Reverse Trade Show

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BOARD MEMBERS & COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Past President JOHN HOLLINGSHEAD,

CPPB, FCPM, FCPA

(727)943-4870

Professional Development

Mark Shuman, CPPO, CPPB

(727) 588-6179

Membership

Tony McGee, CPPB

(813)

Programs

Mina Kaeding, CPPO,CPPB,

FCCM, PhD.

Communications

Barbara Grilli CPPO, CPPB.,

C.P.M., FCCM

(727) 893-7224

Golf Tournament

Jay Jackus, CPPO, CPPB

(727) 942-5615

Trade Show Chair

Chris Rewis

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT…

Tampa Bay Area Chapter NIGP, Inc.

NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER www.nigp-tampabay.org

2014 OFFICERS

PRESIDENT

THERESA WEBB, CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M. FCCM

VICE-PRESIDENT CINDY BRICKEY, CPPB,

FCCM

TREASURER

KAREN MAIN, CPPB

SECRETARY

KEVIN FRYE, CPPO CPPB

ISSUE 55

February 2014

Dear Chapter Members and Colleagues, I hope each of you took some time off during the holidays and are now ready for an exciting year. We started the year off with a ―BANG‖ with four mem-bers who have recently earned their CPPOs; Kevin Frye, Karen Dewar, Alice Beasley and Carla Dever and four new CPPBs; JoAnn Joyce, Kimberlyn Murray, Matthew Shrader, and Ellen Cuarta. Congratulations to all of you on achieving your goal. Recently we conducted a survey of you, the members, for your feedback. About 65 members participated and we received great insight into what is important to you and the things you value. The Board will use this information as we make plans for this and future years. Additionally, your TBAC Board has been hard at work for several months making plans and developing strategies for our Chapter. At the January luncheon, we kicked off 2014 with a new Strategic Plan that includes the following objectives and goals:

Objective: PROMOTE MEMBERSHIP INVOLVEMENT - Goal: Increase

number of active volunteers by 7% each year

Objective: Expand Educational and Professional Development Op-

portunities for Members - Goal: Increase number of certified members by 5% each year

Objective: Promote the Purchasing Profession - Goal: increase num-

ber of student members by 3% each year

Objective: Grow the Chapter Membership - Goal: Increase member-

ship count by 3% each year

Objective: Promote Partnerships with Suppliers - Goal: Increase at-

tendance to Trade Shows & RTS by 10% each year Objective: Establish and Maintain a Sound Financial Plan - Goal: End each fiscal year with more revenues than expenses

The Board has developed a list of activities to help us accomplish our objectives, but is always open to your ideas. Any concepts or suggestions you have, please be sure to send them to me or any of the Board mem-bers. We’ll add them to our list when we are brain-storming how to make our Chapter bigger, better, faster, able to leap tall buildings…………..oh, sorry…..that’s superman! No wait…………that’s the Tampa Bay Area Chapter of NIGP, THE NIGP 2013 Mid-size Chapter of the Year and we can do anything we set our minds to! Speaking of bigger things, registration is now open for our first TBAC 2-day Educational Symposium and Supplier Exhibition on April 10 – 11, 2014 at the

