Procurement – The Basics of Procurement

By Tim Duhamel

Learn about best practices for municipal procurement, procurement policy and the role it plays in fraud prevention.

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Course Content

Best practices and the value of identifying municipal services
Process requirements for developing a service inventory – descriptions, scope
Costing methodology for municipal services – understanding the cost of services is essential
Internal facing versus external facing services – identifying both is important from both transparency and planning perspectives
Allocating overhead to external services (fleet, facility maintenance, HR, finance, etc.)
Priorities, messaging, and graphics – understanding service priorities is critical and can help support budget delivery

Course Content
1. Best practices and the value of identifying municipal services
2. Process requirements for developing a service inventory – descriptions, scope
3. Costing methodology for municipal services – understanding the cost of services is essential
4. Internal facing versus external facing services – identifying both is important from both transparency and planning perspectives
5. Allocating overhead to external services (fleet, facility maintenance, HR, finance, etc.)
6. Priorities, messaging, and graphics – understanding service priorities is critical and can help support budget delivery

September 22, 2021

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST

Course Info

Price:$175.00

PD Credits: 1.5

Category: Technical/Other

Date: Sept 22, 2021

Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST

Course Synopsis

Course Info

Price:$175.00

PD Credits: 1.5

Category: Technical/Other

Updated: Sept 22, 2021

Duration: 1:??:??

Course Synopsis

Asset Management for the Financial Professional

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of

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About the Author

Mauricio Reyes is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA),

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About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.
He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.
His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.
He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.
His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Mauricio Reyes is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), a Certified Asset Management Professional (CAMP), and is the Senior Manager of Financial Services at the City of Lacombe.
He has over 7 years of Municipal experience in both rural and urban municipalities and is a key member of the Asset Management Steering Committee.
He deeply interested in understanding how his role as a Finance officer can be used in Asset Management.

About the Author

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Course Description

Municipalities are complex businesses that deliver hundreds of essential and value add services every day. Proper identification of a municipality’s service inventory helps illuminate the value of municipal services to residents and is a valuable planning tool.

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Course Description

Municipalities are complex businesses that deliver hundreds of essential and value add services every day. Proper identification of a municipality’s service inventory helps illuminate the value of municipal services to residents and is a valuable planning tool.
Learn best practices and the value of identifying municipal services, process requirements for developing a service inventory, the costing methodology for municipal services, internal facing versus external facing services, allocating overhead to external services, and how understanding service priorities is critical in today’s challenging financial environment.

Learning Outcomes

Best practices for municipal procurement
Learn about procurement policy and the role it plays in fraud prevention
How good procurement practices protect the municipality from financial loss

Learning Outcomes
- Best practices for municipal procurement
- Learn about procurement policy and the role it plays in fraud prevention
- How good procurement practices protect the municipality from financial loss

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal financial professional and senior executive.

Who Should Attend?

Register Today!

In Alberta (GFOA)

BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.

Some topics include:

Financial Planning & Management
- Municipal risk and opportunity reviews
- Financial condition assessments
- Budget process reviews and development
- Priority based budgeting
- Program and service costing
- Operating budget forecasting and financial solution development
- Asset management
- Capital budget development and prioritization
- Capital plan development and prioritization
- Capital plan funding strategies (debt, grants, reserves, operating budget)
- Long term financial plan development
- Municipal price inflation (MPI) development
- User fee and permit reviews
- Development levy plans
- Grant research and application support

Strategic Business Planning
- Strategic plan facilitation and development
- Business plan facilitation and development
- Situational consulting and strategy development
- Facility project plans and feasibility studies

Education & Mentorship
- CAO mentorship and education
- Finance officer mentorship and education
- Council orientation and education
- Environmental education
- Communication and writing mentorship

Project & Change Management
- Project plans
- Change management plans and facilitation
- Services reviews

Advocacy
- Representation and negotiations
- Intermunicipal agreement reviews, frameworks and facilitation
- Intermunicipal negotiations

Communications
- Communication plans and strategies
- Facility sponsorship packages
- Narrative process development (budgets, strategic plans, business plans)
- Business plan writing
- Budget communication support
- Media releases
- Media strategy
- Newsletter development
- Public survey development
- Business case development

Environment
- Environmental education
- Environmental communication plans and strategies
- Climate change adaptation plan development
- Environmental strategic planning
- Environmental grant research and support

Questions? Get in touch…

Procurement – The Basics of Procurement

Learn about best practices for municipal procurement, procurement policy and the role it plays in fraud prevention.

Register Today!

Course Content

September 22, 2021

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST

Course Info

Price:$175.00

PD Credits: 1.5

Category: Technical/Other

Date: Sept 22, 2021

Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM MST

Course Synopsis

Course Info

Price:$175.00

PD Credits: 1.5

Category: Technical/Other

Updated: Sept 22, 2021

Duration: 1:??:??

Course Synopsis

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of

Municipal Education.

He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.

His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

About the Author

Mauricio Reyes is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA),

a Certified Asset Management Professional (CAMP), and is the Senior Manager of Financial Services at the City of Lacombe.

He has over 7 years of Municipal experience in both rural and urban municipalities and is a key member of the Asset Management Steering Committee.

He is he deeply interested in understanding how his role as a Finance officer can be used in Asset Management.

About the Author

Tim Duhamel is the founder and President of Bloom Centre of Municipal Education.

He is a municipal veteran whose career has spanned over 21 years.

His passion is creating educational material and conducting lectures for municipal professionals. He has lectured as far away as Kiev, Ukraine for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

About the Author

Stephanie Porter is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and external auditor with Metrix Group LLP.

She has a passion for education and is a course developer and instructor for the University of Alberta in addition to her work at Bloom.

She is the lead Associate of curriculum development and instruction for Bloom’s reporting and audit stream.

Course Description

Municipalities are complex businesses that deliver hundreds of essential and value add services every day. Proper identification of a municipality’s service inventory helps illuminate the value of municipal services to residents and is a valuable planning tool.

Learning Outcomes

Best practices for municipal procurement

Learn about procurement policy and the role it plays in fraud prevention

How good procurement practices protect the municipality from financial loss

Who Should Attend?

A unique professional development experience that has benefit for all municipal staff, including small, medium and large municipalities!

The webinar focus is on the professional development needs of any municipal financial professional and senior executive.

Register Today!

BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.

Some topics include:

Questions? Get in touch…