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MACKEY PROJECTMINORITY BUSINESS CAPITAL$13.25 MILLION

You can find us at the intersection of commerce and

opportunity. Since 2005 we have fueled the dreams that

power Indiana’s economy. And provided support for minority-

and women-owned businesses. We connect people so that

businesses can work smarter and stronger.

For eight years Purdue has been a community leader, along

with the Supplier Diversity Coalition of Greater Lafayette,

in sponsoring Relationship to Partnership, where each

November we connect to about 150 minority-owned and

women-owned businesses.

A new initiative highlights how we are building on our

successes. Through Advocating Consistent Contracting

to Engage Small Businesses for Success (ACCESS), we are

establishing more and stronger partnerships. Our ACCESS

Program is detailed later in this piece.

We find the right opportunities and introduce them to the

right partners. Because we know what it takes to build lasting

partnerships – one handshake at a time.

Jesse Moore

Director,Office of Purdue Supplier Diversity Development

PARTNERSHIP MAKERS

PURDUE UNIVERSITYDREAMER AWARD 2013

Jesse Moore

IMPROVING SUPPLIER DIVERSITYdiversity programs in higher education and identified

obstacles that hinder minority-owned and women-

owned businesses.

The Purdue Board of Trustees directed the

administration to develop an aggressive plan to

mitigate the disparity made evident by the study.

That strategy is spelled out in the ACCESS Program. In

addition, Purdue will participate in the state’s five-year

disparity study process.

Purdue, along with six other state universities,

participated in a disparity study commissioned by

the State of Indiana. The study, which delivered in

December 2010, analyzed dollars spent by Purdue on

contracts for construction, services and supplies with

the availability of minority-owned and women-owned

businesses in the state that were deemed “ready,

willing and able” to perform on those contracts.

A national consulting firm distilled information from

more than 9,000 contracts worth $1.7 billion awarded

by Purdue between 2006 and 2009. The completed

study indicated significant disparity across most

categories of contracts awarded. It also included

information about the legal environment for supplier

INDIANA BLACK EXPOSERVICE AWARD2008

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The France A. Córdova Recreational Sports Center was dedicated

in October 2012.

REC SPORTS PROJECTMINORITY BUSINESS CAPITAL$6.83 MILLION

The Supplier Diversity staff at Purdue has been a strong supporter and advocate for Garcia Construction Group. And Purdue’s ACCESS Program is a great tool for small, minority- or women-owned businesses.

Charles J. Garcia President and CEO,

Garcia Construction Group

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The success of the Supplier Diversity Development Advocacy Council opened the door for Big Fish Consulting to meet and build relationships with other large companies and win a major subcontract. This is an excellent example of how the Purdue council helps professionals successfully steer through the competitive, and often times challenging, subcontractor environment.

Marlin Ann BoothbyPresident, Big Fish Consulting LLC

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ACCESS TO SUCCESS Purdue’s ACCESS Program has

created new policies and measures to

strengthen the economic development

and viability of all small businesses

– including minority- and women-

owned businesses. This innovative

program amps up Purdue’s nationally

renowned supplier diversity program

and strengthens the commitment of

developing small-business diversity in

higher education — a commitment that

is evident on a state and national level.

How does it work? The ACCESS Program

is divided into three tracks. These tracks

of measures are designed to encourage

the utilization of small businesses,

including minority- and women-

owned businesses. The measures will

affect contracting and procurement

in the areas of Physical Facilities, the

Office of the University Architect, and

Procurement Services. The program

tracks may be invoked sequentially, but

may overlap in time, based on Purdue’s

evaluation of each track’s efficacy.

Purdue will carry out evaluations on

a periodic basis at a level of analysis

similar to that used in the University’s

2010 disparity study. CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY 2007MINORITY BUSINESS MAGAZINE

Purdue has been extremely helpful to the Women Business Enterprise and Minority Business Enterprise community with outreach for diversity and participation. Relocation hopes to continue having a great working relationship with Purdue.

Melissa Brown President and Owner, Relocation Strategies Inc.

“ “The Purdue Supplier Diversity Program opens the door to diverse businesses wanting to do business at Purdue. By attending the Supplier Diversity’s Relationship to Partnerships event each fall, you come away with knowledge and contacts with people who can lead you in the right direction.

