Come visit CPO-HE staff at the Pathway to Procurement: Business Opportunity Forum taking place at the UIC Forum building on 08/28/2026 @ 10AM. For more information please see the event page for details.

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Be alert for fraudulent emails attempting to steal your banking information, login credentials, credit card details, or attempting to request payments. The Chief Procurement Office for Public Institutions of Higher Education (CPO-HE) will never request financial information or payments via email or text message and only in limited circumstances request personal information. To confirm official communications and legitimate emails from the CPO-HE, email eec.cpohe@illinois.gov.

Chief Procurement Office | Bridget McHatton | Higher Education

Working with the State’s public universities and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to meet their procurement needs free of undue influence through independent authority, oversight, and approval.