Employee Partners in Supplier Diversity

I make small purchases for my department. What can I do to help?

• In order to create a more inclusive vendor community, those individuals making delegated small purchases must fully embrace the Supplier Diversity initiatives.
• By force of habit, many departmental buyers tend to patronize the same vendors over and over again, without first verifying the availability of vendors.

Please remember to:

• Make use of established term contracts with diverse businesses.
• Be aware of diverse businesses and consider directing department-level purchases to those vendors.
• Share information about new diverse supplier sources.

OfficeMax:

• Did you know that you can search by diverse vendor when ordering supplies? It is simple and easy to do.
• Simply check the search box while shopping.

Do you know of a company that would like to do business with us?

• Please complete the Diversity Supplier recommendation form and submit it to the Business Office.

How to search for a vendor:

• KCTCS documents are now located on the KCTCS Intranet