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(President’s Letter Continued from Cover) Florida State Fairgrounds. Be sure to go to the Chapter website at www.nigp-tampabay.org to get all the details and to register. We need lots of support from our supplier community, so start contacting your suppliers now for booth and sponsorship sales. Preliminary feedback from the supplier community has been very positive about our event. Cost for the 2-day event is only $60 per TBAC member which is an incredible deal and as purchas-ing professionals, we are all about getting good value for our dollars. (NOTE: attendance to the Supplier Exhibition for our client departments and members who are unable to attend the symposium is still free). Our line-up of educational opportunities on Thursday include your choice of either a 1-day NIGP class (limited to 25 participants) or 4 workshops with Kelley Rexroad who will be presenting on how to get your resume noticed and getting prepared for a winning interview from both sides of the desk; Mark McHugh, CEO of Gatorland who will bring some of his critters for photo ops and present on being prepared for dis-aster; Matt Walker from NIGP/Periscope will share tips on key trends for procurement organizations that are striving for greatness; and Mindy Price will help us learn how our personal style affects our ability to change and move toward progress. Also on Thursday evening we will be hosting a 5K Run / 1M Bunny Hop at the Fairgrounds to raise money for our TBAC charity. This running event is open to all members and the general public and will be advertised on www.active.com. Friday’s events will include a trade show in the morning, a buyer/supplier networking luncheon, followed by a plenary session with renowned keynote speaker, Delatorro McNeal. In his high-energy and strategy packed presentation, Delatorro will teach us how to get more out of our days so we can get more out of our lives. The closing plenary session speaker will be Rick Grimm, NIGP CEO. Looking ahead in 2014 we have Marcheta Gillespie, Director of Procurement, Tucson, AZ and NIGP Presi-dent who will be speaking at our March Chapter Luncheon, 4 NIGP classes slated for this year in addition to the one during our Educational Symposium, and a fall Reverse Trade Show just to name a few. Stay connected and don’t miss out on any opportunities. Details and registration links for upcoming events are regularly updated on our Chapter website. In closing, I am looking forward to this year and the opportunity to serve TBAC as President. As such, I would like to issue a challenge to each TBAC member take advantage of every educational opportunity possible and get more involved. Why not make 2014 the year that you step out and join in. We have a great group of professionals and as a team…………there are no limits to what we can achieve.

Theresa Webb, CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M., FCCM Chapter President - 2014

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PLATINUM ANNIVERSARY BUYER SELLER GOLF TOURNEY!

It was 20 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught……., oops wrong anniversary. This year we will be celebrating the Platinum Anniversary (20th) of our Annual Buyer/Seller Golf Tournament. We are scheduled for Friday, May 16th at the Seven Springs Golf & Country Club in New Port Richey. We will once again begin with an 8:00 shot-gun start (we all start at the same time) four person or best ball scramble and will be followed by lunch and awards presenta-tions. For you occasional golfers the scramble format is perfect for you as you have the benefit of placing your ball at the location of the ―best ball‖ therefore keeping you out of the woods, bun-kers and ponds (hopefully). Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams as well as to the winners of the longest drive, clos-est to the pin and putting contests. The $75.00 entry will entitle you to greens fee, cart, drink tickets entry into ALL contests, door prizes and luncheon. For those of you who do not play golf; invite your vendors, co-workers or the folks you serve on a daily basis. We would really like to see an increase in the number of golfers from the public sec-tor; we have a multitude of players from the vendor community but just a handful from the gov-ernment side. Golf is such a popular game, I cannot imagine your agency not having 3 – 4 four-somes who would jump at the opportunity to play golf on a Friday morning at a fair price at a top

tier golf course. All you have to do is ask! For those vendors who claim not to play, there are a number of sponsorship opportunities avail-able; the basic being a hole sponsor, $100 will secure a hole sponsor sign at a designated hole with the company’s name imprinted. Sponsorship of contests such as putting, long drive and closest to the pin are available for $200 as well as Ace, Eagle and Birdie sponsorship’s (details can be found on the Chapter website). As with all chapter events, door prizes are always ac-cepted! The more donations received the more profit the chapter will realize. For those of your working toward the 2015 Forum, scholarship points can be earned; either by signing up golfer/ sponsors or by working the event. We have openings for registration as well as spotters for the contests. If you or a prospective participant have any questions please con-tact me @ 727 943-4871 or email jjackus@ctsfl.us

Jay Jackus, CPPO, CPPB

Chair, Annual Golf Tournament

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SECRETARY’S REPORT

As the new calendar year has begun, the Chapter Board held two meetings in January 2014.

Below are details on some of the items we covered at both of these meetings:

Chapter Board Meeting: Held on January 22nd via Webex (90 minutes)

2013 Financial Statement and 2013 Treasurer Report were reviewed and approved

Arrangements for the April Educational Symposium & Supplier Exhibition (including

the 5K ―Bunny Hop‖) were discussed. The Board approved a motion to sign the final-

ized contract with the Florida State Fairgrounds to host our event. In addition, the

Board approved disbursements for advanced deposits related to event not to exceed

$7,000.

2014 Scholarship Form was reviewed and will be finalized shortly. This 2014 Form

will be posted in late February (after 2013 points have been reviewed and approved).

