Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 52.15
Liaison Laura Young
Submission Date April 14, 2011
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STARS v1.0

Michigan State University
Tier2-1: Historically Underutilized Businesses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Kim Watson
Former Director, University Services-Procurement
University Services
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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:

VII. Supplier Diversity Program
The Purchasing Department is actively involved in expanding and promoting its Supplier Diversity Program. This program offers minority-owned business enterprises (MBE), woman-owned business enterprises (WBE), and small or disadvantaged businesses the opportunity to develop sound business relationships with Michigan State University. Outreach activities are sponsored to introduce suppliers to the university community and to foster the growth of supplier contracts inclusive of a diverse supplier database.

MBE and WBE companies are legally defined as, “a privately or publicly owned corporation, joint venture or any other type of business organization that is more than fifty percent beneficially owned and controlled by one or more minority persons or women”.

The Supplier Diversity Program Coordinator supplies information and assists campus departments with creating subcontracting plans for federally funded contracts and grants.

University departments can contact the Supplier Diversity Coordinator to obtain supplier and commodity information.


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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