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Origins of the Universal Public Purchasing Certification Council
The education and continuing professional development of
those individuals involved in public procurement has been a primary objective
of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) since its founding
in 1944. In 1964, this quest for excellence in public procurement was more
clearly defined when NIGP developed and initiated its Certified Public
Purchasing Officer (CPPO) program. The CPPO program of NIGP was, at the time of
its initiation, the only professional certification offered by a national
professional purchasing association in North America.
The concept underlying the development of the CPPO program was to establish a
standard by which qualifications of any public procurement official could be
evaluated for a managerial or supervisory level position in public procurement.
Public purchasers and personnel specialists informed NIGP that such a standard
was needed.
In order to more effectively promote and insure professionalism in public
sector procurement, NIGP and the National Association of State Procurement
Officials (NASPO), jointly established the Universal Public Purchasing
Certification Council in 1978. The functions of the Council are as follows:
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to establish, monitor, and revise requirements for certification |
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to continue research efforts relating to the certification of
public purchasers |
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to coordinate with other NIGP and NASPO programs in order to
further the certification of public procurement officers |
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to do all things necessary and proper to promote and insure
professionalism in public procurement |
Realizing the need for a certification program for non-managers, the Universal
Public Purchasing Certification Council (UPPCC), its Board of Examiners (BOE),
and NIGP's Education and Professional Development Committee developed the
Professional Public Buyer (PPB) certificate. The first PPB certificate was
issued in 1979. This designation was changed by the UPPCC to Certified
Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) in 1991.
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