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Government of Alberta - Meeting a Specific Training Need
New Contracting Initiative
In January, 2009, the government of Alberta (GoA), Service Alberta, implemented a new, cross-department initiative to increase the contracting authority delegated to ministries for the purchase of goods.
Training Needed to Support Initiative
To support this new initiative, we worked with GoA to develop and deliver a 3-day course entitled Procurement 201: Acquiring Goods through the Competitive Process. All employees who will be exercising the increased delegated authority must successfully complete this course.
Specific to Government of Alberta
Procurement 201 covers all aspects of the contracting cycle, from assessing a need, through to contract reporting and vendor relationship management. We incorporated GoA specific policies and procedures and hands-on case study exercises to ensure participants can practice their skills in the classroom.
Successful Pilot Leads to more Sessions
We piloted Procurement 201 to a group of participants on December 1-3, 2008, and received the following results:
Overall facilitator effectiveness 3.96 out of 4.0
Overall usefulness of content 3.91 out of 4.0
As a result, Service Alberta has sponsored 7 additional sessions for GoA staff.
When asked what they liked best about the seminar, participants reported: