Hosted by National Center on School Infrastructure and the National Council on School Facilities
Procurement is where facilities strategy meets execution — and where traditional, low-bid processes can quietly undermine project outcomes. The real needs that drive facilities spending — whether complex modernizations or fast-track replacements — rarely fit a low-bid frame. But alternative delivery methods, best-value selection, and cooperative purchasing remain inconsistently authorized, unevenly understood, and politically risky. The result is ballooning costs that show up later in change orders, disputes, schedule slips, and underperforming buildings.
Join NCSI and the National Council on School Facilities on Thursday, July 30th, to learn about innovative procurement methods that optimize for schedule reliability, lifecycle cost, quality, and risk allocation—the issues that matter most. We’ll survey the modern landscape of K-12 construction procurement, highlighting when it’s strategic to use alternative methods and where reforms are needed to advance efficiencies.
Who should attend this webinar: District facility directors, CFOs, and procurement officers managing capital projects; state purchasing and procurement officials; school board members and oversight bodies (auditors, IGs); design, construction, and program-management partners; legislators and staff on education and appropriations committees considering procurement reform.