2014 NIGP Class Schedule was discussed. The Board previously in the month ap-

proved to maintain the 50% subsidy for Chapter members for 2014.

Membership Renewal Counts and Lunch Survey Results

Chapter Board Meeting: Held on January 24th after the Chapter Luncheon (30 minutes)

Disbursement for luncheon supplies was approved. Donation of $1,500 to All Children’s Hospital for 2013 was approved. The Board

matched the funds raised during Chapter events in 2013 for this worthy cause.

The next Board Meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 21st, at 11:00am at Tampa Interna-tional Airport. Please contact me if you have any questions!

Kevin Frye, CPPO, CPPB Chapter Secretary - 2014

Latest Certificants!

Chapters Newest CPPOs:

Kevin Frye (City of Tampa)

Karen Dewar (City of St. Petersburg)

Alice A. Beasley (Pinellas County Sheriff’s

Office)

Carla Dever (Hillsborough County)

Chapter’s Newest CPPBs:

Angel Concepcion (Hillsborough County)

JoAnn Joyce (School Board of Sarasota County)

Kimberlyn Murray (Hillsborough County Schools)

Matthew R. Shrader (Hillsborough County)

Ellen Cuarta (SWFWMD)

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Happy New Year everyone! Expenses for all of 2013 totaled $82,324.24 and Income added up to $99,080.69. We ended 2013 with a net profit of $16,804.40 representing the first net profit since 2009! This was largely due to the success of the Fall Reverse Trade Show. Profits from the Spring Trade Show and Golf Tournament also contributed. For all of 2013, the Chapter paid $9,165 for the Rusty Pelican meeting room and lunch-

eons. The $10 collected from members totaled $2,730 which equates to the Chapter

covering 70% of the luncheon cost!!

In 2013, the Chapter gave $2,450 in charitable donations, in addition to the Toys for Tots

collection in December.

We begin 2014 with a good amount of income for January, but due to payment deposits

for the April Trade Show and Symposium, we will end in a net loss for the month. The

GREAT news is the Chapter has already sold eight (8) booths at $525 each!

Karen Main CPPB Chapter Treasurer - 2014

Treasurer’s Recap

JANUARY’S LUCKY 50/50 WINNER: Lawanda Bodden, City of St. Petersburg

Tampa Bay Area Chapter NIGP, Inc. NEWSLETTER Page 6

BUSINESS AND LEISURE RENTAL VEHICLES

Did you know that the State has two term contracts for renting vehicles? One contract

with Avis Rent a Car System Inc. allows for the rental of subcompacts, compacts, econ-

omy, intermediate, full-size, minivan, passenger van, standard SUV. The other contract

is with Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida and allows for the rental of trucks ranging

from a standard quarter ton open bed pickup to a 24’ straight truck with an 11,000 lb. hy-

draulic lift. These contracts are available to any agency defined in F.S. 163.3164(21)

which includes the United States or any department, commission, agency, or other in-

strumentality thereof; the State of Florida or any department, commission, agency, or

other instrumentality thereof; any local government, or any department, commission,

agency, or other instrumentality thereof; or any school board or other special district, au-

thority, or governmental entity. That pretty much covers all agencies.

There are numerous advantages with renting a vehicle through the Avis contract. One

advantage is the contract terms extend to employees of authorized agencies for leisure

rentals as well. I will explain more on this advantage later. In general the contract ad-

vantages are set bid pricing for both in-state and out of state rentals, unlimited mileage,

as well, as the ability rent based on hourly, daily, weekly or month rates. Although there

are separate rate tables for in-state versus out of state the differences are minimal. So

when your agency needs a short term solution to cover a required vehicle demand be-

yond you existing capacity, or you have personnel on travel, this contract may be a vi-

able economical solution.

