Awards & Organizations

Home > Procurement > Awards & Organizations Awards & Organizations National Procurement Institute (NPI) Ada County Procurement Awarded the Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute (NPI) in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, & 2025 Ada County Procurement has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® (AEP) from the National Procurement Institute, Inc. (NPI). The AEP Award is earned by agencies that demonstrate a commitment to procurement excellence. This annual program recognizes procurement organizations that embrace Innovation, Professionalism, Productivity, Leadership and e-Procurement. The AEP program encourages the development of excellence as well as continued organizational improvement to earn the award annually. For 2025, there were 216 successful applicants including 85 cities, 48 counties, 23 special districts, 26 school districts, 15 higher education agencies, 7 state or provincial agencies and 12 others. In addition to the National Procurement Institute, Inc. (NPI), the AEP is sponsored by the California Association of Public Procurement Officials (CAPPO), Canadian Public Procurement Council / Conseil canadien des marchés publics (CPPC), Florida Association of Public Procurement Officials (FAPPO), Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP), NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement and Texas Public Purchasing Association (TxPPA). The AEP is supported by the Airport Purchasing Group (APG), AXIA Cooperative, GOVMVMT, NCPP The Professional Association for Cooperative Procurement, OMINA Partners, Pavilion, Strategic Government Resources (SGR), Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) and the Universal Public Procurement Certification Council (UPPCC). Ada County was the first entity in Idaho to receive this prestigious award in 2021. We are grateful to have earned this recognition again in 2025! Procurement Team with Ada County Board of Commissioners NIGP & IPPA Ada County Procurement has been a member of NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement for 25 years as well as a charter member of the Idaho Public Purchasing Association (IPPA). Our participation in these organizations helps to ensure we are following the best practices in the public procurement profession and keeping up with constant changes and trends that may impact public procurement. Ada County Procurement abides by the NIGP Code of Ethics as well as the Universal Public Procurement Certification Council (UPPCC) Code of Ethics . Alyssa Ellington Awarded 2023 NIGP Young Professional Award Alyssa is a positive, hard-working young professional who’s open-minded to new experiences and new ways of thinking. She’s a valuable team player who is always ready, willing and able to support the team no matter what lies ahead. She offers help to colleagues whenever she sees an opportunity and is always full of energy and enthusiasm. She’s curious and continuously looks for new ways to collaborate with and learn from colleagues. She’s passionate about procurement and focused on making a difference to the future of the profession. She recently earned her NIGP-CPP. Alyssa is an interesting and a fun individual who brings a fresh perspective to the profession. She’s not afraid to challenge the status quo and provide innovative solutions. Her spontaneity is contagious, and the future is looking bright for this young professional. Alyssa began as a NIGP Chapter Ambassador in 2019 and is a past president of the Idaho Public Purchasing Association. She currently serves as the IPPA Events Chair. Evan Amidan awarded the 2024 IPPA Professional Buyer of the Year and 2023 Bonfire Power User 2024 IPPA Professional Buyer of the Year Evan graduated from BSU in 2017 with a bachelors in supply chain management and started working for Ada County soon after. He had little procurement experience and was very eager to learn all he could. Six years later he has learned more than he ever could have imagined and has the greatest team anyone could ever ask for. He is grateful for the learning opportunities the County has given him and the opportunities to get his CPPB and most recently his NIGP-CPP. It’s a great honor to be considered for the IPPA 2024 Professional Buyer of the Year. Bonfire Procurement Awards 2023 Winner – Power User Evan is our guy for all things Bonfire. He has been able to provide an amazing amount of guidance and support to our other procurement officers to help make their solicitations successful. Evan has the uncanny ability to set up difficult solicitations in Bonfire that in the end are easy to interpret for our vendors and buyers. Evan epitomizes team player and is a solution driven problem solver….Evan simply is awesome! NIGP Performance Standard Seal and Outstanding Chapter Awards IPPA earned the Gold Performance Standard Seal in 2025 and several others since 2020. NIGP has developed a ‘standard’ in which chapters can strive to follow and advance the opportunities offered to their members. Participating chapters receive a score which records their progress in achieving excellence. Once a chapter successfully meets the standard, a digital seal is issued which the chapter can prominently display to their membership on their website and social media outlets. The four tiers provide motivation for Chapters to achieve an even higher tier in subsequent years. In addition, in 2025, IPPA won the Outstanding Chapter Professional Development award at the NIGP Annual Forum in Denver, Colorado. In 2023, IPPA was recognized with Outstanding Chapter Membership at the NIGP Annual Forum in Louisville, Kentucky. The NIGP Chapter Awards Program acknowledges contributions made by individual chapters in providing educational programs, professional support, and initiatives that benefit the public procurement profession.