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Introduction

Mission

To serve Indiana University in meeting its strategic goal of actively engaging the university’s strengths to support the economic development of Indiana by exceeding the business diversity spend goals, successfully meeting all compliance reporting requirements and participating in community service activities to ensure a business environment that fosters the inclusion of businesses owned and controlled by minorities, women and other small disadvantaged businesses in Indiana University’s contracting and procurement processes.

Vision

The Department of Supplier Development and Engagement is committed to the following goals:

• Exceed the State spend goals
• Comply with all state reporting requirements
• Improved purchasing and contracting processes and tools
• Maintain a small and diverse supplier database
• Act as a resource to Staff and Faculty
• Develop mentoring partnerships
• Provide small business education and awareness training
• Engage IU Staff in Supplier Development and Engagement
• Participate in small business advocate affairs and community outreach activities
• Indiana University - a leader in higher educational business diversity

Strategy

• Collaborate with key internal stake holders
• Implement new internal systems to better monitor and track compliance
• Provide on-line Tier II reporting for subcontractor compliance
• Create a system-wide advisory board to develop policies and strategic vision
• Develop internal partners to advise on process changes
• Encourage Minority and Women participation in all RFP/RFQ’s
• Create new communication channels with brochures, newsletters, and a website
• Benchmark against other similar organizations and incorporate best practices

Supplier Development and Engagement Plan

Prioritize/Improve IN-MBE/IN-WBE/IN-VBE Participation and Exceed Indiana State Goals

1. Implement internal procedures
   1. Follow up with diverse, small, disadvantaged, underutilized businesses that did not win contracts and explain why.
   2. Buyers with expiring contracts to ID potential recipients for RFQ/RFP.
   3. Develop mentoring partnerships with majority/minority owners.
   4. Benchmark ourselves against other organizations.
2. Collaborate with internal stakeholders
   1. Create advisory board to develop policies and strategic vision
   2. Create internal partners to advise on process changes
   3. Meet with faculty and staff
   4. Provide new construction contract language
3. Partner with external organizations
   1. National and Mid-States Minority Supplier Development Council
   2. Indiana Black Expo
   3. State of Indiana Department of Administration
   4. Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
   5. Indianapolis Black Chamber of Commerce
   6. Chamber Diversity Council
   7. HUSB (Historical Underutilized Small Businesses)
   8. National Association of Women Business Owners
4. Strengthen relationships with MBE, WBE, VBE, disadvantaged, underutilized small businesses
   1. Require their participation in all RFP/RFQ sourcing opportunities.
   2. Facilitate partnerships between them and majority firms.
   3. Create new communication channels with brochure, newsletters, and website.
   4. Create a “brainstorm” panel to get ideas from them.