Norfolk’s Finance Department Procurement Office Receives National Honor

Press release from the City of Norfolk:

Posted on: October 6, 2020

NORFOLK, VA – Norfolk’s Department of Finance Procurement Office was awarded the prestigious Achievement in Excellence in Procurement® (AEP) by The National Procurement Institute, Inc. Monday. The city is one of eight jurisdictions in Virginia to receive the award.

The AEP is the national program used to benchmark organizational excellence in procurement and is awarded annually to public and non-profit agencies that demonstrate innovation, professionalism, e-Procurement, productivity, and leadership in the procurement function. It also encourages the development of excellence as well as continued organizational improvement based on standardized criteria designed to measure state of the art best practices.

This significant accomplishment shows the high standards that Norfolk meets in public procurement and serves to convey confidence to our residents that the city is committed to developing and maintaining purchasing programs and processes that ensure competency, productivity, transparency and good customer service.

This press release was produced by the City of Norfolk. The views expressed here are the author’s own.