NIGP agency accreditation

Similar to individual certification, NIGP Agency Accreditation reflects an entity’s achievement of professional competency and earns the immediate respect of all who interact with the procurement department.

NIGP offers two levels of accreditation programs to recognize and reward agencies for their commitment to professional excellence, the Outstanding Agency Accreditation in Achievement Award (OA4) and the Pareto Award for Excellence in Public Procurement. Agencies achieving OA4 and the Pareto Award have a long-term impact on agency credibility, recognition and improved bond ratings.

Agencies Earning Pareto Accreditation

The Pareto Award was named after Vilfredo Pareto, the founder of the 80-20 rule, and is the most prestigious and highest award of agency achievement in our profession. The Pareto Award may be earned only by agencies that have achieved OA4 accreditation and successfully completed a prescribed peer review process.

The Pareto Award is not easily earned due to the rigors inherent in the review process.

The following agencies earned Pareto accreditation in 2009:

Cobb County School District, Ga.

Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Md.

City of Naperville, Ill.

Miami Dade County Department of Procurement Management, Fla.
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City of St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Hillsborough County Department of Procurement Services, Fla.
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Current NIGP Outstanding Accredited Agencies:

Arapahoe County, Colo.

Arizona Department of Administration

Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs

Arizona Department of Transportation

Baltimore County, Md.

Broward County Board of County Commissioners, Fla.

Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Fla.

Charleston Comm. of Public Works, S.C.

Chesterfield County, Va.

City of Alexandria, Va.

City of Brampton, Ontario

City of Chandler, Ariz.

City of Charlotte – Mecklenburg County, N.C.

City of Cincinnati, Ohio

City of Coral Gables, Fla.

City of Glendale, Ariz.

City of McKinney, Texas

City of Naperville, Ill.

City of Natchitoches, La.

City of Peoria, Ariz.

City of Plano, Texas

City of Port St. Lucie, Fla.

City of Punta Gorda, Fla.

City of Thornton, Colo.

City of Tucson, Ariz.

City of Virginia Beach, Va.

Cobb County, Ga.

Cobb County School District, Ga.

Columbia County Board of Commissioners, Ga.

Denver Public Schools, Colo.

District of Columbia Office of Contracting and Procurement

District School Board of Pasco County, Fla.

Douglas County School District, Colo.

Edmonton Public Schools, Alberta

El Paso County, Colo.

Escambia County, Board of County Commissioners, Fla.

Fairfax County Government, Va.

Fulton County – Department of Purchasing, Ga.

Gwinnett County, Ga.

Henrico County, Va.

Hillsborough County Department of Procurement Services, Fla.

Houston Independent School District, Texas

Howard County Purchasing, Md.

Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Ontario

Knox County, Tenn.

Knoxville’s Community Development Corp., Tenn.

Loudoun County, Va.

Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Ga.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Ill.

Miami Dade County Department of Procurement Management, Fla.

Mohave Educational Services Cooperative, Ariz.

Montgomery County, Va.

Norfolk Public Schools, Va.

Osceola County, Fla.

Pima County Government – Procurement, Ariz.

Pittsburgh Board of Public Education, Penn.

Polk County Board of County Commissioners, Fla.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Fla.

Prince William County Public Schools, Va.

Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario

Seminole County, Fla.

State of Ohio

Texas Department of Transportation

The Corporation of the City of Brantford, Ontario

Town of Blacksburg, Va.

Union Sanitary District, Calif.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Va.

Williamson County, Texas

For information about NIGP’s accreditation programs, please contact Tina Borger, director of Research and Technical Services, at [email protected], or call 800-367-6447 x261.