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How to become a Cummins diverse supplier

Cummins runs a formal supplier diversity program through its Supplier Diversity & Inclusion initiative, recognizes MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and other certifications, and …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Bristol-Myers Squibb supplier

Bristol-Myers Squibb sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a BP supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BP runs vendor registration through SAP Ariba and its supplier portal, and most diverse-business work flows through a certification-gated program that has …

· Maya Okonkwo

Sole-Source Government Contracts: What They Are and How to Get One

A sole-source contract is a federal award made directly to one vendor, skipping competition entirely. The four justifications in FAR Part 6.302, …

· Mario Bailey

Guide · 10 min

How to Get Past Performance When You Have None: Breaking the Catch-22

Federal agencies want past performance before they hand you a contract, and you can't get past performance without a contract. Here are …

· Mario Bailey

How to get government contracts in waste management

Federal agencies like the Bureau of Reclamation and HHS post solid-waste hauling and recycling work as total small business set-asides. Here are …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in trucking and transportation

Federal agencies move freight, relocate household goods, and haul materials through small-business carriers every day. Here is the real path: the NAICS …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in training services

The Office of Personnel Management alone spends over $1.1 billion a year on professional and management training. Here is the real path …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in staffing and temporary services

Federal agencies buy temporary, clerical, technical, and healthcare staffing every year. This guide covers the NAICS code and size standard that decide …

How to get government contracts in security guard services

Security guard work is one of the most reliable on-ramps to federal contracting for small and diverse firms. The agencies buy it …

How to get government contracts in plumbing

Government buyers spend steadily on plumbing repair, fixture replacement, and water-line work, and most of it runs through one NAICS code. Here …

How to become a Mayo Clinic diverse supplier

Mayo Clinic runs an active supplier diversity program under its Supply Chain Management division, with procurement across three campuses and a regional …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a USAA diverse supplier

USAA's Military Family Supplier Diversity program recognizes MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, VOSB, and disability-owned certifications; registration starts with a form submitted to supplier.relations@usaa.com.

· Mario Bailey

How to get government contracts in medical supplies and equipment

The VA runs its own medical supply schedule, separate from GSA, and gives verified veteran-owned firms first priority. Here's how the NAICS …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in marketing and advertising

Federal and state agencies buy outreach, recruitment, and digital campaigns every year. Here are the NAICS codes that classify the work, the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in landscaping and grounds maintenance

Federal agencies buy landscaping and grounds maintenance under one NAICS code with a $10 million size standard. Here's how a small or …

How to get government contracts in janitorial and cleaning services

Janitorial work is one of the most accessible federal markets for a small or diverse firm. The size standard is generous, demand …

How to get government contracts in engineering services

Engineering services sit under NAICS 541330 with a $25.5M small-business size standard. Here's how diverse firms register on SAM.gov, use set-asides, and …

How to get government contracts in construction

The real path into federal construction work: which NAICS codes and size standards apply, the set-asides worth pursuing, and why most small …

How to become a supplier for UPMC: registration and supplier diversity

UPMC runs a certification-gated supplier portal and reports 6.7-7% diverse sourceable spend, far above the healthcare average. Here is how registration actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for the University of Pennsylvania: registration and supplier diversity

Penn registers suppliers through the Jaggaer-powered Penn Marketplace portal, not a public bid board. Here's how to get an invitation, what the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for the University of Michigan: registration and supplier diversity

U-M runs purchasing through Procurement Services and registers suppliers in its MConnect system. The university tracks minority-, women-, veteran-, and small-business suppliers …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for the University of Florida: registration and supplier diversity

UF won't add you as a supplier until a department agrees to buy from you. Here's how the myUFL Supplier Portal registration …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for UCLA: registration and supplier diversity

UCLA onboards suppliers through PaymentWorks, joins small businesses to a dedicated list via SupplierDiversity@finance.ucla.edu, and routes contracts over $100,000 through the UC …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for UC Berkeley: registration and supplier diversity

UC Berkeley buys through the UC systemwide platforms CalUsource and SupplierOne, not a standalone Berkeley portal. Here is how registration, the Small …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Trinity Health: registration and supplier diversity

Trinity Health runs one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country, and it sources suppliers through a STARS SMP portal …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Macy's diverse supplier

Macy's runs a formal supplier diversity program through its vendor registration portal and attends NMSDC and WBENC conferences annually. Here's how to …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Marathon Petroleum diverse supplier

Marathon Petroleum runs a formal supplier diversity program through its Supply Chain team and uses SAP Ariba for vendor registration. MBE, WBE, …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Dominion Energy diverse supplier

Dominion Energy runs one of the most active utility supplier diversity programs on the East Coast, with a public spend commitment and …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Charles Schwab diverse supplier

Charles Schwab manages over $9 trillion in client assets and is an active NMSDC and WBENC corporate member. Here is how to …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a ServiceNow diverse supplier

ServiceNow is a Procurement Equity Pledge signatory with NMSDC and WBENC commitments and over $9 billion in annual revenue. Here's what a …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a MetLife diverse supplier

MetLife is an NMSDC corporate member with an active supplier diversity program spanning insurance, financial services, IT, and professional services. Here is …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Dollar General diverse supplier

Dollar General operates 19,000+ stores and runs a formal supplier diversity program focused on MBE, WBE, and veteran-owned consumer packaged goods suppliers. …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a supplier for Sutter Health: registration and supplier diversity

Sutter Health runs registration through SutterHealth.SupplierGATEWAY.com and approves new vendors through Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing. Here is the actual path in, plus …

How to become a supplier for Providence: registration and supplier diversity

Providence runs supplier onboarding through a shared service group, GHX registration, and Vendormate credentialing. Here's how to register, what its supplier diversity …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for New York University: registration and supplier diversity

NYU runs procurement through i-Buy NYU on the JAGGAER platform, and you can't self-register. A department has to invite you first. Here's …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for NewYork-Presbyterian: registration and supplier diversity

NewYork-Presbyterian routes supplier inquiries through nypvendorsupply@nyp.org and credentials on-site vendors via Green Security or Vendor Pass. Here is how the process actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Duke University: registration and supplier diversity

Duke runs vendor onboarding through PaymentWorks and tracks diverse-supplier spend through a SupplierGateway portal. Here is how the two systems differ, who …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Cedars-Sinai: registration and supplier diversity

Cedars-Sinai runs a Supplier Diversity Program through its Supply Chain organization and belongs to SCMSDC, WBEC-West, the Veterans in Business Network, and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Baylor Scott & White Health: registration and supplier diversity

Baylor Scott & White Health runs supplier onboarding through a SupplierGateway portal at bswh.suppliergateway.com. Here is how registration works, what the supplier …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Banner Health: registration and supplier diversity

Banner Health runs vendor registration through a SupplierGateway portal and launched a formal supplier diversity program in October 2023. Here's how the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Atrium Health: registration and supplier diversity

Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S. It runs an active supplier …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Arizona State University: registration and supplier diversity

ASU runs all supplier onboarding through PaymentWorks and lists bids through its SunRISE Supplier Portal. Its Supplier Inclusion Program prioritizes small and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Advocate Health: registration and supplier diversity

