Purchase/SCM teams should ensure that individual purchase plans and plans for prequalification demonstrate active sourcing efforts for diverse suppliers. Prequalification is further addressed in Section 2-22, Prequalify Suppliers. Specific methodologies should be included for including SMWOBs in the purchasing process. Also, it must be ensured that each purchase/SCM team’s market research includes specific efforts to identify SMWOBs capable of prequalification criteria and that these firms are encouraged to compete.
