testing Inc. Safety Inpsection and Certification\Equipment KC Iron and Metal Company Scrap Metals Courtney Ridge Landfill LLC Landfill Services Insight Mechanical Contractors Maintenance for HVAC Equipment Lone Summit Nursery LLC Nursery Stock and Planting (Trees) Midwest Wheel Companies Transmission and PTO Parts and Service Carl Heath Tree Service Tree Trimming Cintas Corporation Uniform Services Walker Towel and Uniform Uniform Services Diversified Electric Supply Co. Utility Construction Products Graybar Electric Utility Construction Products Fletcher-Reinhardt Utility Construction Products Ace Pipe Cleaning Inc. Vacuum Truck Service - Secondary Vendor Vac-Con Industrial Services Vacuum Truck Service - Primary Vendor Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc. Sludge Disposal Bowen Tree Service Stump Grinding First American Title Insurance Co. Title Services Clay's Tire Service, Inc. Tire Repair/Service Wholesale Batteries, Inc. Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Batteries Enterprise Leasing Co of Kansas Vehicle Lease Harding/Binswanger Glass Vehicular and Heavy Equipment Glass Repair
Service Safety-Kleen Waste Oil Removal and Disposal Univar USA Water Treatment Chemicals Shannon Chemical Corporation Water Treatment Chemicals Ecolab Water Treatment Chemicals AMCO Water Metering Systems, Inc. Water Meters and Parts
Volume 20, Edition 186 Page 8
Congratulations MACPP!!!
IT’S A BOY!
AND A GIRL!
AND A BOY!
AND A BOY!
Welcome MACPP’s newest members!
Tom Argubright
Manager Purchasing and Distribution Services
Lee’s Summit R-7 School District Tom’s responsibilities include purchasing furniture and equipment for the schools and other District facilities as well as office and classroom supplies.. Tom is also responsible for the District's Distribution Center.
Prior to working for the Lee's Summit Schools, Tom was employed at Western Auto in a variety of management positions.
Tom has a B.S., Journalism from the University of Kansas with a major in Advertising. Tom, his wife Ginger, and two sons, Andy and Matt live in Olathe.
Richelieu M. Sese
Assistant Procurement Specialist
City of Independence, Missouri My name is Richelieu (Rich) Sese (Sess-E), and I'm happy to be a member of the MACPP. I come to the group with eleven years of Procurement experience. That experience was all in the private sector. I'm an Assistant Procurement Specialist with the City of Independence, Missouri since August 06'. My responsibilities currently are split between Surplus dis-posal/sales and administration of Price Agreements. There will be other responsibilities directly involved in the actual procurement process that will be brought to me as opportunities arise.
One thing I've immediately seen public versus private sector is that funds are extremely limited. The Purchasing Professional has to be much more adept at cost savings.
I look forward to learning more about the responsibilities of Public Purchasing and being involved with the MACPP!
Reneé V. Haskin
Senior Budget Analyst
University of Missouri - Kansas City Renee has a BS in Accounting and a BBA in Finance, both from the University of Arkansas - Monticello, and a MBA from the University of Arkansas - Little Rock. She has completed coursework towards a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration and plans to take the CPPO exam later this year.
Reneé was very active in the Arkansas Chapter of NIGP prior to relocating to Kansas City earlier this year and is the immediate past President of that Chapter. She was on the state conference planning committee for the last three years and served on the National Forum Committee until this past May. Reneé remains very active on the National level and looks forward working with the MACPP Chapter. Since joining the Chapter in August, she has already served on Reverse Vendor Fair sub-committee.
Larry R. Allen
Purchasing Administrator
Johnson County, Kansas Larry R. Allen joined the Purchasing Division staff on July 31, 2006. Shortly hereafter he became a member of NIGP, KAPPP and MACPP.
Larry is a New York State native and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from State University of New York, College at Oswego. He also has done graduate level work at Arizona State University in Phoenix.