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country, running 69 hospitals across six states. Here's how its …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Intuit supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Intuit runs supplier onboarding through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and you can't self-register your way in. The real entry point is an …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in painting

Painting falls under NAICS 238320 with a $19 million SBA size standard, so almost every painting contractor qualifies as a small business. …

How to get government contracts in office supplies

Office supplies is a high-volume, repeat-buy federal category where small and diverse firms compete well. Here is how the NAICS codes, GSA …

How to become a ADM supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

ADM runs an open potential-supplier registration through its procurement site, plus a Supplier Diversity Program with its own contact channel. Here is …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Wingstop supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Wingstop doesn't run an open vendor portal. Food and packaging move through a single distributor, Performance Food Group, and suppliers get approved …

How to become a Williams supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Williams runs its sourcing through an Oracle Cloud Supplier Portal where you register, answer a qualification questionnaire, then bid on RFQs and …

How to become a supplier for Memorial Hermann: registration and supplier diversity

Memorial Hermann routes vendors through a SupplierGateway portal and Symplr credentialing, and a request must originate inside the system. Here is how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Intermountain Health: registration and supplier diversity

Intermountain Health routes new suppliers through symplr credentialing and a supply chain registration form, and it folds supplier diversity into its sustainable …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Georgia Tech: registration and supplier diversity

Georgia Tech runs its supplier setup by invitation through a Supplier Portal, not an open sign-up form. Here is how registration actually …

How to become a Vistra supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Vistra registers vendors through SupplierGATEWAY, not a separate diversity portal. The faster path is a sharp capability statement emailed to supply chain …

How to become a Vertex Pharmaceuticals supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Vertex runs a supplier engagement program that lets small and diverse businesses register for future opportunities. Here's what it actually buys, how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Vail Resorts supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Vail Resorts onboards suppliers through the Coupa Supplier Portal, but you can't self-register your way in. A resort or corporate buyer has …

How to become a US Foods supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

US Foods does not run an open vendor application. You get in through the local market procurement team, and your category fit …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Texas Roadhouse supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Texas Roadhouse runs a centralized, relationship-driven supply chain, not an open vendor portal. Here is what the company actually buys, who decides, …

How to become a Sysco diverse supplier

Sysco is a Billion Dollar Roundtable member with $500M+ in annual diverse supplier spend. Getting in requires the right certification, the right …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Snap supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Snap Inc. doesn't run an open vendor application. A Snap buyer initiates your onboarding, you register in an Oracle portal, and you …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Principal Financial supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Principal runs an open Supplier Inclusion program with a public 'Register now' form and a public $100M diverse-spend goal by 2025. Here …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Shake Shack supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Shake Shack runs a custom supplier portal, not a public diversity program. Here is how registration actually works, the ingredient-submission door for …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Roblox supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Roblox has no public open-bid supplier portal and no named supplier diversity program. Here is how its vendor onboarding actually works through …

How to become a Polaris supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Polaris does not run a public supplier-registration portal. Its sourcing teams find and qualify suppliers directly, so getting in is about being …

How to become a Regeneron supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Regeneron runs a large, regulated biopharma supply chain out of Tarrytown, New York, and there is no public self-service vendor portal you …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Planet Fitness supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Planet Fitness runs an approved-vendor franchise model, not an open public supplier portal. Here is how corporate procurement and franchisee buying actually …

How to become a Northwestern Mutual supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Northwestern Mutual runs procurement through the Zip portal, and the first move is registering there. This guide covers what the Milwaukee insurer …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Reddit supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Reddit (Reddit, Inc.) does not publish an open supplier portal or a named supplier-diversity program. That changes how you approach it. Here …

How to become a Raymond James supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Raymond James runs a credentialed supplier portal at supplier.rjf.com and a named Supplier Diversity Program out of its St. Petersburg headquarters. Here …

How to become a General Dynamics diverse supplier

General Dynamics is a $42 billion defense contractor with formal small and diverse business programs. This guide covers what diverse suppliers need …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a McCormick supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

McCormick does not run a public 'apply now' vendor portal. It sources through Supplier.io and asks diverse suppliers to register there first. …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a MassMutual supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

MassMutual runs an open supplier diversity registration portal, but a profile in it is the start, not the finish. Here's what the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Kinder Morgan supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Kinder Morgan runs procurement through SAP Ariba and reported roughly $306M of diverse-supplier spend in its 2022 ESG report. Here is how …

How to become a Harley-Davidson supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Harley-Davidson runs supplier onboarding through its H-DSN network and the SupplierOne portal, and it is far closer to invitation-only than open enrollment. …

How to become a BorgWarner supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BorgWarner runs a Potential Supplier Registration on its own suppliers site, not an open marketplace. Diverse certification gets your record flagged to …

How to become a Goodyear supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Goodyear runs supplier registration through SAP Ariba at supplier.goodyear.com, not a public form. Here is how the portal works, what a diverse-business …

How to become a Fiserv supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Fiserv runs supplier registration through Supplier.io, not a public RFP board. Here is how registration really works, what the company buys, and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a FIS supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

FIS moves roughly $9 trillion a year across 20,000+ clients, and it buys from a deep vendor base to do it. Here's …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a DaVita supplier

DaVita sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto their …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Datadog supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Datadog has no public supplier-registration form. Onboarding runs through its Zip intake tool, and it only fires after a Datadog employee sponsors …

How to become a Danaher supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Danaher runs decentralized procurement across 15+ life-science and diagnostics operating companies. Registration on its supplier portal puts you in the registry Commodity …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Constellation Energy supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Constellation runs supplier registration through Oracle and GEP SMART, and it pulls your diversity status from your SAM.gov classification. Registering does not …

How to become a Compass Group supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Compass Group runs supplier registration through the Coupa Supplier Portal and asks new vendors for diversity certifications, tax, and banking info upfront. …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Cognizant supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cognizant transacts with suppliers on the Ariba Network and runs a separate diversity registration portal called NectariQ. Registering on either one does …

How to become a Cloudflare supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cloudflare has no public self-serve supplier portal. It vets vendors at onboarding against its Third Party Code of Conduct and supply-chain standards. …

How to become a Choice Hotels supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Choice Hotels franchises hotels rather than operating them, so corporate procurement is narrower than the brand's size suggests. The vendor application runs …

How to become a J.M. Smucker supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

J.M. Smucker runs its vendor relationships through a dedicated supplier portal, not an open vendor form. Here is what the company actually …

How to become a Lincoln Financial supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Lincoln Financial runs supplier registration through SAP Ariba and keeps a supplier inclusion program. Registration gets you into the system. It does …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a AutoZone supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

AutoZone runs vendor registration through its own portal, not Ariba or Coupa, and a category manager has to sponsor you before you …

How to become a Pinterest supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Pinterest runs no public supplier-registration portal, so the usual 'fill out the form' advice fails. Here's how procurement at a mid-cap ad-platform …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a T. Rowe Price supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

