{"id":12912,"date":"2019-09-19T14:23:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T18:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?p=12912"},"modified":"2022-01-12T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:07:08","slug":"24-years-of-excellence-orange-county-procurement-division-recognized-again-with-national-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/2019\/09\/24-years-of-excellence-orange-county-procurement-division-recognized-again-with-national-award\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Years of Excellence: Orange County Procurement Division Recognized Again with National Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange County Government Procurement Division was recently recognized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/npiconnection.org\/home\/index.asp\">National Procurement Institute<\/a> with the 2019 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement.<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The award recognizes excellence in procurement by organizations that obtain high scores on standardized criteria that measure innovation, professionalism, e-procurement, productivity and leadership attributes in the procurement profession.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 24th consecutive year that Orange County has received the prestigious award.\u00a0 Orange County is one of 42 counties in the United States to receive the award.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Orange County\u2019s Procurement Division awarded more than $600 million in contracts, with $40 million awarded to minority and women-owned business enterprise contractors and sub-contractors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrange County\u2019s procurement staff, which includes 32 employees, works diligently to ensure fiscal responsibility to safeguard local tax payer dollars in awarding contract bids,\u201d said Carrie Mathes, manager of the County\u2019s Procurement Division. \u201cWe\u2019re honored to be one of only two counties that have received this award each year since its inception in 1996.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Procurement Institute promotes the achievement of excellence in governmental and institutional procurement through education, certification, professional development and networking of its membership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange County Government Procurement Division was recently recognized by the National Procurement Institute with the 2019 Achievement of Excellence in Procurement.\u00ae The award recognizes excellence in procurement by organizations that obtain high scores on standardized criteria that measure innovation, professionalism, e-procurement, productivity and leadership attributes in the procurement profession. 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