CIPS Accreditation of Health Purchasing Victoria's PPP

CIPS Australia has accredited the Health Purchasing Victoria’s Procurement Professional Program (PPP) for recognition of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.

Recognition of this programme will further enable CIPSA’s procurement professionalisation agenda, whilst increasing CIPS student membership numbers and enrolments in the CIPS qualifications providing a feeder into the CIPS qualifications framework.

Upon completion of the assessment components of the HPV Procurement Professional Program PLUS:

i) CIPS Level 4 Managing Purchasing and Supply Relationships
ii) CIPS Level 4 Purchasing Contexts

Candidates will be eligible for:

The HPV’s Procurement Professional Program certification
Exemptions from:
CIPS Level 4 Effective Negotiation in Purchasing and Supply
CIPS Level 4 Developing Contracts in Purchasing and Supply 
CIPS Level 4 Measuring Purchasing Performance
CIPS Foundation Diploma in Purchasing and Supply qualification
CIPSA Diploma membership status
Progression into CIPS Level 5 Advanced Diploma in Purchasing and Supply

Contracting and Tendering Services Pty Ltd (CTS), one of CIPSA’s approved study centres, has been nominated as the provider of this programme on behalf of HPV.

This joint arrangement is an excellent pathway to further engage the health procurement community with the vision to educate, upskill and develop their talents. CIPS Australasia is committed to professional development and will continue to support initiatives which offer valuable progression on the pathway to professionalism.

This is the second accreditation of its kind, combining AQF units of competency with units from the CIPS Qualification framework to award the CIPS Foundation Diploma – a globally recognised procurement qualification. The first was the Victorian Local Government Procurement Professional Programme which was launched in June 2009, also managed by Contracting and Tendering Services.

Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) is an Australian public authority established in 2001 by an amendment to the Victorian Health Services Act 1988, and has a responsibility to facilitate reform of the procurement system for Victorian hospitals and health services. Full details are available at: http://www.hpv.org.au .