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Members receive 20% off course registration if registering 60 days prior to the course start date.
Streamline Your RFP Process and Attract Top Suppliers
Charting Your Course to Success
From foundational knowledge to advanced leadership skills, NIGP offers a wealth of tools and resources to help you navigate your professional journey and achieve your leadership goals.
Your Public Procurement Professional Development Guide
Get 20% off by registering 60 days prior to the course start date.
Assessment tools, prep courses, study groups and more.
Schedule your test today at your local Pearson VUE Testing Center
Thanks to the generous support of our government partner.
Start your job search in the field of Public Procurement.
A Network of 18,000+ Professionals working in the field of Public Procurement.
As volunteers serve the Institute, the Institute serves the profession, and the profession serves society.
Each year, NIGP recognizes members who have achieved hallmark status in the eyes of their peers.
Our Governing Board and Councils as well as Committees and Task Forces
Amplify Your Reach, Maximize Your Visibility.
Unlike most other programs, the NIGP-CPP does not require any specific procurement classes or training to be eligible. This means greater flexibility for you on how best to prepare for your exam without required mandates from NIGP.
NIGP offers 5 paths towards certification for those who have never been certified. Choose the one that best applies to you. All 5 paths require you take the Comprehensive Exam.
Graduate degree with a specific concentration in public administration, public policy, supply chain, procurement, or economics
2 years (24 months) relevant full-time work experience involved with procurement (public or private, purchaser or seller) within the past 10 years
Bachelors or higher degree (any discipline) and a graduate-level certificate in public administration, public policy, supply chain, or procurement
3 years (36 months) relevant full-time work experience involved with procurement (public or private, purchaser or seller) within the past 10 years
Bachelors degree or higher (any discipline)
4 years (48 months) relevant full-time work experience involved with procurement (public or private, purchaser or seller) within the past 10 years
Two-year post-secondary diploma OR associate degree (any discipline) OR NIGP Public Procurement Associate Designation
6 years (72 months) relevant full-time work experience involved with procurement (public or private, purchaser or seller) within the past 10 years
No post-secondary diploma required
8 years (96 months) relevant full-time work experience involved with procurement (public or private, purchaser or seller) within the past 10 years