presented by: marcheta e. gillespie, cppo, c.p.m., cppb, cpm deputy director
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Presented By:Marcheta E. Gillespie, CPPO, C.P.M., CPPB,
CPM
Deputy Director
What is “procurement”?
We buy stuff!
I’m a “professional shopper”!!
How much money do you get to spend?
Over $400,000,000 each year!
Holy cow! That’s a lot of dough!!
Who do you shop for?
City employees = 5,500
Citizens of Tucson = over 650,000 people
What do you buy?
EVERYTHING!!
How do you buy all that stuff?
Let’s give it a try!!
Bidder #1:
Bling Bling 2000
$315.00
1200 min. free
Unlimited texting
Bidder #2
The Chatter Box
$200.00
2000 min. free
No texting avail.
Bidder #3
Text Master
$250.00
1500 min. free
$.05/text message
Your parents give you $300 to buy a cell phone on your own. What do you do?
Which do you choose???
Who buys all that stuff?
WE DO!!
How do I become a professional procurement officer?
Do you have some questions?