News for the Statewide Procurement Community from the State Purchasing and Contracts Office
From the CPO
It's May, and summer is just around the corner! I hope you're all planning fun summer adventures with your family and friends, whether it's a big trip or a day hike in the beautiful Colorado mountains. We all work so hard, and taking some time off is important!
Sincerely,
Sherri Maxwell, CPPB
Chief Procurement Officer
SPCO Staffing Update
We've hired two new Contract Specialists! Melissa Vorenberg comes to us from The Office of the State Public Defender where she worked for five years as a Senior Deputy State Public Defender. She has her JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and in her spare time she likes to travel, try new restaurants, and enjoy outdoor recreation with her family.
Nathan Manley holds a JD from the University of New Hampshire and an MA in English from the University of Northern Colorado. Before law school, he spent five years teaching composition and rhetoric as an adjunct professor. In his spare time, he translates Latin verse and publishes a little of his own.
Welcome, Melissa and Nathan, we're very happy to have you on the SPCO team!
Updated agency assignments can be viewed here.
Protests and Appeals Training
The SPCO has added a Protests and Appeals training course to the Procurement Official training series in COPROU, our Learning Management System. This course covers the overall process, common reasons for protests, what is reviewed in an appeal, and more. There is also a Protest and Appeals Quick Reference Guide available in COPROU.
REMINDER:
New Contract Management Training & Reporting Requirements
The new Contract Management Policy requires agencies and IHEs to provide annual contract management training by the end of each fiscal year. Procurement officials must also report to the SPCO on the training requirement by September 30th of year, beginning in 2023.
Specific details are available in the policy, and have been shared with procurement officials, but here are a few highlights:
- Agencies/IHEs may create their own training using LMS, webinar, Powerpoint/Google, video meetings, or other methods. An updated SPCO contract management training is also available for use.
- This annual training is required for all contract managers of personal services contracts (including purchase orders) of $100,000 or higher, not just managers of high-risk contracts.
- Agencies/IHEs will be required to report back to the SPCO using a specific form that will be shared later this year.
The SPCO has also provided a Sample Contract Management Agreement and Sample Contract Management Best Practices on our training webpage that can be easily customized for your agency/IHE's specific needs.
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