Upcoming Purchasing Classes
The Purchasing Division offers targeted training to individual state agencies and employees upon request. If your agency is interested in targeted training on a specific topic area, contact Purchasing Help Desk at purchasinghelpdesk@admin.nv.gov
Nevada Continuing Legal Education and CCM Trainings
The Purchasing Division is pleased to offer free Nevada Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses for state and local government attorneys. Please register for available courses through NEATS. CLE Credit for CCM courses may also be available (6 credit hours for recertification, 10 for certification), please contact Purchasing General Counsel with questions or concerns (Counsel can manually register government attorneys who do not have NEATS access or provide materials for past courses that were missed). Credit requests are pending for January 2025 CCM trainings. We are happy to provide attendance certificates and any needed materials for other credit forms upon request.
Certified Contract Manager Trainings - Note: in light of the upcoming legislative session conflicts these will be the last CCM courses until the final quarter of 2025, if they are not displaying on NEATS they are at registration capacity:
January 7 & 8 at UNLV Law (Las Vegas) - Two Day Certified Contract Manager Training
January 9 at UNLV Law (Las Vegas) - One Day Certified Contract Manager Re-certification
January 14 & 15 at UNR Redfield (Reno) - Two Day Certified Contract Manager Training
January 16 at UNR Redfield (Reno) - One Day Certified Contract Manager Re-certification
January 21 & 22 at UNR Redfield (Reno) - Two Day Certified Contract Manager Training
The following courses are being offered virtually via Microsoft Teams in 2024 but have no CLE credit:
Formal Agency Solicitation Refresher for Certified Contract Managers - December 20, 2024 at 8:30am (3 hour virtual training)
The following courses are being offered virtually via Microsoft Teams in 2025 but have no CLE credit:
Formal Agency Solicitation Refresher for Certified Contract Managers - January 27, 2025 at 8:30am (3 hour virtual training)
The following courses are anticipated to be re-offered in the latter half of 2025 virtually and may have CLE credit depending on attorney interest:
Contract Scope of Work Review
Using Statewide Contracts
Contract Amendment and Assignment
Non-Competitive Procurement
The following are past courses offered in 2024:
February 6, 2024 - Contract Scope of Work Review for Government Attorneys (Virtual)
February 26 & 27 - CCM Certification (Carson City)
March 12, 2024 - CCM Recertification (Carson City)
March 25, 2024 - Contract Scope of Work Review for CCMs (Virtual)
April 10, 2024 - Using Statewide Contracts for Government Attorneys (Virtual)
April 18 & 19 - CCM Certification (Las Vegas)
May 14 - Using Statewide Contracts - A Primer for CCMs (Virtual)
May 23 - Recognizing and Addressing Public Works Implications in State Government Contracts (Virtual)
June 17 & 18 - CCM Certification (Carson City)
June 20 - CCM Recertification (Carson City)
June 17 - Contract Amendment and Assignment for Government Attorneys (Virtual)
July 16 - Contract Amendment and Assignment for CCMS (Virtual)
September 12 - Recognizing and Addressing Ethics Implications in State Government Contracts (Virtual)
September 23 & 24 - CCM Certification (Las Vegas)
September 25 - CCM Recertification (Las Vegas)
October 1 - CCM Recertification (Carson City)
October 3 & 4 - CCM Certification (Carson City)
October 22 - Recognizing and Addressing Risk Management Implications in State Government Contracts (Virtual)
November 13 - Non-Competitive Procurement for Nevada Government Attorneys (Virtual)
December 4 -Non-Competitive Procurement for CCMs (Virtual)
Certification and Recertification for State Contract Managers
The Nevada Certified Contract Manager (NVCCM) program is required pursuant to the State Administrative Manual (SAM) for State of Nevada employees whose responsibilities include soliciting quotes/proposals from vendors or managing agency contracting activities. The course is designed to cover more complex aspects of State contracting, with an emphasis on the service solicitation and contracting process under the State Purchasing Act (NRS 333). A score of 75% or better on the exam is required for certification. Once certified, participants may request Basic Purchasing (BP) access to NevadaEPro for solicitations and CCM access to the Budget Division’s Contract Entry Tracking System (CETS) for contract submission. Recertification is required every two years.
All State executive branch employees and officers are invited to take this course, especially if their job responsibilities include procurement or contracting related functions. Legislative branch, judicial branch, higher education, and local government employees and officers are welcome to attend as well; while these groups do not follow the State Purchasing Act for their procurements, most State Purchasing policies and processes can serve as a guide for any Nevada governmental entity.
The dates and registration for Certified Contract Manager
Initial (CCM-I) and Recertification (CCM-R) classes are available in the Nevada
Employee Action and Timekeeping System, NEATS. The CCM-I initial course is
two-days, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm each day. The CCM-R recertification is
one-day, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. If your agency is a user of NEATS, please
register there (https://neats.state.nv.us/).
If you agency does not have access to NEATS, please contact State
Purchasing via email for assistance.
Current 2025 dates/locations (if they do not display when you search NEATS, the session is full):
January 7 & 8 at UNLV Law (LV) - Two Day Certified Contract Manager Training
January 9 at UNLV Law (LV) - One Day Certified Contract Manager Re-certification
January 14 & 15 at UNR Redfield (Reno) - Two Day Certified Contract Manager Training
January 16 at UNR Redfield (Reno) - One Day Certified Contract Manager Re-certification
January 21 & 22 at UNR Redfield (Reno) - Two Day Certified Contract Manager Training
Additional Upcoming CCM Related Trainings:
Formal Agency Solicitation Refresher for Certified Contract Managers - December 20, 2024 at 8:30am (3 hour virtual training)
Formal Agency Solicitation Refresher for Certified Contract Managers - January 27, 2025 at 8:30am (3 hour virtual training)
Note: in light of the legislative session, it is likely that no further CCM certification or re-certification courses will be offered until late 2025. The Las Vegas trainings have 100 seats total and the Reno trainings have 48 seats total. No virtual trainings for CCM are provided in line with the Governor's mandate regarding in-person work, however, disability accommodations are available upon request.
Additional Trainings
The Essentials to State Purchasing training is now available online. The course is located in the State of Nevada Online Development Center at https://nvelearn.nv.gov/moodle/, located under Purchasing Systems and Procedures, Essentials to State Purchasing.
This comprehensive course will benefit any employee responsible for purchases for their agency. The class covers the rules and procedures of the commodity purchasing process, as well as outlining agencies' responsibilities of managing their personal property/fixed assets. All State employees responsible for purchasing commodities and managing fixed assets are strongly encouraged to take the course and it's a quick refresher for those who have taken the training in the past.
Advantage Requisitions and Receivers and Advantage Fixed Asset Training
*Online Class Now Available*
The training class for Requisitions and Receivers and Fixed Assets is now available online. The course is located in the State of Nevada Online Development Center at https://nvelearn.nv.gov/moodle/, located under Purchasing Systems and Procedures, Advantage Requisitions and Receivers and Fixed Asset Subsystem.
The Advantage Requisitions and Receivers and Fixed Asset Training courses provide hands-on training of inputting agency requisition and receiver documents into the Integrated Financial System, along with table navigation and maintenance of orders. The Advantage Fixed Assets course will take you through maintaining and updating your agency's inventory online through the Integrated Financial System.
Southwest Travel Management Materials and Trainings
Nevada State Purchasing has a Teams channel with archived materials and training related to Southwest Airlines travel management. Please contact us at PurchasingTravelDesk@admin.nv.gov to be added to the Teams channel to view the materials.