Larry has an extensive background in purchasing, having previously worked as a Buyer with the Boeing Company in Seattle, Honeywell International in Phoenix and Garmin Interna-tional in Olathe, Kansas. He came to Johnson County most recently from the IRS in Overland Park, Kansas.
Larry and his wife and two children make their home in Olathe, Kansas. He has already proven himself to be an active MACPP member by attending our general meeting in September at the Argosy and by Participating in the recent Reverse Vendor Fair at UMKC.
Please take an opportunity at our next meeting to welcome Larry to MACPP
and to government procurement.
Volume 20, Edition 186 Page 9
MACPP will be celebrating its 24th anniversary as an NIGP chapter this October. The charter was formally approved by NIGP on January 3, 1983, as Chapter No. 31. At the time of approval there were thirty five charter members. Ten years later in late 1992, the chapter mem-bership had doubled to seventy members.
This should give us pause to be thinking about how we want to celebrate Our Silver anniversary in October 2007, and those members who have paved the way for us.
Charter Members from the State of Kansas:
George Bartolac, Roy Bernard, Betty Dow, Chet Holland, Camille McCauley,
Louis Moore, Patricia Raney, Robert Shaumeyer, Marion Sheppard, Arlene
Simpson, Joyce Smith, Sue Stinnett, Robert Vantuyl and Joe Wilhm.
Charter Members from the State of Missouri
Joann Anthony, Richard Baltazor, Rose Mary Carter, Christine Davis,
William Frazier, Bob Hash, Pamela Holsted, Jill Huff, W. Joyce Jackson,
Charles Johnson, D. Stanley Love, Violet Love, Helen Merrigan, John
Neger, Shirley Orr, William Ray, Robert Shackelford, Larry Sheldon,
Charles shields, Alfred Stewart and Patricia Tucker.
This group of thirty five pioneers are the ones we current members can thank for the high quality professional organization we enjoy to-day. MACPP did not just happen, it took a lot of hard work from a lot of people. So, on occasion, when you may be tempted to take MACPP for granted, stop to think about these people and the great organization they gave us. We should celebrate their hard work by giv-ing back to the organization they began.
Speaking of hard work for MACPP, as you peruse the list above, take time to compare it to our current roster of membership and you will see the names of a number of our retired members as well as one name on our current roster of active members. Pat Raney, CPPB of John-son County, Kansas was a charter member of MACPP and is currently an active member as well. Pat has served in most of the offices of MACPP including president, and has been active in many ways over the last twenty four years. How appropriate that she has just ac-cepted an appointment by the Board to serve in the newly created role of chapter historian.
DID YOU KNOW?DID YOU KNOW?DID YOU KNOW?DID YOU KNOW?
Mark your calendars!Mark your calendars!Mark your calendars!Mark your calendars! Upcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming Events————2007200720072007
The following information will be maintained in a database to be shared with other member agencies. Providing this information will be quite helpful to all other entities.
Are you currently a member of NIGP (National Institute of Governmental Purchasing)? _____________________
(Note: annual membership is $25 for members and $50 for non-members)
Do you have a particular area of expertise in purchasing? __________________________________________________________
Current population of your entity? ___________________________ Annual purchasing budget: $________________________
Does your purchasing office bid construction? _________ Does your entity support local preference? ______________________
Is the purchasing for your entity centralized or decentralized? (Circle one)
Number of personnel in Purchasing Office (including clerical): ______________________________________________________
Does your entity utilize a credit card system for small purchases? If so, up to what dollar limit? $ __________________________
Please summarize your entity bid thresholds:
No quotes required up to: $______________
Informal Bids are required from $______________ to $______________
Formal Bids are required for purchases over $_____________________
Membership in the Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing is open to any individual who is supervising or working in public pro-curement. The annual membership fee of $25.00 for NIGP members, and $50.00 for non-members of NIGP is payable in advance. Please send a check payable to the Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing, along with your application and mail to:
Tom Conrow, CPPB
City of Independence
111 E. Maple Avenue
Independence, MO 64050
Signature of Applicant: ____________________________________________________________________________________
