Enhancing Supplier Diversity for Grants Updates in Corporate Procurement
Discover how the University is supporting minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses through consistent communications, compliance with government mandates, and engaging guest speakers. Explore diverse supplier resources and learn about key responsibilities for supplier diversity initiatives in corporate purchasing.
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SUPPLIER DIVERSITY FOR GRANTS UPDATES Yi-Li van den Berg March, 2024 1
RECAP - THE WEBSITE Words to action: Supporting minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses - Office of the President (rochester.edu) Federal and New York State Grants - Procurement (rochester.edu) Objectives of the website Streamline the process Provide consistent communications on University s MWBEs/Small Businesses commitments and efforts to government agencies Comply with Federal and State supplier diversity requirements for a grant Highlights of the website Outline departments and Corporate Purchasing s responsibilities Corporate Purchasing oversees the University's supplier diversity initiatives, provides assistance with grants related to supplier diversity mandates and signs required forms Department to inform Corporate Purchasing when a contract is awarded 5 days lead-time 2
CONSISTENT COMMUNICATIONS Clarity and understanding Positive reputation Compliance and risk mitigation Alignment with goals and requirements 3
GUEST SPEAKERS MWBE/SDVOB and Compliance/Reporting Team Virginia Smith February 27, 2024 NYS Department of Health April 30, 2024 4
DIVERSE SUPPLIERS RESOURCES Supplier Diversity Newsletters - Procurement (rochester.edu) New York State NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT SYSTEM (newnycontracts.com) NEW YORK STATE CONTRACT SYSTEM (newnycontracts.com) It is required by New York State that MWBEs must be New York State certified in order to be part of the State Grant projects Monroe County Master Listing MC MWBE 3-27-2023 Master Listing MC MWBE 3-27-2023 All MWBEs are certified by Monroe County UR/SupplierGateway SupplierGateway SupplierGateway SupplierGateway is the preferred supplier to manage the University s diverse supplier spend and certification validations. All University employees can sign up and access the database 6
THANK YOU Yi-Li van den Berg Director, Supplier Diversity Corporate Purchasing & Supply Chain Cell: 585-622-5421 Email: yanli_vandenberg@urmc.rochester.edu 7