T. Rowe Price runs supplier registration through a SupplierOne profile, and its supplier diversity program recognizes MBE, WBE, VBE, SDVOB, DOBE, and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a BlackRock supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BlackRock registers vendors through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and you can't self-enroll. Here's how the invitation actually works, what its NMSDC membership …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Booz Allen Hamilton supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Booz Allen runs an open Diverse Business Registration at doingbusiness.bah.com and a Global Small Business Program that sends over 66% of subcontracting …

How to become a Broadcom diverse supplier

Broadcom runs a formal supplier diversity program with California DVBE obligations and $36B+ in annual revenue to source from. A national certification …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Thermo Fisher supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Thermo Fisher runs its diverse-supplier intake through SupplierOne on the Supplier.io platform, and it asks for a SAM.gov and SBA registration before …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Biogen supplier

Biogen sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto their …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Centene supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Centene runs vendor intake through SupplierOne and existing suppliers through Coupa. Registration is open, not invitation-only, but a profile sitting in a …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Cleveland Clinic supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cleveland Clinic registers vendors through Ivalua and runs a separate diversity registration portal on SupplierGateway. Registration is open, but registering is not …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Discover supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Discover takes open supplier registrations through an online portal run by its Global Procurement & Sourcing team. Here is what they buy, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Duke Energy diverse supplier

Duke Energy is the largest electric utility in the US by revenue, with a stated goal to spend 5% of addressable procurement …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Fidelity supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Fidelity runs an open supplier registration through SupplierOne and an active supplier diversity program tied to NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, and Disability:IN. Here …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Hyundai supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Hyundai runs its own supplier registration portal at supplier.hyundai.com, not Ariba or Coupa. Registering is step one, not the finish line. Here …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Johnson Controls supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Johnson Controls runs supplier data through GEP SMART, and access is by invitation. Here is how the vendor profile, the diversity program, …

How to become a Liberty Mutual supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Liberty Mutual runs an open supplier registration form, processes transactions through the Ariba Supplier Network, and houses supplier diversity under its Responsible …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Meta supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Meta runs procurement through its own vendor systems and sources most suppliers rather than taking cold applications. Here is what the supplier …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Navy Federal Credit Union supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Navy Federal runs a Procurement and Vendor Management function, not an open marketplace. Here is how registration actually works, why most contracts …

How to become a Nissan supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Nissan runs supplier registration through a Covisint-based portal and a separate SupplierOne discovery profile, not a single open form. Here is how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Progressive supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Progressive runs procurement through Coupa and takes prospective-supplier registrations, but the form is a database, not a contract. Here's how registration actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Prudential supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Prudential takes open vendor registrations through its own portal, not Ariba or Coupa. Registration is free and takes about 15 minutes, but …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Qualcomm diverse supplier

Qualcomm runs a formal supplier diversity program recognizing MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and California DVBE certifications. Here is what you need to register …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a SAP supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

SAP runs procurement through its own Supplier Portal and SAP Business Network, not a public 'apply now' form. Here's where vendors actually …

How to become a Southern Company diverse supplier

Southern Company spent $2.5 billion with diverse suppliers in 2023 — 29.1% of total spend — and has been running a formal …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a State Farm diverse supplier

State Farm is the largest US property and casualty insurer by premium volume and runs a formal supplier diversity program tied to …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Stellantis supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Stellantis takes open supplier registrations through its own portal and assigns each new vendor a COFOR. Diverse certification and the annual MatchMaker …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a T-Mobile supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

T-Mobile runs supplier onboarding through SAP Ariba and a SupplierOne registration portal, not cold email. Here's how registration actually works, which certifications …

How to become a Truist supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Truist takes open supplier registrations through a SupplierOne portal, but registering is not the same as getting hired. Here is what the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a AbbVie supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

AbbVie registers vendors through SAP Ariba, and most registrations start with an invite from a buyer, not a cold application. Here's how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Eli Lilly supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Eli Lilly runs an open Online Supplier Form and manages vendors through SAP Ariba, but registration is the easy part. Here's what …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Emerson supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Emerson runs a centralized supplier portal at emerson.com/en-us/supplier, but the company sources for specific factory and engineering needs rather than open calls. …

How to become a Exelon supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Exelon takes open registrations through the GEP Business Network, not Ariba or Coupa. Here is how the process really works, what registration …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a L3Harris supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

L3Harris does not have an open self-service portal that puts you on the buy list. You submit a Vendor Selection Form and …

How to become a Laboratory Corporation (LabCorp) supplier

Laboratory Corporation (LabCorp) sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Quest Diagnostics supplier

Quest Diagnostics sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a ADP supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

ADP runs a dedicated supplier diversity portal and recognizes third-party certifications from NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, and the NVBDC. Registration is the first …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Campbell's supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Campbell's runs vendor registration through SAP Ariba and screens new interest through category-specific supplier interest forms. Here's how the path actually works, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Chewy supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Chewy runs a custom Vendor Partner Portal, not Ariba or Coupa, and a category manager has to invite you before you can …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Conagra supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Conagra runs its supplier-diversity registration through SupplierOne (powered by Supplier.io), not Ariba or Coupa. Here's what the food maker actually buys, which …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Cencora supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) runs its diverse supplier intake through SupplierOne, not a generic vendor form. Here's where to register, which certifications carry …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a CommonSpirit Health supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

CommonSpirit Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S., with 140-plus hospitals. Its supply chain runs almost everything …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Kohl's supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Kohl's takes new-supplier registrations through its corporate site, then screens hard before any buyer talks to you. Here's how the process actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Moderna supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Moderna runs procurement through SAP Ariba and onboards vendors with a supplier questionnaire, not an open vendor form. Here is how registration …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Molina Healthcare supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Molina Healthcare runs a Medicaid- and Medicare-focused managed care business, and its supplier diversity program recognizes MBE, WBE, and DOBE certifications. The …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Aptiv supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Aptiv runs supplier registration and qualification through supplierportal.aptiv.com, and it requires minority, women, and veteran-owned suppliers to be certified by a recognized …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Aramark supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Aramark runs its diverse-supplier intake through a SupplierOne portal shared with Avendra. Registration is open, your NMSDC or WBENC certificate uploads directly, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Electronic Arts supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Electronic Arts runs procurement relationship-first, not through an open vendor sign-up page. Here is what EA buys, why a public registration portal …

How to become a Illumina supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Illumina runs procurement through SAP Ariba and asks every supplier to register a network account. Here is how registration actually works, who …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Occidental Petroleum supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Oxy runs prospective supplier registration through an Oracle iSupplier form and transacts on the Ariba Network. Registration alone does not win work. …

How to become a supplier for the University of Illinois: registration and supplier diversity

The University of Illinois System buys through the state's higher-ed procurement rules, not a private vendor portal. Registration runs through the Illinois …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for the University of Minnesota: registration and supplier diversity

The University of Minnesota spent over $54.3 million with diverse suppliers in FY24, up from $50.5 million the year before. Registration runs …

How to become a supplier for the University of Washington: registration and supplier diversity

UW requires a current supplier registration on file before it can pay you, and the full onboarding can run from 1-2 weeks …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for the University of Wisconsin: registration and supplier diversity

