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MPPA Awards: Call for nominations!

MPPA Communications Team | Published on 11/19/2025
The MPPA 2025 Annual Recognition Awards are now open! 🌟



We’re excited to celebrate the incredible procurement professionals who have gone above and beyond this year. Nominations are now being accepted for:

✨ Procurement Specialist of the Year
✨ Procurement Manager of the Year
✨ Harry H. Bain Distinguished Service Award
✨ Stanley D. Zemansky Award

📝 Forms are required for the Specialist and Manager awards - please visit the Document Library - Nominations on the MPPA website via mppainc.org!
📝 Written nominations (no form required) are accepted for the Harry H. Bain and Stanley D. Zemansky Awards.
📅 Deadline: December 3, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
📩 Submit nominations to Recognition Chair Ruth Carnes via rcarnes2@mdta.state.md.us and Co-Chair Kimberly White via kwhite4@mdta.state.md.us.

Important: All nominees must be MPPA members in good standing.

Let’s honor excellence across our procurement community!


#GatherTogether #GrowTogether #GuideTheFuture

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Maryland Public Purchasing Assoc

The Maryland Public Purchasing Association, Inc. (MPPA) is a professional organization comprised of over 300 procurement professionals throughout the State. MPPA, Inc. members represent various public purchasing entities including the federal government, state, cities, counties, colleges and universities, libraries, hospitals, commissions and other public agencies. MPPA, Inc. is the local chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP), which has over 70 chapters in the United States, Canada, and internationally.

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