The contract has special provisions that allow drivers 18 to 25 to be designated drivers, which is normally not allowed when renting vehicles, if the rental is billed directly to the agency. Something that may reduce anxiety from your Risk Managers is that Avis in-cludes primary third party liability insurance coverage in the rental cost in the following amounts: $100,000/$300,000 bodily injury and $200,000 property damage insurance when the vehicle is rented by an Eligible Customer for business purposes. Avis assumes all loss damage to the AVIS car whether due to fire, accident or collision when vehicle is rented for State, or eligible customer, business purposes. If that isn’t enough, the con-tract also automatically includes an insurance override agreement that covers licensed drivers, other than the individual that rented the vehicle, that use the vehicle with the per-mission of the renter with all insurance and benefits provided under the rental agreement as long as they are over the age of 25. When making a reservation for business purposes by calling Avis’ toll free reservation

number, via Avis.com, or by calling your travel agent you must request State of Florida

contract rates, and reference the AWD (Avis Worldwide Discount) code A113400 to as-

sure the state rental rate is received.

Leisure usage of the contract, so you want to go on vacation or your car is out of service

and you want to rent a vehicle. Avis has agreed by contract to offer state contract rates

for vehicles rented to State of FL agency employees and state contract Eligible Users for

personal or leisure use, except for one-way rental rates which are not available for

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personal or leisure use. When renting for personal use, the employee must present their

valid employee ID at the time of pick-up. The State of FL Avis AWD code for Personal/

Leisure rentals is S954700. In addition to the benefit of unlimited mileage and the ability

to rent based on hourly, daily, weekly or month rates, the provision allowing additional

drivers is also included as long as the driver is properly licensed and over the age of 25.

Insurance is not included with personal rentals. The renter is responsible for purchasing

insurance for vehicles rented for personal or leisure use. When renting for personal/

leisure use the renter assumes responsibility for all loss or damage done to the rental

vehicle, up to and included full value of rental vehicle, regardless of fault. Third party li-

ability coverage is provided but will be limited to amount set by the laws of the State in

which the vehicle was rented. This personal exposure may be covered by the renter's

personal vehicle insurance, and/or by certain personal credit card companies. It is rec-

ommended that the renter check personal insurance coverage and/or their personal

credit cards companies before renting.

Note - when an agency employee rents an Avis vehicle for business using an agency P-

Card and wishes to extend the rental for personal use, the employee must check in at

the local Avis rental location and change your rental agreement to your personal credit

card. The rates for business and personal travel are the same, but business travel in-

cludes insurance coverage and tax exemption. It is not Avis’ responsibility to break up

your rental costs. Using the agency’s P-Card for the entire rental and then reimbursing

your agency is prohibited.

Any person renting a car will be asked to produce I.D. to validate that they are an em-

ployee of the State of Florida or an employee of an eligible agency as well as a valid

driver’s license.

Likewise if your agency has a need for a short term truck rental then the Enterprise con-

tract may be a solution. Unlike the Avis contract, the Enterprise contract does charge

extra fees for mileage so when analyzing your options you will need to take this into con-

sideration. Additional information concerning the Enterprise contract can be found on

the Department of Management Services website under Term Contracts.

I encourage you to shop around and always compare pricing. I have utilized the State

contract pricing for business, as well as, for leisure travel on several occasions and have

found the pricing to be very competitive. Also, please review the Avis contract summary

documentation on the Department of Management Services website as well as the fre-

quently asked questions.

Edward Haines, CPPO, CPPB Director of Procurement , Hillsborough County Aviation Authority

Tampa Bay Area Chapter NIGP, Inc. NEWSLETTER Page 8

NEGOTIATING IN THE SUNSHINE

The State of Florida has a broad open public records law which can be found under Section 119

of the State Statutes. This law, as you know, also applies to public purchasing, more specifically

as stated under Section 119.071(1)(b)2 of the State Statute. The statute states that sealed bids,

proposals, or replies received by an agency pursuant to a competitive solicitation are exempt

from public record until such time as the agency provides notice of an intended decision or until

30 days after opening the bids, proposals, or final replies, whichever is earlier. While the State

Statute has made some stride in extending the period of time in which to review bids and pro-

posals out of the sunshine from 10 days to 30 days, in my opinion, this period of time should be

extended, for Request for Proposals, at least until after the submission and acceptance of the

―Best and Final Offer‖ from the top ranked proposer.