The University of Wisconsin System runs procurement for 13 universities through ShopUW+, a Jaggaer supplier portal. Registration there plus a VendorNet listing …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for the University of Texas at Austin: registration and supplier diversity

UT Austin doesn't run a bid list, so there's no single 'register here' button. The real entry points are the Texas Comptroller's …

How to get government contracts in architecture and design

Architecture and engineering work gets bought differently than almost everything else the government procures. You compete on qualifications first, price second, and …

How to get government contracts in catering and food service

The catering NAICS code caps you at $9M while food service contractors get $47M. Pick the wrong one and you lose bids …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in management consulting

Federal agencies bought roughly $4.3 billion under the main management consulting NAICS code last year. Here is the real path in: the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to get government contracts in electrical contracting

Electrical work runs through almost every federal building, base, and depot. This guide covers the NAICS code and size standard that decide …

How to get government contracts in HVAC and mechanical

Federal agencies need HVAC and mechanical work on millions of square feet of buildings. Here's the NAICS code that classifies you, the …

How to get government contracts in information technology (IT)

IT is one of the highest-volume categories in federal contracting, with NAICS 541519 alone moving billions in awards. Here's the real path: …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Gilead supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Gilead runs two front doors: an open Supplier Inclusion Portal where any small or diverse business can register, and an invite-only SAP …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Hershey supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Hershey runs an open supplier portal called SupplierOne and a named Supplier Development Program with partnerships at NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, and NaVOBA. …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Huntington Ingalls supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

HII is a defense shipbuilder, not a corporate buyer with one slick portal. Registration runs through division-level small business offices, starting with …

How to become a Keurig Dr Pepper supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Keurig Dr Pepper runs procurement through SAP Ariba and buys far more than coffee and syrup. Here is how registration actually works, …

How to become a Lyft supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Lyft takes open applications through its Supply Chain Equity Portal, not invitation-only cold calls. Here's how registration actually works, what supplier diversity …

How to become a Mercedes-Benz supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Mercedes-Benz runs its vendor relationships through a single Supplier Portal, but the front door depends on whether you sell vehicle parts or …

How to become a Nordstrom supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Nordstrom registers active vendors through an InterTrade EDI portal, not an open application form. Here is how merchants actually decide what they …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Publix supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Publix splits suppliers into retail product, facilities services, and facilities purchasing, each with its own form and procurement team. Here's which door …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Snowflake supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Snowflake runs vendor onboarding through a Workday Supplier Portal, and its Procurement team tracks diverse-supplier spend. Here is how registration actually works, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Subaru supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Subaru runs vendor registration through a ProcureWare portal, and its assembly suppliers go through Subaru of Indiana Automotive's own system. Here's where …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Tractor Supply supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Tractor Supply takes product submissions through RangeMe and runs an annual Open Buying Days pitch event on the ECRM platform. Getting a …

How to become a VMware supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

VMware registers vendors through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and access starts with an invitation from someone inside VMware procurement, not a public …

How to become a Volkswagen supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Volkswagen Group of America registers vendors through its global vwgroupsupply.com platform and runs a supplier diversity program with a 10% MBE and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Wayfair supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Wayfair runs an apply-and-review supplier model through its own Partner Home portal, not a cold-call buyer process. Here's the actual registration flow, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Yum! Brands diverse supplier

Yum! Brands operates a formal supplier diversity program across KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut and requires franchisees to source from diverse …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Airbnb supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Airbnb runs an open Supplier Diversity registration form at suppliers.withairbnb.com. Here is what their procurement team actually buys, which certifications carry weight, …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Albertsons supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Albertsons runs an annual Supplier Diversity Program that drew nearly 500 applicants in one recent cycle and selected 60+ brands to pitch …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Aldi supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

ALDI takes open applications through a New Supplier Application on its corporate site, not an invite-only portal. Before you apply, know the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for AdventHealth: registration and supplier diversity

AdventHealth buys through a company profile form and the Premier group purchasing organization, not a public RFP board. Here is how registration …

How to become a SAIC supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

SAIC runs its own supplier portal at suppliers.saic.com and takes open registrations. But getting registered and getting a purchase order are two …

How to become a Uber supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Uber runs a single supplier portal at uber.com/us/en/suppliers, and most onboarding starts with a purchase order, not a cold form. Here is …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Stryker diverse supplier

Stryker runs a formal supplier diversity program through its Supplier Diversity & Sustainability office and sources from MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and other …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a BMW supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BMW registers vendors through its B2B Partner Portal, not a cold web form. Here is what the program actually checks for, which …

How to become a Chipotle supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Chipotle runs its supplier onboarding through a FoodLogiQ portal, not a generic Ariba storefront, and the real gate is food safety, not …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Darden Restaurants supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Darden runs vendor registration through a Vendor Management Portal at Darden.apexportal.net and manages non-food purchasing in Coupa. Both are invitation-based, so the …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a DoorDash supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

DoorDash has no public supplier-diversity program page or open vendor portal. Onboarding runs through its procurement org, now merged with Deliveroo and …

How to become a Novartis supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Novartis runs supplier registration through SAP Ariba, and most onboarding starts with an invitation rather than a public application. Here is how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Synchrony supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Synchrony runs its supplier registration through the Coupa Supplier Portal, and only complete profiles get reviewed for sourcing projects. Here is how …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Ascension supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Ascension buys through The Resource Group on a PeopleSoft supplier portal, and its RFx Inclusion rule means diverse bidders get a seat …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Molson Coors diverse supplier

Molson Coors runs a formal supplier diversity program under its Beyond Beer and Brew initiatives, with sourcing focused on ingredients, packaging, marketing …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a supplier for Geisinger: registration and supplier diversity

Geisinger runs supplier onboarding through its apexportal Supplier Portal, with a strict ten-business-day registration window and separate credentialing for clinical vendors. Here …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Harvard University: registration and supplier diversity

Harvard runs procurement through one central system, Buy-to-Pay (B2P), and you can't register yourself into it cold. Here's how the invitation-based supplier …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Henry Ford Health: registration and supplier diversity

Henry Ford Health runs every project of $20,000 or more through competitive bid and requires at least one diverse supplier in the …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Johns Hopkins Medicine: registration and supplier diversity

Johns Hopkins Health System runs vendor registration through its contract management system and reviews new vendors via a monthly committee. Here is …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Mass General Brigham: registration and supplier diversity

Mass General Brigham is one of the largest hospital systems in Massachusetts and spends heavily with outside suppliers. This guide covers vendor …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for MIT: registration and supplier diversity

MIT runs decentralized purchasing through departments and a Coupa-powered supplier portal, and its Purchase with Purpose program courts diverse suppliers. Here is …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Mount Sinai Health System: registration and supplier diversity

Mount Sinai Health System runs eight hospitals and a medical school across New York, and it buys through a credentialed vendor process …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Northwell Health: registration and supplier diversity

Northwell Health runs a $5 billion supply chain across New York's largest health system. Vendor onboarding goes through PaymentWorks by invitation, and …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Ohio State University: registration and supplier diversity