Betsy Spencer President, J.R. Kelly Company

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Track TimelinesTrack 1, which was launched on July 1, 2012, will continue for at least a year for participating companies. Subsequent tracks are measured based on their impact for at least 12 months.

INDIANA STATE HISPANIC CHAMBER SPONSORSHIP AWARD 2006

ACCESS TRACK 1 OUTREACH, MENTORING AND DATA COLLECTIONTrack 1 policies and efforts are being implemented to:

■■ Provide additional information about Purdue business opportunities and potential business partners.

■› The University is a partner with Conexus Indiana (at www.conexusindiana.com), a portal where small businesses can view contract possibilities, and where Purdue can locate potential small-business partners. Small businesses are encouraged to register to take full advantage of this resource.

■■ Collect additional information about prime contractors and subcontractors that Purdue utilizes and about businesses interested in working with Purdue.

■› A bidders list will developed and maintained by the University to facilitate solicitation of bids and quotes from small businesses interested in contracting with the University.

■› Improvements in contract, procurement and vendor data the University collects and maintains lead to better measurements of small-business utilization.

■› The University requires prime contractors to submit detailed and validated subcontract commitments as part of their bids and proposals, ascertains information from subcontractors on winning project teams, monitors pay-out amounts between prime contractors and subcontractors, and has enforcement measures in place.

■■ Increase the mentoring and technical assistance that Purdue provides to small businesses, including minority-owned and women-owned businesses.

■› The University encourages small businesses that qualify to become certified through the Small Business Administration, and it suggests that minority-owned business enterprises and women business enterprises become certified through recognized national and statewide certifying agencies.

■■ Increase small-business utilization, including minority- owned and women-owned businesses.

■› Small businesses on the bidders list that are deemed capable of providing the good or service will receive notification from the University of requests for quotes, bids and proposals that are awarded through a competitive process.

■› The University identifies and unbundles or segments large construction contracts into multiple, smaller contracts that can be bid out to different prime contractors, which may mean bonding assistance and may factor into small-business goals.

■› In determining “lowest and best” bid for awarding construction contracts, the University will review efforts that bidders make to include small-business subcontracts.

PURDUE ACCESS PROGRAM — A PATH TO SUCCESS

ACCESS YOUR SUCCESSSince Purdue introduced ACCESS, a growing number of minority-

owned and women-owned businesses — like yours — are taking

notice of the new opportunities. Visit our website at www.purdue.edu/

supplierdiversity or call us at 765-494-3739.

If Purdue determines additional measures are necessary to encourage the utilization of small business, and if substantial underutilization of minority-owned or women-owned groups exists after the implementation and evaluation of Track 1 ACCESS Program measures, the University will add Track 2.

Track 2 policies and efforts will be implemented to:

■■ Provide bonding assistance on certain construction contracts.

■■ Establish a small-business goals program.

■■ Explore the advantages and possibility of using construction managers.

ACCESS TRACK 2CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS AND AWARDS

ACCESS TRACK 3SPECIFIC MINORITY-OWNED, WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS GOALSIf Purdue determines that there is substantial underutilization of any minority-owned or women-owned groups after implementation and evaluation of Track 1 and Track 2 ACCESS Program measures, the University will consider implementing a business goals program for those specific groups.

With Track 3, Purdue will tailor the goals program with careful consideration of the following specifics:

■■ Necessity for the program and to which groups it should apply.

■■ Flexibility and duration of the program, including the availability of waiver provisions.

■■ Relationship of numerical goals to business availability.

■■ Impacts of such race-conscious and gender-conscious measures on the rights of third parties.

A detailed explanation of Track 1, 2 and 3 is available at www.purdue.edu/supplierdiversity/documents/Purdue-ACCESS-FINAL-12-13-11.pdf

PURDUE ACCESS PROGRAM — A PATH TO SUCCESS The Mackey Complex renovation, which utilized minority and women businesses for construction management and design, was a five-year project.

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Office of Supplier Diversity Development

Purdue University

401 S. Grant St.

West Lafayette, IN 47907-2027

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