Business Affirmative Action Policy
I. POLICY
In accordance with applicable State and Federal law, the University has established a policy to provide equal access to all businesses, regardless of their ownership, who seek to do business with the University, and to undertake affirmative action for qualified businesses, whose owners because of race, ethnicity, gender, or armed forces related disability, are under-represented in the purchasing process.
II. RESPONSIBILITY
The Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity and Diversity office is responsible for the campus-wide Business Affirmative Action Program. The office works closely with senior level managers at the campus/Medical Center to provide a program that is consistent, well coordinated, and fully integrated with other corporate policies and goals. The office interfaces with senior level managers at various campuses and at the Office of the President with regard to:
Coordination with campus/Medical Center administration to establish Business Affirmative Action goals and develop plans to carry out established goals; monitoring ongoing programs and making recommendations as needed to insure performance is appropriate; and performing record-keeping functions with the assistance of the campus/Medical Center departments. The primary purpose of this policy is to institutionalize Business Affirmative Action policy, procedures, and practices at all levels of management.
III. DEFINITIONS
Business Affirmative Action (BAA) is the extra effort expended, and the extraordinary, positive and creative steps taken to assist small business enterprises, particularly small disadvantaged, women's, and disabled veteran business enterprises in entering and participating in the University's business contracting system.
A Disabled Veteran is a United States citizen or legal resident alien who is a veteran of the military, naval, or air service of the United States with a service-connected disability who is a resident of the State of California. To qualify as a veteran with a service-connected disability, the person must be currently declared by the United States Veterans Administration to be ten percent or more disabled as a result of service in the armed forces.
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE): A business enterprise which is licensed in the State of California which is at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more disabled veterans, and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more such individuals.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE): A business enterprise which is at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of such individuals. The following groups are presumed socially and economically disadvantaged:
Asian-American Hispanic-American Black/African-American Native-American
Small Business Enterprise (SBE): An independently owned and operated firm that meets the small business size standards established by the Federal Small Business Administration.
Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE): A business concern which is at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more women, and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of such individuals.
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: United States citizens who are certified, or certifiable, as socially and economically disadvantaged individuals by the Federal Small Business Administration.
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