Ohio State moved supplier setup to a Workday-powered registration site that replaced the old PDF form. Here's how to register, which certifications …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Penn State: registration and supplier diversity

Penn State runs supplier onboarding through the PaymentWorks portal, not a public bid board. To sell to the university and join its …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for RWJBarnabas Health: registration and supplier diversity

RWJBarnabas Health buys from suppliers through its BuyLocal platform, launched in July 2022 to connect New Jersey's largest academic health system with …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Stanford University: registration and supplier diversity

Stanford onboards suppliers through Vendor Services and its Supplier and Payee Registry, not an open RFP board. A buying department has to …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a supplier for Texas A&M University: registration and supplier diversity

Texas A&M University runs vendor sourcing through AggieBuy and counts diverse suppliers under the State of Texas HUB program, not NMSDC or …

How to become a Cardinal Health diverse supplier

Cardinal Health runs a formal supplier diversity program under its Supplier Diversity & Inclusion initiative, targeting MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, and other certified …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a eBay supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

eBay doesn't run a public 'apply to be a supplier' portal the way some Fortune 500s do. Here's how its procurement actually …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a HPE supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

HPE runs a Supplier Inclusion Program and registers vendors through SAP Ariba. Registration is open, but HPE is explicit that submitting your …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Ulta Beauty supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Ulta Beauty does not run a cold supplier-application form. New brands get discovered through RangeMe and the MUSE accelerator, then vetted against …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Workday supplier

Workday sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto their …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a TJX supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

TJX runs one of retail's oldest supplier diversity programs, but registration and getting bought are two different things. Here's how vendor registration …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a NextEra Energy diverse supplier

NextEra Energy runs its supplier diversity program through its Supplier Development group, with registration through SupplierOne and procurement managed on GEP Smart. …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Block supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Block doesn't run a click-to-apply vendor portal you can find from its homepage. Here's what the company (Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL) …

How to become a Becton Dickinson supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

BD runs one of the larger medical-device supply chains in the world, and it sells to itself through a dedicated supplier inclusion …

How to become a Baxter supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Baxter buys from approved suppliers it registers and routes by category, not from cold emails. Here's how to register through its New …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a BAE Systems diverse supplier

BAE Systems' U.S. operations are a $14 billion defense contractor with active small business subcontracting programs. This guide covers portal registration, which …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Eaton supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Eaton takes open supplier registrations through SupplierOne and my.eaton.com, not invitation-only outreach. The faster lane runs through diverse certification and Eaton's Tier …

How to become a Amgen supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Amgen runs an open supplier diversity database, not an invitation-only club. You register through a portal at amgen.quantumsds.com, self-certify your small or …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a AMD supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

AMD runs a strategic-sourcing procurement model, not an open vendor marketplace. Here's how registration actually works, where diversity certification fits, and the …

How to become a Amazon supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Amazon takes open supplier registrations through a SupplierGateway portal, not a cold email. A recognized diversity certification (NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, NVBDC, VA) …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Allstate supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Allstate takes open registrations through a Prospective Supplier Engagement Form, but all real bidding runs through SAP Ariba. Here's what the form …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Tesla diverse supplier

Tesla sources billions in components and services for its vehicle manufacturing. This guide covers what is publicly known about Tesla's supplier registration, …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Shell supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Shell doesn't take cold vendor applications the way most people hope. Registration happens through SAP Ariba by invitation, after a pre-qualification process …

· Maya Okonkwo

How to become a PG&E diverse supplier

PG&E is required by the California Public Utilities Commission to meet a 40% diverse supplier spend goal, which means the demand is …

· Mario Bailey

How to become a Netflix supplier (and what its supplier program actually wants)

Netflix spent roughly $700M with underrepresented suppliers in 2022 and runs a supplier inclusion team, but there is no open self-serve diversity …

How to become a Leidos diverse supplier

Leidos is a $15 billion federal IT and defense company with active small business subcontracting programs. Here is how diverse suppliers register, …

· Mario Bailey

HUBZone Certification: Requirements, Map, and How to Apply in 2026

HUBZone certification gives qualifying small businesses access to set-aside contracts, sole-source awards up to $5.5 million, and a 10% price evaluation preference …

Jul 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an Apple supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually expects)

Apple spends billions with diverse suppliers, but registering on its portal is the easy part. Here's how Apple's procurement and supplier diversity …

Jun 3, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an Anheuser-Busch supplier (and how its supplier diversity program works)

Anheuser-Busch buys from a parent company the size of AB InBev, which means two different front doors and a separate path for …

Jun 2, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become an American Express supplier (and what its diversity program actually does)

Registering as an American Express supplier takes one form. Getting hired is the slow part. Here's the real registration path, which certifications …

Jun 1, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Wyoming government

Wyoming has no state minority or women-owned set-aside. Its main edge is a 5% resident preference. Here's how to register, where to …

May 29, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an American Airlines supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

American Airlines has run a supplier diversity program since 1989, but the airline buys on competitive bids. Here's how to register, which …

May 29, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become an Adobe supplier (and what's left of Adobe's supplier diversity program)

Adobe onboards suppliers by invitation through Graphite Connect, not an open application. Here's how the procurement system actually works, where diverse-supplier certification …

May 28, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become an Accenture supplier (and what its supplier diversity program still does)

Registering as an Accenture vendor takes an afternoon, but registration alone gets you almost nothing. Here's the portal, the certifications its supplier …

May 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an Abbott supplier (and how Abbott's supplier diversity program actually works)

Registering on Abbott's supplier portal takes an afternoon. Getting a sourcing manager to call you is the real work. Here's the order …

May 26, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Wisconsin government

Two free moves get a diverse business into the running for Wisconsin state contracts: register as a vendor, then get certified for …

May 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the West Virginia government

West Virginia runs procurement through one system, wvOASIS. Here's how to register as a vendor, get SWAM-certified as a small, women-, or …

May 25, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Wells Fargo supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually wants)

Wells Fargo buys from suppliers through SAP Business Network, and most onboarding starts with an invitation. Here's how registration actually works, what …

May 25, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Walmart diverse supplier

Walmart sources $250 billion in goods and services annually and has formal diverse supplier goals. This guide explains their registration paths, which …

May 22, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Walgreens supplier: the real on-ramp through RangeMe and supplier diversity

Selling to Walgreens runs through RangeMe, not a cold email. Here's how product submissions actually work, where supplier diversity fits, and what …

May 21, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Visa diverse supplier

Visa is a $32 billion payments technology company with a formal supplier diversity program and NMSDC and WBENC memberships. This guide covers …

May 20, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Verizon supplier (and how its supplier diversity program actually works)

Verizon spent over $6 billion with diverse suppliers in 2023, but registering in the vendor portal is the easy part. Here's the …

May 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a U.S. Bank supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually wants)

U.S. Bank buys from thousands of vendors and runs a real supplier development program for small and diverse businesses. Here's how to …

May 18, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a UPS supplier: the real path through its supplier diversity program

Registering with UPS takes an afternoon. Getting actual business out of it takes a certification, a sharp capability statement, and patience. Here's …

May 15, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Vermont government

Vermont runs procurement through one office and one eProcurement system. Here's how to register as a vendor, where the bids live, and …

