NAEP & Spikes
Cavell Establish Strategic Alliance
The National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) and
Spikes Cavell Analytic Inc., are delighted to announce their
partnership aimed at supporting NAEP’s members in their quest to
deliver improved spend and contract visibility.
Extending Spikes Cavell’s long standing and successful strategic
alliance with the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing
(NIGP), the partnership with NAEP will be bring data transformation
services, online tools and analytical insight to the higher
education sector (public and private) nationwide. The partnership
will also be undertaking ground-breaking analysis of spend data in
order to generate reports comprised of comparative metrics and
identify key trends in higher education expenditure. The sector
specific reports created as a results of the analysis will
published periodically and made available to NAEP members.
Doreen Murner, NAEP’s Chief Executive said: "Higher Ed is under
considerable pressure to save money and the sector’s procurement
practitioners are uniquely placed to contribute. Time and time
again our Members have told us that better spend and contract
visibility is critical but that it can’t take forever, consume lots
of institutional resources or cost the earth. That’s why after a
long search for a strategic partner in the area I am excited that
the NAEP has established a strategic alliance with Spikes Cavell
Analytic Inc., The fact that we’ll also be collaborating to
undertake ground-breaking analysis of HE sector spend data to
support benchmarking and comparison is an added bonus."
Luke Spikes, Spikes Cavell’s Chief Executive said: "We’re
delighted to working alongside the NAEP who has devoted more than
90 years to the development, exchange and practice of effective and
ethical procurement principles and techniques within higher
education. We look forward to leveraging our experience of
delivering data transformation, online tools and analytical insight
for more than 1,000 public sector organizations worldwide for the
benefit of NAEP’s members in their quest to deliver cash savings
for their institutions."
About NAEP
NAEP is a member-focused association providing progressive
knowledge management in strategic sourcing, supply chain, materials
and logistics for procurement professionals. Since the 1920’s, NAEP
has been the non-profit professional association primarily
dedicated to serving higher education purchasing officers in the
U.S. and Canada. Currently, over 1,500 colleges and universities
are members.
National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP)
5523 Research Park Drive, Suite 340, Baltimore, MD 21228
Web: http://www.naepnet.org/observatory
About NIGP
NIGP, the Institute for Public Procurement, has been developing,
supporting and promoting the public procurement profession through
premier educational and research programs, professional support,
technical services and advocacy initiatives that benefit members
and constituents since 1944. With over 2,600 member agencies
representing over 16,000 professionals across the United States,
Canada and countries outside of North America, the Institute is
international in its reach.
NIGP - The Institute for Public Procurement
151 Spring Street Herndon, VA 20170-5223
Web:
http://www.nigp.org/eweb/StartPage.aspx?Site=NIGP&webcode=cps_observatory
Published: 9/19/2011
TAGS: NAEP, spend analysis, education, Spikes Cavell, public sector, contract visibility, spend visibility, NIGP