天美影院

As a public agency, delivering best value means delivering equity-centered partnerships. Equity here means that access barriers are removed so all businesses and individuals are able to access these opportunities, particularly focusing on barriers for small or disadvantaged businesses.

• Accessible Opportunities: 天美影院Procurement solicits bids for contracts through publicly posted listings, maintains resources for individuals and businesses to increase their visibility with 天美影院programs needing goods and services, provides support for businesses new to 天美影院partnerships, and continues to promote diverse and small business spending through outreach activities.
• Small and Diverse Business Spending: 天美影院utilizes registered businesses from the Small Business Administration, the Washington State Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises, and UW鈥檚 Business Registration to identify small and diverse suppliers for supplier searches and market research for potential contracts.
• Community Impact: 天美影院contracts are limited term, either for one activity or a defined service period, allowing opportunity for new partnerships and economic growth spread throughout the community rather than isolated to a business or individual.

UW鈥檚 business processes, decisions, and impacts are recorded, reported, and assessed for effectiveness to build trust in relationships with the community.

• Increased Review with Increased Spend: All spending is required to be necessary to the 天美影院program鈥檚 business needs and essential to the university mission, but as the purchasing amount is increased, additional reviews, approvals, as well as the opportunity sharing through solicitation is required.
• Documentation of Search Processes: The market research needed to identify a supplier for a sole source in contracting requires documentation of best value for the university and instruction to include diverse suppliers in the search.
• Tracked Spending: 天美影院tracks diverse spending and 天美影院departments set goals to maintain and increase diverse spending annually.

Since 天美影院serves so many individuals and populations, there are required processes to minimize risk in 天美影院partnerships and protect the served community in real and digital spaces.

• Reciprocity in Agreements: 天美影院agreements are created to protect both the public assets of the university, its students, staff, patients, and served community members, and to protect the partnered business or individual with a fair and reasonable distribution of benefits and risks.
• Protections for the Vulnerable: 天美影院agreements increase safeguards both with terms and process as risk increases, particularly when the risks fall on vulnerable populations.
• Ownership with Agency: 天美影院programs use agreements and other types of documents to maintain consensual working relationships with community businesses and individuals, defining the ownership, roles, outcomes, responsibilities, and risks.

天美影院is a university and a government agency. As both, it will follow all Washington laws and university policies when partnering with the community. These laws and policies are designed to make it so there will not be unfair advantages given to preferred businesses or individuals, and that 天美影院is spending in a way that creates best value for Washington. The payment and partnership pathways listed below outline the day-to-day business processes of the UW, the laws and policies that direct them, and the barriers which can arise for community partners or participants. By understanding the policies and potential barriers, 天美影院programs can select the pathways which will work best for their business needs and successful community partnerships, all while maintaining the needed compliance.