| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.69 |
| Liaison | John Pumilio |
| Submission Date | July 23, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Colgate University
OP-15: Inclusive and Local Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 1.00 |
John
Pumilio Director of Sustainability Sustainability Office |
Does the institution have an institution-wide stated intent to support disadvantaged businesses, social enterprises, and/or local community-based businesses?:
A copy of the policy, guidelines or directive governing inclusive and local purchasing:
The policy, guidelines or directive governing inclusive and local purchasing:
Colgate University has established a Historically Underutilized / Small Business Procurement Program to track and promote procurement with small, disadvantaged and women-owned businesses.
Program Objectives: 1) Inform the campus community on the needs and capabilities of small, disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses. 2) To increase participation of small, disadvantaged, and women-owned business concerns in the Colgate University procurement process.
Program Highlights:
The Colgate University Purchasing Department will continue to collect and compile vendor data related to the business classifications of vendors providing services and goods to the university. By doing so, the above data will continue to become available on an annual basis to monitor and highlight program trends.
The above goals are an effort to demonstrate that the Purchasing Department and the Colgate community can effectively include Historically Underutilized Businesses in the procurement process.
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (inclusive and local expenditures)?:
The percentage of total purchases from disadvantaged businesses, social enterprises and/or local community-based businesses:
The website URL where information about the institution’s inclusive and local purchasing policies and/or program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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