Faculty and Staff Information
Purchasing Services encourages all Penn faculty and staff to support the University's
commitment to supplier diversity and economic inclusion by utilizing diversity and local community
based suppliers whenever possible. We have established numerous business partnerships and preferred
supplier contracts with minority-owned, woman-owned, veteran-owned, and HUBZone-certified businesses
for the products and services required by the University. Faculty and staff can enjoy the benefits
of these business relationships, which include:
- Ease of Ordering: Diversity and local community based suppliers recruited for
participation in the Penn Marketplace
- Customer Support: Suppliers that understand the unique business requirements of the
University and are committed to meeting the needs of the University buying community
- Competitive Pricing: Inclusion of diversity and local community suppliers has
increased competition among suppliers resulting in lower prices for the University
Faculty and staff looking for diversity suppliers to meet their purchasing or grant
requirements are to utilize diversity
suppliers in the Penn Marketplace. The
BEN Buys diversity supplier list
contains the names of all diversity suppliers that are in the BEN Buys Approved Supplier
database. Questions regarding source of supply are to be
directed to Purchasing Services.
The Office of Research Services
is available to assist faculty and staff with their subcontracting plans. Additional information is
available at the web sites listed below.
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