HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-10-23 County Purchasing Division wins prestigious award
Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
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October 23, 2017
NEWS RELEASE
County of Hawai'i Purchasing Division Wins Prestigious Statewide Award
The County of Hawai'i Finance Department’s Purchasing Division has won a prestigious
statewide award for excellence, accorded by the Hawai'i State Procurement Office.
The five-person Purchasing Division team, comprised of former Purchasing Agent
Jeffrey Dansdill and his colleagues Steve Wilhelm, Lori Shikuma, Larry Suenishi and
Krystie Campbell, shared the 2017 Procurement Professional Excellence Team Award.
The Hawaii Procurement Professional Excellence Team Award recognizes:
Noteworthy contributions to procurement including extraordinary business leadership or
the design, development or execution of a procurement program or project that furthers
an Agency’s/Department’s mission; and
Noteworthy contributions to contracting policy including the development of a
management policy, regulation, data system or other task that significantly enhances the
economy, efficiency and effectiveness of an agency’s acquisition system.
The award was presented by State Procurement Office Administrator Sarah Allen on
nd
October 20, 2017, at the 2 Annual SPOCon conference for state procurement
professionals.
“I’m really proud of them for stepping up and for helping others in the County and the
State,” said County Finance Director Deanna Sako. “They worked really hard.”
Sako explained that the Purchasing team helped other Departments and the State this
past year with statewide cooperative purchasing agreements, which are pool
arrangements with others in the County and State that effectively bring down everyone’s
costs.
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