It is nearly impossible to conduct the most favorable contract terms and pricing under the sun-

shine. What proposer do you know is willing to have an open discussion about their company’s

approach, design, technical solution and technology to meet your agency’s needs in the pres-

ence of its competitor(s) during an open negotiation? The argument I suspect, for open negotia-

tions in Florida, may have resulted from some disgruntled proposer from years past who com-

plained to someone of unfair treatment during a proposal evaluation process. Or perhaps there

might have been unethical behavior during an evaluation process conducted by an evaluation

committee. Whatever the reason, the solution enacted was far too extreme of what was reason-

able, and the issue of closed negotiations in the interest of obtaining the very best possible solu-

tion for public entities should be revisited.

So what’s changed since the enactment of negotiating in the sunshine? Several things have

changed. For one, there are ethical standards in place governing the behavior of public procure-

ment officials. In addition to the ethical standards developed over the past several years, there is

training on negotiation strategies and techniques for public purchasing officials by NIGP and the

State of Florida. There is certification offered by NIGP and the State of Florida for public pur-

chasers. Public purchasers spend lots of tax payer dollars within the boundaries dictated by poli-

cies, procedures, charters, ordinances and State and Federal Laws and Regulations which gov-

ern how these funds are to be used in awarding contracts. There are audits which are performed

on a regular basis of the bid and proposal contract files at the public purchaser’s entity. Losing

proposers can and should be debriefed as to why their proposed solution was not the best solu-

tion offered for the entity. And then there is the media, who always seems to be ready to ferret

out a news story regarding any (perceived or alleged) impropriety within local and state govern-

ment.

With so many things that have changed over the years, and with an economy that is slow in re-

covery, I believe it would be in any entity’s best interest to maximize and leverage the expendi-

ture of tax dollars, not to mention getting the very best solutions through negotiated contracts out

of the sunshine.

Gregory Spearman, CPPO, FCCM Purchasing Director , City of Tampa

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Dave Snyder, CPPO, CPCM retired from Hillsborough County

Government in 2011. He served as a Purchasing Manager and

Contracts Manager for over 21 years with the County. Dave has a

MBA from the University of South Florida and a BS degree from

Marquette University. He worked in the procurement field for over

30 years at Federal and County positions. Dave was born in Meadville, Pa. He

was commissioned officer in the US Army and served for over 24 years including

assignments in Vietnam, Korea, Germany, and the Middle East. Dave was the

Chapter President in 1994 and remains active in Chapter activities. He plays golf

and has 8 grandchildren. Dave and his wife Lucy also travel frequently as coordi-

nators for Worldwide Marriage Encounter for the Southeast United States. Dave

remembers well the excitement of being on the Chapter team at the NASCAR

racetrack as part of the 2008 NIGP Forum in Charlotte, NC….zoom…zoom…

zoom.

Karen Dewar, CPPO, CPPB is a Procurement Analyst for the City of

St. Petersburg. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Manage-

ment from the City University of New York. Karen has been in pro-

curement for about 24 years, eight of those years with the City of St.

Petersburg and the rest shared between the City of New York, Or-

ange County Government, and the Seminole County School Board.

She was born in Guyana (northeast coast of South America) and has

lived in the United States for over 30 years. Karen is a recipient of

the City of St. Petersburg’s Procurement & Supply Management’s customer care

award. Karen’s personal interests and hobbies include spending time with her

family and being involved in the community. She is married with two children; her

son attends the University of Florida and her daughter attends Clemson. A home

divided by gators and tigers! In addition to spending time with her family, Karen

also enjoys dancing, playing sports and comedy.

Evelina Romero TBAC Communications Co-Chair Procurement Specialist City of St. Petersburg

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Tampa Bay Area Chapter NIGP, Inc. NEWSLETTER Page 10

GEARING UP FOR SUCCESS! APRIL SYMPOSIUM

Hello fellow chapter members! I am honored to have been asked to be the Education Symposium & Supplier Exhibition Event Chair! My Co-Chair, Ce Ce Gibbons-Peoples with the City of Tampa and I, pledge to do our best to support the fine volunteers working dili-gently to provide you with the best event ever. The two separate tracks provide for a great learning opportunity, though it will be a dif-ficult choice to make deciding which track to follow.

