Massachusetts Certified Public Purchasing Official Program

 
Click here for the January - June 2012 MCPPO Registration Form. [PDF]

More information on the program and the seminars is available at www.mass.gov/ig/mcppo/igmcppo.htm

This seminar is a prerequisite for other seminars in the program. The cost to attend is $450 for government and non-profit employees and $700 for all others. Click here for additional information on the Public Contracting Overview Seminar. (pdf)

Completion of the Public Contracting Overview Seminar is a prerequisite. The cost to attend is $450 for government and non-profit employees and $700 for all others. Click here for additional information on the Supplies and Services Contracting Seminar. (pdf)

Completion of the Public Contracting Overview Seminar is a prerequisite. The cost to attend is $650 for government and non-profit employees and $900 for all others. Click here for additional information on the Design and Construction Contracting Seminar. (pdf)

Completion of the Public Contracting Overview Seminar is not a prerequisite. The cost to attend is $350 for government and non-profit employees and $600 for all others. Click here for additional information on the Advanced Topics Update Seminar.

Completion of the Design and Construction Contracting Seminar is recommended, but not required. The cost to attend is $275 for government and non-profit employees and $600 for all others. Click here for additional information on the Construction Management at Risk Seminar.

This two-day seminar was developed to assist charter schools in satisfying the requirement (Section 11 of Chapter 46 of the Acts of 1997) that certain charter school administrators earn a Massachusetts public purchasing official certificate. The cost to attend is $400 for government and non-profit employees and $600 for all others. Click here for additional information on the Charter School Procurement Seminar.

This four-day seminar was developed for the private sector to meet new Massachusetts School Building Authority requirements that the project director for the owner's project manager (963 C.M.R. 2.11(12)) and the individual directly assigned to the project by the design firm (963 C.M.R. 2.12(6)) be certified in the Office of the Inspector General's MCPPO Program. The cost to attend is $1,200. Click here for additional information on the training.

Completion of the Certification for School Project Designers and Owner's Project Managers Seminar is a prerequisite. This one-day seminar was developed for the private sector to meet the Massachusetts School Building Authority requirements that the project director for the owner's project manager (963 C.M.R. 2.11(12)) and the individual directly assigned to the project by the design firm (963 C.M.R. 2.12(6)) maintain certification in the Office of the Inspector General's MCPPO Program. The seminar will include a segment on major design and construction law updates, an overview of some Attorney General opinions and court cases, and an update by the MSBA. The cost to attend is $600.

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Revised December 29, 2011