Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 59.22
Liaison Andrew D'Amico
Submission Date March 15, 2012
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Princeton University
OP-T2-25: Local Businesses

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 0.25 Brian Rounsavill
Director of Purchasing
Purchasing, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
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Does the institution give preference to local products and businesses in its purchasing decisions? Local food purchases, which are covered in OP Credit 6: Food Purchasing, are not included in this credit.:
No

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A brief description of the program:
The Purchasing Department features an Annual Vendor Fair which features local products and vendors.

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The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
No preferential treatment is given, but we strongly encourage local business participation in the competitive bid process. In FY11, 53.9% of all maintenance and capital construction projects were spent with local business firms and 25.47% of material and supply expenditures.

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