The Cal Poly Pomona Procurement and Support Services department has received the 2015 Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award.
The award, which is presented by the National Procurement Institute, recognizes organizational excellence in procurement and measures innovation, professionalism, e-procurement, productivity and leadership.
This is the eighth consecutive year that Cal Poly Pomona has received the award. The university is one 22 institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada to earn the honor.
Cal Poly Pomona also is one of 49 agencies in California to be given this distinction.
The Procurement and Support Services department consists of Kathleen Prunty, director; Mike Candelaria, Ruth Carrington, Debra Garr, Joan Horn, Jackie Miranda, Sylvia Moriel, Becky Pepping, Ana Riley, Lorraine Rodriguez and Louis Smith.