The Hawai'i Procurement Institute (HPI) is a neutral, independent procurement think-tank and education institute devoted to delivering quality study and instruction in all areas of international, federal, state, and local procurement laws, which impact public employees, private contractors, and state, national, and international markets, with the paramount purpose of effecting positive economic development through policy analysis and advice. The Hawai'i Procurement Institute offers conferences, programs, and courses geared to government officials, public and private legal practitioners, and students interested in keeping current in the practice and policies of government procurement.

Objectives

The Hawai'i Procurement Institute focuses on education, training, and analysis. The Hawai'i Procurement Institute's objectives include the following:

• Promote and develop a professional acquisition workforce;
• Improve and enhance the state's contractor industrial base through education and training;
• Conduct and promote research, conferences, and studies to improve the state's procurement process, laws, policies, methods, regulations, and procedures relating to federal, state, and local government procurement;
• Conduct and participate in procurement education and training for entry level and higher qualified State of Hawai'i employees and others;
• Report on and make recommendations regarding goals, guidelines, innovations, and evaluation of state and local government procurement initiatives;
• Establish and maintain a procurement library, either hard copy or online, within the State of Hawai'i; and
• Provide a model for state procurement that can be taught and implemented in the Pacific and throughout the other states and territories of the United States.