PGPC One-Day Workshops

Throughout the year, PGPC offers single-day, six-hour workshops at their office location taught by experts in the field of procurement services, general fixed assets, and business management services. These intensive one-day workshops are instructor-facilitated, with hands-on training, and promote active discussion about techniques or professional concerns. Class size is limited to 20 attendees to enable individual attention.

Current Local Workshops (at PGPC)

  • Cartwright Elementary DO Purchasing Bootcamp 101 on Thursday, Aug 17, 2023
    This workshop will be the bootcamp you’ve been asking for. You will be taken through the entire compliance questionnaire for procurement issues. We’ll cover quotes, EPLS, forms, the files, checklists, and the alphabet soup of RFI, RFP, RFQ, and IFB. This class will also cover textbooks and exemptions.
  • Sunnyside Unified School District IFB’s: Construction on Friday, September 22, 2023
    You will be taken through the entire IFB process. You will come to understand where change orders can be prevented, how to add a quality factor, and the whole bonding process. If you have SFB projects, you need to attend this workshop. Join us for this hands-on workshop.
  • Sunnyside Unified School District Co-Operative Due Diligence on Friday, October 20, 2023
    What is the standard, how is it met, and does it pass the test? Are you being pressured to use a contract just because a vendor says that’s where the best pricing is? How do you deal with this kind of scenario? This workshop will review four different co-operative contracts to see if they measure up. Hands-on group activities! Join us for this bootcamp workshop.
  • Cartwright Elementary DO Reconciliations on Thursday, August 24, 2023
    How to do the prep work, what reports need to be run, and how can I find my errors. All the
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  • Pendergast ESD How to Fix Your “Audit Hits” in March 2024
    Did you have construction in progress issues? Were you missing data in your records, did you have temporary tag problems, or have E-Rate Compliance concerns? Did you forget about the Federal Requirements for inventory? When was the last time you tested your stewardship list?
  • Sunnyside USD Get Ready for Physical Inventory on Friday, April 26, 2024
    This workshop will take you through the process. What about the need to organize? Have you labeled each room at each site? Is your scanner software updated? What other information do I need to gather, what lists do I need to review, and what about coordination of efforts?

Current Regional Workshops

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