OUR MISSION AND GOALS

• To promote ethical, efficient and cost-effective public purchasing policies and practices;
• To provide educational programs, products, and services for public purchasing personnel;
• To enable public purchasing personnel to exchange useful information about policies, practices, procedures, products and services of common interest;
• To otherwise facilitate the conduct of purchasing activities by government and other public agencies;
• To assist other charitable and educational organizations in the conduct of similar activities.

We are a membership-based non-profit organization. Membership in the PPAC Chapter of NIGP is open to persons who are employed by a governmental, quasi-governmental or non-profit agency or subdivision thereof, and whose duties in whole or in part consist of purchasing supplies, materials, or services or duties related thereto.