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For Immediate Release: August 19, 2005 Contact: Mike Ryan Chief Purchasing Officer Phone: (972) 941-7134 10th National Honor Awarded to Plano Purchasing Division In early August, the City of Plano Purchasing Division received the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® Award for the 10th consecutive year from the National Purchasing Institute (NPI) at the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) Conference in Anaheim, California. Plano’s Purchasing Division is one of only a handful of agencies nationwide to have received the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement (AEP) Award since its inception. The AEP award is recognized by all six of the nation’s most respected public procurement organizations. It is presented annually and serves as a benchmark for organizational excellence in procurement nationwide. The award, designed to recognize organizational excellence in public procurement, is presented to organizations, public or non-profit, that obtain a high score on criteria designed to measure innovation, professionalism, productivity and leadership attributes of the procurement organization. The award is not limited to any particular jurisdiction. Counties, cities, school districts, states, special districts and universities, both public and private, are eligible. An independent committee conducts the official evaluation. NPI is a not-for-profit education and research organization dedicated to helping governments manage tax dollars wisely. The AEP was established in 1995 to recognize organizational excellence in public procurement.