Procurement Basics
This document is used to request the purchase of goods or services before a purchase order can be issued.
What is a requisition?
This is the capital of Pennsylvania.
What is Harrisburg?
PO
What is a Purchase Order?
This is when something personal could improperly influence official decisions.
What is a conflict of interest?
This Pennsylvania amusement park is famous for chocolate.
What is Hersheypark?
This procurement method is typically used when price is the primary determining factor.
What is an Invitation for Bid?
This Pennsylvania city is home to the Liberty Bell.
What is Philadelphia?
RFI
What is Request for Information?
This principle requires procurement decisions to be fair and impartial.
What is ethics?
This famous Pennsylvania groundhog predicts the arrival of spring each February.
Who is Punxsutawney Phil?
This document describes exactly what is being purchased.
What are specifications?
Pennsylvania is known by this nickname.
What is the Keystone State?
CPO
What is Chief Procurement Officer?
This procurement method is used when only one vendor can provide a specific good or service.
What is a sole source procurement?
This Pennsylvania city is home to the famous "Flight 93 National Memorial."
What is Shanksville?
This type of contract allows multiple agencies to purchase from one competitively awarded contract.
What is a cooperative purchasing contract?
At Point State Park in Pittsburgh, the Allegheny and this river join to form the Ohio River.
What is the Monongahela River?
MWBE
What is a Minority - and Women-Owned Business Enterprise?
This principle requires procurement professionals to maintain accurate records, justify decisions, and ensure the purchasing process can be reviewed by the public.
What is transparency?
This Pennsylvania town is home to the annual Little League World Series.
What is Williamsport?
This document is issued to formally modify the scope, price, or timeline of an existing contract after it has been awarded.
What is a change order?
This battle, fought from July 1-3, 1863, is considered the turning point of the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
NASPO
What is the National Association of State Procurement Officials?
This requirement ensures that procurement decisions, evaluations, and supporting documentation are maintained so the process can be audited.
What is record retention?
This Pennsylvania county is famous for its Amish communities and is one of the state's top tourist destinations.
What is Lancaster?