This course is intended for officials with two or more years of experience in local governmental purchasing, and will cover bidding and property disposal, capital leasing, performance management and benchmarking, insurance and risk management, electronic bidding and contract management, effective communications, ethics and conflicts of interest, and practical skills training, including handling difficult bids. This three-day seminar will sharpen participants' purchasing skills and deepen their understanding of the legal and practical aspects of public purchasing.

This course will be held in-person at the School of Government.

A discount of 10% off each registration fee is available for groups of five or more from the same organization. To receive the discount, all registrations must be submitted in the same transaction and will be discounted automatically at checkout. If you have questions, or need assistance connecting an existing account to the account of your colleague submitting the registrations, please contact us at registration@sog.unc.edu.