Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.41
Liaison Trevor Ledbetter
Submission Date Feb. 10, 2012
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STARS v1.0

University of Arizona
Tier2-1: Historically Underutilized Businesses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Joseph Abraham
N/A
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution seek to support historically underutilized businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women owned-businesses?:
Yes

A brief description of how the institution meets the criteria:

Through UA Procurement and Contracting Services' Small Business Utilization Program, the UA encourages the selection of minority-owned businesses and women owned-businesses.

The Small Business Utilization Program manager maintains contact with local businesses and helps these businesses apply for UA contracts.

Organizations that the program promotes UA units to reach out to include, but are not limited to:

Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc.
WWW.treoaz.org

Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
president@thcc.us

Tucson-Southern Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce
info@tsabcc.com

Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council
office@gcmsdc.org

National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
info@nawbotucson.org

Central Contractor Registration
http://www.ccr.gov/

For further information contact Ernie Webster, Small Business Utilization Program Manager, at 621-2888 or ewebster@email.arizona.edu.


The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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