Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.45
Liaison Austin Sutherland
Submission Date May 1, 2014
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STARS v1.2

University of Pennsylvania
OP-T2-24: Historically Underutilized Businesses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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:

The Penn Purchasing Services Supplier Diversity Program is designed to promote and increase participation of minority, women, and disabled veteran business enterprises (MBE, WBE and DVBEs) in Penn Purchasing's supply chain. Penn Purchasing Services looks for opportunities to work with diversity suppliers in all of our commodity areas – from research, technology, office products and MRO purchase requirements.

Purchasing Services, operating under the auspices of the University’s Division of Business Services, has developed a Diversity Supplier Development Program in partnership with the Minority Business Development Agency Business Center of Pennsylvania (MBDA Business Center of Pennsylvania) at the Enterprise Center, a Philadelphia-based non-profit, to maximize business opportunities for qualified Philadelphia based, regional and national diversity suppliers interested in developing mutually beneficial business relationships with Penn.

MBDA Business Center of Pennsylvania is Penn’s sole diversity supplier development and engagement facilitator based on Purchasing Services predefined procurement business and technology requirements. MBDA Business Center of Pennsylvania engages interested diversity suppliers on behalf of Penn and members of the Philadelphia Area Collegiate Cooperative (PACC) in order to match supplier capabilities and capacity with the appropriate purchasing organization.


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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