procurement made simple

NPEX podcast is coming soon

The Navigate Procurement Exchange (NPEX) explores how government teams, housing partners, and contractors can modernize processes and deliver impact.

from complex
to
clear

Procurement drives every housing and community development project.
The NPEX Podcast turns complex rules into smart, creative approaches—so you can modernize processes, stay compliant, and deliver better outcomes faster.

Creative procurement

Innovative source selection methods, modular contracting, agile RFPs, and outcomes-based SOWs—designed to fit 2 CFR, HUD handbooks, FAR practitioner albums, and federal acquisition requirements.

Playbooks you can ship

Templates, checklists, and decision frameworks that move ideas from “interesting” to implemented.

Modern vendor partnerships

How to brief the market, use challenge-based buys, foster small-business participation, and align incentives to performance.

Funding design

Creative yet practical ways to braid grants and cooperative agreements, measure results, and reduce administrative burden

Human-centered compliance

Documentation and controls that are audit-ready without slowing down service delivery

Expert Delivery

Hosted by a former Head of Contracting, with commentary from guests at all levels of the private and public sector. Hear thoughts and opinions from leadership and the day-to-day practitioners.

Who Should Listen

Government officials building programs, managing grants, and improving procurement.
Procurement professionals seeking new methods that still pass compliance review.
Federal contractors & vendors in housing who want to co-create value—and deliver.
PHAs, nonprofits, and subrecipients navigating multi-source funding and oversight.
Executives and boards accountable for outcomes, risk, and transformation.

Our Signature Segments

Rule → Remix

We take a regulation or notice and show an innovative, compliant way to operationalize it.

From Pilot to Policy

Short case stories on testing ideas, gathering evidence, and scaling what works.

Market Signals

Practical tactics to engage vendors, frame problems, and source novel solutions.

Ask NPEX

Listener questions answered with step-by-step roadmaps and ready-to-use tools

Why Navigate

Navigate Affordable Housing Partners operates where policy meets practice. We have a deep history of supporting the federal government in housing projects and staff with expertise in procurement policy. NPEX extends that expertise with a forward-looking lens—helping teams adopt smarter methods, reduce risk, and accelerate housing impact.

Listen & Subscribe
New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite app—search “NPEX: The Navigate Procurement Exchange.”