Supplier Tier 2 Reporting
Premier Purchasing Partners’ contracted suppliers are encouraged to spend a minimum of three percent of their annual product and raw material costs with minority-owned businesses and a minimum of two percent of such costs with women-owned businesses.
As these diversity expenditure targets are a part of contractual agreements with Premier, suppliers are required to provide a bi-annual report, documenting the company’s expenditures with respect to diverse suppliers.
Please use the Supplier Tier 2 reporting template for your submissions.
Reporting guidelines:
- Reporting is expected to begin within six months of the agreement’s effective date.
- Only report purchases from minority and women owned businesses that are certified by a valid national, state or local certification agency.*
- Each reported small business entity must provide certification from the Small Business Administration.
*Suggested certifying agencies are:
- National Minority Supplier Development Council (www.nmsdcus.org)
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council (www.wbenc.com)
- Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov)
Reminders:
- Premier Purchasing Partners may enter into group purchasing agreements with any diverse suppliers.
- One of the main factors underlying Premier Purchasing Partners’ decision to enter into such agreements could be contracted suppliers’ inability or unwillingness to comply with supplier diversity expenditure targets.
- Suppliers should consider working with any diversity supplier reasonably recommended by Premier Purchasing Partners to assist the supplier and Participating Members in complying with the objectives described in this policy.
Questions:
Deborah Williams, MSM
Senior director, Supplier Diversity and Regional
Aggregation
Premier healthcare alliance
704.816.5141