Agency Relations

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Course Description:

This session will focus on interagency relationships and best practices to build trust. It will highlight key components to create a partnership between the central procurement office and the user agency. It will include an interactive discussion between the procurement staff speaker, the user agency representative speaker, and the attendees.

Learning Objectives:

Illustrate perspectives from the agency side.

Identify factors to establish trust and build a quality partnership.

Describe the benefits of a quality partnership.