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About WAPP
The Wisconsin Association of Public Purchasers (WAPP) was established in 1943 and
became an affiliate of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP)
in 1976. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to
providing education, technical
training and networking to state, local, educational and other
governmental purchasing officials in the State of Wisconsin.
WAPP's purpose is to:
- Promote and encourage professional development and competence through continuing
education, seminars and training of public officials;
- Promote a code of ethics for
public procurement officials;
- Promote cooperation and understanding among public agencies and officials;
- Provide a professional forum for the exchange of ideas, research and experiences among
public procurement officials;
- Support and promote continuing improvements in the field of public procurement;
- Support the principles and concepts of effective competition, increase public confidence
in the public purchasing process and assure equitable treatment of all persons involved in
public procurement; and
- Support on-going improvements in public procurement through seminars and technical
workshops.
Chapter Services include:
- At least three mmeetings
each year, usually held in March, September
and December and conducted in different locations in
the State.
- Newsletters mailed
or emailed to all members;
- Annual vendor Exposition.
- WAPP sponsored NIGP seminars;
- Other professional training;
- Opportunity for professional certification;
- Library of purchasing information;
- Outreach services to non-member municipalities; and
- Certificate of membership.
Goals of WAPP:
- Provide conferences
with educational content and workshops on a regular basis;
- Provide effective communication through an informative newsletter;
- Provide a scholarship program to be awarded annually;
- Achieve maximum participation from all members;
- Promote a Code of Ethics for WAPP members
and public procurement officials;
- Promote cooperative purchasing among all eligible members;
- Encourage professional development and competence through continuing education and
seminars; and
- Inform others of the benefits of centralized purchasing and the importance of a
professional purchasing career.
Code of Ethics:
The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing
(NIGP) and
the Wisconsin Association of Public Purchasers (WAPP)
believes, and it
is a condition of
membership, that the following ethical principles should govern the conduct of
every person employed by a public sector procurement or materials management
organization:
- Seeks or accepts a position as head
(or employee) only when fully in accord with the
professional principles applicable thereto and when confident of possessing the
qualifications to serve under those principles to the advantage of the employing
organization;
- Believes in the dignity and worth of the services rendered by the organization and the
social responsibilities assumed as a trusted public servant;
- Is governed by the highest ideals of honor and integrity in all public and personal
relationships in order to merit the respect and inspire the confidence of the
organization and the public being served;
- Believes personal aggrandizement or personal profit obtained through misuse of public or
personal relationship is dishonest and not tolerable;
- Identifies and eliminates participation of any individual in operational situations
where a conflict of interest may be involved;
- Believes that members of the
Institute (Association) and its staff should at no time,
or under any circumstances, accept directly or indirectly, gifts, gratuities or other things
of value from suppliers, which might influence or appear
to influence purchasing decisions;
- Keeps the governmental organization informed, through appropriate channels, on problems
and progress of applicable operations, by
emphasizing the importance of the facts;
- Resists encroachment on control of personnel in order
to preserve integrity as a professional manager;
- Handles all personnel matters on a merit basis
and in compliance with applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in
employment on the basis of politics,
religion, color,
national origin, disability, gender, age,
pregnancy and other protected characteristics;
- Seeks nor dispenses personal favors. Handles each administrative problem objectively
and emphatically without discrimination; and
- Subscribes to and supports the professional aims and objectives of the National
Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.
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