The 5K/1M ―Bunny Hop‖ promises to be a fun event for you runners. Never thought I’d put fun and run together in one sentence but hey, to each his or her own. I’ll be there to cheer you on! And pet any of the pups that manage to talk their people into walking as well since this portion of our event will benefit our charity, the ASPCA. What a great cause……if I thought my two cocker spaniels could do it, I’d bring them along! Don’t forget to lace up your sneakers again for our big event – the Supplier Exhibition! They need us as much as we need them so let’s get out there and visit, hear about what new and exciting products they may have to offer and thank them for their tire-less efforts in supporting TBAC. The lunch on Friday will be out-standing; an Italian feast for all of us! Penne pasta with marinara, chicken marsala, Italian sausage with pep-pers and onions….mamma mia! The plenary session with Delatorro McNeal promises to be an exciting and fun-filled event. We all have lived with the phrase ―do more with less‖ for so long…..let’s learn how to do that but have fun at the same time! And last but never least, our favorite NIGP guy, Rick Grimm, will close out our event by giving us an update on all things NIGP. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to give me a shout!

Chris Rewis Hillsborough County Aviation Authority

Education Symposium & Supplier Exhibition Chair

P: (813) 870-8768 E: crewis@tampaairport.com

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IT’S AWARD SEASON

GOOD FOR YOU!

The 19th Annual AEP Award Application is

Due May 30.

https://www.npiconnection.org/aep/index.asp

The Innovations in Public Procurement Award submissions are due April 15

http://www.nigp.org/eweb/StartPage.aspx?Site=NIGP&webcode=abt_aa_ce

FAPPO’S 47th ANNUAL CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW

April 13-16 2014 West Palm Beach Marriott

Trade Show is April 14 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center

Visit: https://www.fappo.org/Content/Annual%20Conference

The City of Tampa’s Purchasing Department held a bake sale and raised

more than $900. Proceeds went to the Down syndrome group Manasota

BUDS.

Don Enge CPPB was awarded St Petersburg’s Service #1 Award for re-

designing the Procurement Department intranet site and developing the

Sourcing and Vendor Registration training videos.

Cheryl Aldridge was awarded St Petersburg’s Service #1 Award for out-

standing service for re-designing the Procurement Department intranet

site, updating all of the procurement and supply management documents,

training internal customers and working on the continued development of

iSupplier .

Barbara Grilli CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M., FCCM was selected for the St Pete

Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership St Pete Program Class of 2014.

Tampa Bay Area Chapter NIGP, Inc. NEWSLETTER Page 12

Imagine you are building your 15 thousand square foot dream home, with im-ported marble and tile, hand crafted cabinetry, two fully appointed gourmet kitchens, 17 car garage and 7.5 spa-like bathrooms. The home also features state of the art computer controlled HVAC, digital video security, entertain-ment systems and programmable dancing water fountains and fire pits. P.S. you need to have it built by January 1, 2014 for a New Year’s party with 500 guests. Since contract inception in 2011 you chose to trust the professional judgment of the experts that you are paying and interact only if called upon. In December 2013 you decided to check on the progress of the dream home and are utterly and completely appalled and devastatingly disappointed with the work. The show must go on however, and the party guests ultimately ar-rive as scheduled to discover that the contractor has stuccoed over the doors, leaving everyone standing on the elevated pool deck (which began to collapse under the load). Because this is obviously the contractor’s fault, you now take immediate steps to replace him…after your disappointed party guests have left. Similarly, the U.S. Government (specifically the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) will part ways on February 28 with contractor CGI Federal over the HealthCare.gov website, which failed to work when it launched in October for millions of Americans shopping for insur-ance. The deficiencies cited in October were numerous: the site failed to load, returned countless error messages, and prevented millions of people from shopping for coverage or enrolling. In addi-tion, it lacks a back-end payment system to the insurance carriers. The Government has attributed the failure to bad design and coding by the contractor. Was CGI terminated for cause? No, the Government is simply not opting to renew and will replace the con-tractor. (continued page 11)