May 14, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a UnitedHealth Group supplier: the realistic path in 2026

UnitedHealth Group spends billions with outside suppliers, but the front door is narrow and the diversity language changed in 2025. Here's where …

May 14, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a United Airlines supplier: the registration and supplier diversity path

United runs one of the oldest supplier diversity programs in corporate America. Here's how to register, which certifications open the door, and …

May 13, 2026 · Will Moss

How to become a Unilever supplier (and how its supplier diversity program works)

Unilever runs almost all sourcing through one system, USQS, and you usually need an invitation to register. Here's the realistic on-ramp, plus …

May 12, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Utah government

Utah keeps procurement centralized and the vendor side free. There's no state MBE/WBE certification, but there is a resident preference and a …

May 11, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Tyson Foods diverse supplier

Tyson Foods sources from thousands of suppliers across its protein supply chain and runs an active NMSDC-affiliated supplier diversity program with specific …

May 11, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Texas government

Selling to Texas starts with two free-to-cheap steps: the CMBL vendor list and the ESBD bid portal. The state's diverse-business certification changed …

May 8, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Toyota Motor North America supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually wants)

Toyota buys more than $3 billion a year from diverse-owned suppliers, but the registration form is just the front door. Here's the …

May 8, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Target diverse supplier

Target is a $110 billion retailer with a formal supplier diversity program and published spend goals. Here is what diverse suppliers need …

May 7, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 10 min

How to become a subcontractor on a government contract

Subcontracting is the door into federal work that doesn't require past performance you don't have yet. Large primes are required to use …

May 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Tennessee government

Two systems run Tennessee state procurement: Edison for vendor registration and bidding, and Go-DBE for diversity and small-business certification. Here's how to …

May 5, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Starbucks supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

Selling to Starbucks isn't a single form. Here's how its supplier registration actually works, what categories it buys, and the diversity on-ramp …

May 5, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Southwest Airlines supplier (and how its supplier diversity program actually works)

Southwest routes all new vendors through one Coupa portal, and registering there is the easy part. Here's how the supplier diversity program …

May 4, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the South Dakota government

South Dakota runs a lean, low-friction procurement system, and registering as a vendor is free. The catch most owners miss: the state …

May 4, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Salesforce supplier: the supplier diversity on-ramp that actually exists

Salesforce buys from thousands of vendors and runs a real supplier diversity accelerator. Here's the actual on-ramp, which certifications carry weight, and …

May 1, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the South Carolina government

South Carolina runs its purchasing through SCEIS, posts bids on SCBO, and certifies minority firms through a state division. Here's the order …

Apr 30, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) diverse supplier

PwC is a Billion Dollar Roundtable member with explicit MBE, WBE, and LGBTBE spend targets. Getting in requires third-party certification, portal registration, …

Apr 30, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Procter & Gamble supplier (and how P&G's supplier diversity program works)

P&G doesn't have a single 'apply' button. You send a profile through pgsupplier.com, get found through SupplierOne, and certification helps. Here's the …

Apr 29, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a PNC supplier: the procurement portal and what their supplier diversity program actually wants

PNC runs supplier registration through a portal, not a sales rep you can cold-call. Here's how the Supplier Engagement & Development program …

Apr 28, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Rhode Island government

Selling to Rhode Island runs through two systems: Ocean State Procures for vendor registration and bidding, and DEDI for diverse-business certification. Here's …

Apr 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Pfizer supplier (and how its supplier diversity program actually works)

Pfizer buys through the SAP Business Network and runs a long-standing supplier diversity program. Here's how registration actually works, what they buy, …

Apr 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Pennsylvania government

Pennsylvania runs vendor registration, a Small Diverse Business program, and its bid board through one agency. Here's the order to do it …

Apr 24, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a PepsiCo supplier (and how its supplier diversity program actually works)

Registering with PepsiCo takes an afternoon. Becoming a supplier they actually buy from takes a certification, a real category fit, and a …

Apr 24, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a PayPal supplier: inside PayPal's supplier diversity program

PayPal runs a real supplier diversity program with a low-friction front door: one email and a capability statement. Here's who qualifies, which …

Apr 23, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Northrop Grumman diverse supplier

Northrop Grumman spends more than $2 billion annually with small and diverse businesses. This guide covers registration, certifications, sourcing categories, and what …

Apr 22, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Oregon government

Two free steps put a diverse or small business in front of Oregon buyers: register on OregonBuys, then get COBID-certified. Here's the …

Apr 21, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Nike supplier (and get into Nike's supplier diversity program)

Nike buys from small and diverse-owned businesses across marketing, tech, construction, and services. Registering in its Business Diversity & Inclusion portal is …

Apr 21, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Oklahoma government

Selling to Oklahoma runs through one office and one portal. Here's how to register as a bidder, get your diverse-business certification, and …

Apr 20, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Nestlé USA supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

Nestlé USA buys from thousands of vendors and runs a supplier diversity program with a specific front door. Here's where to register, …

Apr 20, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Morgan Stanley diverse supplier

Morgan Stanley operates a formal supplier diversity program with NMSDC and WBENC corporate membership. This guide explains which certifications are recognized, which …

Apr 17, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Mondelez International supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

Mondelez buys across seven procurement categories and runs an Economic Inclusion and Supplier Diversity program for certified diverse businesses. Here's the realistic …

Apr 16, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Ohio government

Selling to the State of Ohio runs through one portal and a set of certifications most owners never finish. Here's the order …

Apr 15, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Microsoft supplier: what the procurement process actually looks like

Registering with Microsoft is free, but it doesn't get you a contract. Here's how Microsoft procurement actually works, which certifications it recognizes, …

Apr 15, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Merck supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually asks for)

Merck spends more than 10% of its purchasing budget with diverse and small businesses. Here's the real registration portal, the certifications that …

Apr 14, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the North Dakota government

North Dakota runs its buying through one portal, NDBuys, and getting on the bidders list is free. The state has no minority …

Apr 13, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Medtronic diverse supplier

Medtronic runs a formal Supplier Diversity Program targeting MBE, WBE, and SDVOSB businesses. Here is exactly how to register, what categories they …

Apr 13, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a McKesson supplier: the registration, the STARS portal, and what actually gets you a look

McKesson buys from thousands of vendors, and the front door is a portal called STARS. Registering is the easy part. Here's what …

Apr 10, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a McDonald's supplier: the real on-ramp and what changed in 2025

McDonald's spent about $3.5 billion with diverse-owned suppliers and hit its 25% goal early, then retired the goal in January 2025. Here's …

Apr 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the North Carolina government

North Carolina runs vendor registration, certification, and bids through one portal now. Here's the order to do it in, what HUB and …

Apr 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Tier 1 vs Tier 2 supplier diversity spend, explained

Tier 1 is what a corporation buys from you directly. Tier 2 is what its prime suppliers buy from you. Here's how …

Apr 8, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Mastercard diverse supplier

Mastercard runs a formal Supplier Diversity program with a 5% diverse supplier spend goal and a WEConnect International partnership for women-owned businesses …

Apr 8, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Marriott International supplier (and how its supplier diversity program actually works)

