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We promote supplier development and diversity with prime suppliers through our subcontracting policy that specifically addresses subcontracting with small, minority-owned and women-owned businesses (SMWOBs).
We will:
- Announce contract awards having significant subcontracting opportunities and provide technical assistance and referrals of SMWOBs to our prime suppliers.
- Negotiate contract-specific subcontracting plans based on market research results (data collected, analyzed and documented) that support effective contract performance.
- Conduct quarterly reviews of reports on subcontracting activity required from each supplier awarded a contract valued at $500,000 or more.
- Conduct quarterly reviews of reports against subcontracting plans required from each supplier awarded a contract valued at $1 million or more.
- Convene an annual meeting of top prime suppliers to ensure adequate understanding of USPS® policies and performance expectations in subcontracting.
- Achieve 100% of subcontracting reports from all suppliers.
- Annually sample 5% of respondents to subcontract reporting requirements to ensure report validity.
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