GOVERNMENT WEBSITES & CONTRACT MAYHEM

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Meanwhile, here in Florida the $63 million project with Deloitte Consulting for the state unemployment benefits site is finally showing signs of life. It too had an October go-live date and a less than stellar debut. The executive director of the state Department of Economic Opportunity stated that the rollout did not go ―as promised by the vendor, much to the disappointment of the hardworking staff at DEO.‖ Even Senator Bill Nel-son called out the cavalry and dispatched officials with the U.S. Department of Labor to Tallahassee, with instructions not to leave until the problems are resolved. In a recent statement, the executive director of DEO again directed all blame to Deloitte and is calling in the liquidated damages. So in this case, the ver-dict is default and most likely litigation will follow. Given these two high profile cases, are we to conclude that all technology contractors with $50 million or more awards are irresponsible? As a pro-curement professional, not only do you see the flaw in that logic but you also see the unspoken but most probable deficiency common to both agen-cies: lack of contact administration. If we looked at the scope of services for the websites, would we see all of these missing deliverables? Would we see pages of Gantt charts in the proposal responses that were disre-garded? Would we see the agencies’ responsibilities for testing and accep-tance of milestones defined in the project schedule? Would we see pro-gress payments that were approved with no proof of progress? It makes you wonder that if half of the energy that is now being spent in placing the blame squarely on the contractors’ shoulders was actually spent in contract administration, we’d have two functional websites and this page might be blank! As in our ―far-fetched‖ dream home example, without proactive and ongoing communication between both parties, the ―party‖ is over before it starts.

Barbara Grilli, CPPO, CPPB, C.P.M. , FCCM Purchasing Manager, City of St Petersburg

Who do you know? Suggestions for exciting speakers for our Chapter

Meetings? Contact Mina Kaeding at 813-272-4326

Tampa Bay Area Chapter NIGP, Inc. NEWSLETTER Page 14

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Upcoming Classes for 2014 - Selections Based on Your Survey Responses! ALL REGISTRATION FEES REFLECT A 50% SUBSIDY FROM YOUR CHAPTER.

CLASSES (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE) TO BE HELD AT

THE CHILDREN’S BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

CPPB PREP: 03/06/-03/07/14 When Bad Things Happen to Bids: Strategies for Ensuring a Successful Pub-lic Construction Project 4/10/14 at Symposium/ Trade Show/ 5k Run-Walk—Tampa Fairgrounds (Limited to 25)

Best Practices in Developing Public Construction Bid Documents: 6/6/14

Contracting with Federal Funding—Grants Intermediate: 9/4-5/2014

Introduction to Public Private Partnerships: 10/3/2014

Statewide Classes: Details: http://www.nigp-tampabay.org/ProfessionalDevelopment.asp

or call Mark Shuman at 727-588-6179

Tampa Bay Area Chapter

National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. 2014 Meeting Schedule

COMMUNICATIONS:

Email the news from your corner of the world to:

barbara.grilli@stpete.org

Phone: 727-893-7224 KEEP IN TOUCH!….IT’S YOUR NEWSLETTER

Tampa Bay A rea Chap te r N IGP, Inc www.n igp - t ampabay .o rg

NOTE: THE NEWSLETTER IS ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE

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December 6, 2013 CHAPTER LUNCHEON - Holiday Program, Officers

January 21, 2014 Board Meeting, 2:00 Via Webex ( Also: 3/18, 4/22, 6/17, 8/12, 9/16 ,10/14)

January 24, 2014 CHAPTER LUNCHEON , 11:30 Rusty Pelican

February 21, 2014 Board Meeting, 11:30 Airport Warehouse

March 21, 2014 CHAPTER LUNCHEON, 11:30 Rusty Pelican

April 10/11, 2014 Trade Show/Symposium/Class/5K, Tampa Fair Grnds

April 13-16, 2014 FAPPO CONFERENCE in West Palm Beach

May 16, 2014 Golf Tournament

June 20, 2014 CHAPTER LUNCHEON, 11:30 Rusty Pelican

July 18, 2014 Board Meeting, 11:30 PC Sheriffs Office

August 22-27, 2014 National Forum – PHILADELPHIA

September 19, 2014 CHAPTER LUNCHEON , 11:30 Rusty Pelican—Election

of Officers

October 24, 2014 Reverse Trade Show

November 15, 2013 Board Meeting, 2:30 Airport Warehouse

December 12, 2014 CHAPTER LUNCHEON - Holiday Program, Officers