Selling to Marriott runs through two doors: the corporate supplier portal and Avendra, its procurement partner for hotels in the Americas. Here's …

Apr 7, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the New York government

New York spends billions a year with certified diverse and small businesses. Here's the order to do it in: register as a …

Apr 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Lowe's supplier: the real path through RangeMe and supplier diversity

Lowe's takes new product pitches through RangeMe, not a cold email. Registration puts you in the system, it doesn't win you a …

Apr 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the New Mexico government

Selling to New Mexico starts with a free eProNM registration and a preference certificate that knocks 8 to 10 percent off your …

Apr 3, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Lockheed Martin supplier (and how its small business program actually works)

Registering with Lockheed Martin takes a web form. Getting a contract is a different process entirely. Here's how LM actually selects suppliers, …

Apr 3, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How a diverse-owned web design and development agency wins corporate accounts

Corporate supplier diversity programs spend over $200 billion a year, and digital work is in scope. Here's which certifications buyers count, who's …

Apr 2, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Kroger supplier

Kroger sources from thousands of suppliers. Here is how to register, which certifications matter, and what gets a diverse business onto their …

Apr 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the New Jersey government

New Jersey runs a single eProcurement portal, NJSTART, and reserves 25% of state spending for small businesses. Here's the order to register, …

Apr 1, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for waste, recycling, and environmental services companies: how diverse-owned haulers win work

Trash, recycling, and environmental services are some of the steadiest diverse-supplier categories there are. The work is recurring and the buyers are …

Apr 1, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Kraft Heinz diverse supplier

Kraft Heinz is a Billion Dollar Roundtable signatory and NMSDC/WBENC member with a formal supplier diversity program. Here is how their process …

Apr 1, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How a diverse-owned uniform and branded apparel supplier wins corporate and government work

Uniforms and branded apparel are a recurring, easy-to-track spend category, which is exactly what supplier diversity teams want. Here's how a certified …

Mar 31, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a KPMG diverse supplier

KPMG runs a formal supplier diversity program as an NMSDC and WBENC member, sourcing diverse suppliers across technology, legal, facilities, and professional …

Mar 31, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the New Hampshire government

New Hampshire runs a low-bid, lean procurement system with one state-recognized diversity certification (DBE) and a resident-bidder tiebreaker. Here's how to register, …

Mar 30, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for translation and interpretation companies: how to win corporate, hospital, and government work

A diverse-owned language services company has a real edge in supplier diversity programs, but only if you get certified for the right …

Mar 30, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Kimberly-Clark supplier (and what its supplier engagement program actually wants)

Kimberly-Clark won't add you because you filled out a form. Here's how its Supplier Engagement program works, which certifications it recognizes, and …

Mar 30, 2026 · Will Moss

Supplier diversity for 3PL and warehousing: how diverse-owned logistics firms win work

If you run a diverse-owned 3PL or warehouse, the certification you pick should follow your buyer. Here's how corporate and government logistics …

Mar 27, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Kaiser Permanente diverse supplier

Kaiser Permanente spent over $2.3 billion with diverse suppliers in 2022 and is a Billion Dollar Roundtable member. Here is how to …

Mar 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for security guard companies: how diverse-owned firms win contracts

Contract security runs on labor, low margins, and trust. Diverse certification opens doors at corporations and agencies, but only if you know …

Mar 26, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a JPMorgan Chase supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually wants)

JPMorgan Chase spends more than $2 billion a year with diverse suppliers, but getting added to its Supplier Network is a starting …

Mar 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Johnson & Johnson supplier (and get into their supplier inclusion program)

Registering as a J&J supplier takes minutes. Getting in front of a buyer takes a real strategy. Here's how their supplier inclusion …

Mar 25, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for plumbing and mechanical contractors: how diverse-owned shops win corporate and public work

A diverse-owned plumbing or mechanical shop has two buyers most contractors ignore: corporate facilities programs and public agencies with subcontracting goals. Here's …

Mar 24, 2026 · Will Moss

How to become a John Deere diverse supplier

Deere & Company is a $52 billion equipment manufacturer with a formal supplier diversity program and Billion Dollar Roundtable membership. This guide …

Mar 24, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Nebraska government

Nebraska runs central purchasing through the State Purchasing Bureau, and you don't need a paid portal to bid. Here's how to get …

Mar 23, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for photography and video production: how a diverse-owned shop wins corporate accounts

Corporations and their ad agencies spend real money on diverse-owned production firms, but the work goes to shops that get certified, registered, …

Mar 23, 2026 · Will Moss

How to become a Hyatt Hotels supplier (and how its supplier diversity program actually works)

Hyatt buys most of its goods through a group purchasing org, not a public portal. Here's where supplier registration actually happens, how …

Mar 23, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Montana government

Montana doesn't give a bid preference for being minority-, women-, or veteran-owned. Here's what actually moves you toward a state contract: free …

Mar 20, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How a diverse-owned painting contractor wins corporate and public work

Painting is a trade where a diverse certification opens real doors, because GCs, paint manufacturers, agencies, and Fortune 500 facilities teams all …

Mar 20, 2026 · Will Moss

How to become a Humana diverse supplier

Humana is a $106 billion health insurance and services company with an active supplier diversity program and NMSDC and WBENC membership. This …

Mar 20, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for office supplies and promo: how a diverse distributor actually wins corporate work

Office supplies and promo are classic indirect-spend categories, which is exactly why corporate supplier diversity teams want diverse vendors here. Here's how …

Mar 19, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Honeywell diverse supplier

Honeywell is a $36 billion industrial technology company with a formal supplier diversity program and federal subcontracting requirements. This guide covers how …

Mar 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 11 min

Selling medical supplies to hospitals as a diverse-owned business: the path that actually works

Hospitals don't buy from a vendor list. They buy through GPOs, distributors, and prime vendors. Here's how a diverse-owned medical supplies business …

Mar 18, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Honda supplier: the real procurement path and diversity on-ramp

Honda spends about $3 billion a year with minority- and women-owned suppliers. Here's how their procurement actually works, where to register, and …

Mar 18, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Home Depot supplier (and how the supplier diversity program actually works)

Selling to The Home Depot starts with one of two front doors: the New Product Submission portal or the Supplier Pipeline diversity …

Mar 17, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Missouri government

Selling to Missouri runs through one system, MissouriBUYS, and one certifying office, OEO. Here's how to register, get certified as an MBE, …

Mar 17, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Hilton supplier: the registration path and what their supplier diversity program actually wants

Hilton buys through Hilton Supply Management, not the hotels. Here's the right door to register at, what their supplier diversity program rewards, …

Mar 16, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for management and IT consulting firms: how to win the work

Consulting is a relationship sale, and supplier diversity gives a diverse-owned firm a reason to be in the room. Here's which certifications …

Mar 13, 2026 · Will Moss

How to become a Google (Alphabet) supplier: the real path in 2026

You can't just sign up to sell to Google. Enrollment runs through SAP Ariba and starts with an invitation. Here's how the …

Mar 13, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 11 min

Supplier diversity for law firms: how a diverse-owned legal practice wins corporate panel work

