About SPO
About the State Procurement Office (SPO)
MISSION: The SPO acts as a strategic partner to foster public confidence by promoting procurement life-cycle excellence, program success, and government accountability.
VISION STATEMENT: To create transformative leadership for public procurement excellence.
The State Procurement Office (SPO) is made up of four segments: administration, procurement, inventory management and surplus property management.
Procurement Officers and Department Heads have been delegated authority from the Administrator of the SPO in his/her capacity as the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) of the Executive Branch. These Procurement Officers are a critical extension of the SPO.
Current Administrator
Bonnie Kahakui
Administrator
Bonnie Kahakui was confirmed by the State Senate as Administrator of the State Procurement Office and the Chief Procurement officer for the Executive Branch in April 2024. She has more than 27 years of procurement experience, which includes serving as Acting Administrator and Acting CPO for three years, and Assistant Administrator of the Hawaii Procurement Office for two. She was named the 2020 State of Hawaii Manager of the Year.
Past SPO Administrators
Sarah Allen
State Procurement Office Administrator
November 2013 – January 1, 2021
Aaron S. Fujioka
State Procurement Office Administrator
October 2001 – October 2013
Charles M. Katsuyoshi
State Procurement Office Administrator
October 2000 – August 2001
Lloyd Unebasami
State Procurement Office Administrator
October 1994 – May 2000