Supplier Outreach

Accomplishments 2006 - 2007

• Established a stronger presence at women’s and minorities’ chambers and provided documentation and support for businesses interested in working with the
  School District.
  • Over thirty chamber meetings were attended during FY 06/07. CCSD brochures and Onvia DemandStar materials were offered and distributed at various chamber and business meetings. Meetings were held with business directors of the Latin and Asian Chambers to encourage those communities to come do business with CCSD.
    
    
• Participated in the International Supply Management (ISM) Local Supplier Opportunity Faire on February 21, 2007.
  • Members of the Purchasing Department participated in all levels of this Faire. Participation included organizing of the event, staffing registration and exhibiting and offering CCSD information and distribution of purchasing brochures. Information regarding doing business with CCSD was offered to over 2,000 suppliers.
    
    
• Participated in the Nevada Association of Purchasing and Supply Management Faire, March 14, 2007.
  • In this reverse Trade Fair, the Purchasing Department purchased and staffed a booth for this event which attracts minority owned and women owned businesses. Purchasing and Onvia DemandStar Brochures were distributed to attendees. A representative from the Purchasing Department sat on a question and answer panel in which suppliers could direct questions to purchasing staff.
    
    
• New forms for interviewing potential suppliers and assessment of ability to do business with the School District were created.
  • New supplier intake and assessment forms were created to evaluate those suppliers who approach the School District. Standardized forms enable buyers to uniformly evaluate interested suppliers.
    
    
• Tracked and reported on spending as outlined in NRS 332 and NRS 338.
  • Data for Fiscal Years 06/07 was compared by percentage of dollars spent by supplier types for the following categories:
    • Informally competed purchases < $25,000
    • Formally competed purchases > $25,000
    • FAC Informally competed purchases < $100,000
    • FAC Formally competed purchases > $100,000
      
      
• Meeting Objectives
  • The overall objectives for Supplier Outreach were met through participation in the above outlined events and activities. In addition to continuing meeting the goals of the five year plan, the Purchasing Department will consider participation in the AECSoft Searchable Database for Diverse Suppliers in the upcoming year.