A diverse-owned law firm doesn't win panel work by being certified. It wins because a general counsel found it, vetted it, and …

Mar 12, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Goldman Sachs diverse supplier

Goldman Sachs has formal supplier diversity programs and has committed over $10 billion to diverse and small businesses through its 10,000 Small …

Mar 12, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for landscaping companies: how diverse-owned grounds crews win corporate and government work

Grounds maintenance is one of the most contracted services in the country, and most of it is bid out on recurring cycles. …

Mar 11, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a General Motors supplier: the realistic path in 2026

GM doesn't take cold applications for direct work. Here's how its Supplier Acceleration program and SupplyPower portal actually work, what the 2025 …

Mar 11, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for IT and technology vendors: how diverse-owned tech firms actually win enterprise work

Selling IT or software to enterprises as a diverse-owned firm is its own game. Here's which certifications buyers actually count, where the …

Mar 10, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a General Mills supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

General Mills buys ingredients, packaging, logistics, and services from thousands of vendors, and runs a supplier diversity program that dates to the …

Mar 10, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Michigan government

Selling to the State of Michigan starts with a free SIGMA VSS account, not a certification. Here's how registration, the SDVOB preference, …

Mar 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How a diverse-owned HVAC and mechanical contractor wins corporate and public work

Mechanical work gets bought differently than products. For a diverse-owned HVAC firm, the certification that matters depends on who's writing the check. …

Mar 9, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Ford Motor Company supplier (and how its supplier diversity program works)

Registering with Ford takes an afternoon. Getting sourced takes a capability statement, the right certification, and patience. Here's the real path, and …

Mar 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a FedEx supplier (and where supplier diversity fits in)

Registering as a FedEx supplier is free and takes an afternoon. Getting bought is the hard part. Here's how the FedEx Supplier …

Mar 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Massachusetts government

Massachusetts runs its bids through one free portal and its diversity certification through one office. Here's the order to do them in, …

Mar 5, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for hotel vendors: how a diverse-owned hospitality supplier wins work

Hotels buy through a handful of supply-management arms and group purchasing organizations. Get certified, register where they actually look, and you're in …

Mar 5, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

Diverse-owned trucking carrier: how to win freight work from retailers and government

Retailers and agencies spend billions on freight every year and actively recruit diverse carriers. The certification that opens corporate doors isn't the …

Mar 5, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for food vendors and caterers: how a diverse-owned food business wins contracts

Certification gets you in the database. Food safety paperwork, the right buyer, and a tight first job get you the contract. Here's …

Mar 4, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How a diverse-owned staffing agency wins corporate and MSP work

Staffing is one of the easiest categories to sell into a supplier diversity program, and one of the most crowded. Here's how …

Mar 4, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Maryland government

Maryland reserves 15% of state spending for small businesses and sets a 29% aspirational goal for minority-owned firms. Here's how to register, …

Mar 3, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Disney supplier: the realistic path to selling to The Walt Disney Company

Registering as a Disney supplier is free and runs through one portal. Getting Disney to actually buy from you is the hard …

Mar 3, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Maine government

Maine runs its vendor registration and bids through one free system, Vendor Self-Service. Here's how to get registered, where the opportunities are, …

Mar 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Delta Air Lines supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

Registering on Delta's supplier portal takes an afternoon. Getting an actual contract takes a certification, a sharp capability statement, and patience. Here's …

Mar 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for event planning companies: how a certified shop wins corporate work

A diverse-owned event or meeting services firm has a real edge with corporate buyers, but only if you get certified, get found, …

Feb 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Deloitte diverse supplier

Deloitte is a $67 billion professional services firm with a formal diverse supplier program and NMSDC and WBENC corporate memberships. This guide …

Feb 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 11 min

Supplier diversity for electrical contractors: how to win corporate and public construction work

If you run a minority-, women-, or veteran-owned electrical firm, certification only matters if it puts you in front of the right …

Feb 26, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Dell Technologies supplier: registration, certification, and the real on-ramp

You can register your business with Dell in an afternoon, but registration isn't a contract. Here's how Dell's supplier and diverse-supplier process …

Feb 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a CVS Health supplier (and what changed with its supplier diversity program)

There are three different ways into CVS Health depending on what you sell, and its supplier diversity program changed quietly in 2025. …

Feb 25, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Supplier diversity for a commercial printing or signage company: how diverse-owned shops win corporate accounts

Print and signage is one of the most reliable categories for diverse suppliers because every large company spends on it. Here's which …

Feb 24, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become a Costco supplier (and how Supplier Inclusion actually works)

Costco buys through regional buyers and a Supplier Inclusion program it kept after the 2025 DEI vote. Here's the real path in, …

Feb 24, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Comcast NBCUniversal supplier: the realistic path in

Comcast NBCUniversal spends over a billion dollars a year with diverse suppliers, but registering in their portal is the easy part. Here's …

Feb 23, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Kentucky government

Selling to the Commonwealth of Kentucky starts with one free vendor registration in VSS. Certification through the Finance Cabinet is also free. …

Feb 23, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Colgate-Palmolive supplier (and get into its Supplier Inclusion program)

Colgate-Palmolive buys from diverse suppliers through its Supplier Inclusion program and registers them on SupplierGateway. Here's what it accepts, how registration works, …

Feb 20, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Kansas government

Kansas runs its vendor registration, bids, and contracts through one eSupplier portal, and it gives real bid preferences to certified businesses and …

Feb 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Coca-Cola supplier: the registration process and what its supplier diversity program actually wants

The Coca-Cola Company runs a real supplier diversity program and a registration portal called STARS. Registering is the easy part. Here's how …

Feb 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Clorox supplier: registration, sourcing, and supplier diversity

Clorox buys through two doors: direct materials and indirect goods and services. Here's how the registration actually works, what its supplier diversity …

Feb 18, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Citigroup supplier (and what its diversity program looks like in 2026)

Citi spent over $1.3 billion with certified diverse suppliers in 2022, then quietly reworked its DEI program in February 2025. Here's how …

Feb 17, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Iowa government

Selling to the State of Iowa comes down to two systems and one certification. Register in IMPACS to see the bids, get …

Feb 16, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Cisco supplier: what their procurement and supplier diversity process actually looks like

You can't just fill out a form to sell to Cisco. Onboarding is invitation-led through Smart Buy on Ariba, and a diversity …

Feb 16, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Indiana government

Selling to Indiana runs through one agency: IDOA. Here's how to register as a bidder, get certified as an MBE, WBE, or …

Feb 13, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Cigna diverse supplier

Cigna has committed to more than $1 billion in annual diverse supplier spend and actively recruits certified MBE, WBE, SDVOSB, LGBTBE, and …

Feb 13, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Chevron diverse supplier

Chevron is a $200 billion energy company with a formal supplier diversity program and NMSDC corporate membership. This guide covers how to …

Feb 12, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Caterpillar diverse supplier

Caterpillar is a $67 billion industrial manufacturer with a formal supplier diversity program and active NMSDC and WBENC memberships. This guide covers …

Feb 11, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Illinois government

Selling to Illinois means three systems and one certification choice. Register in the IPG and BidBuy, then decide whether BEP, veteran, or …

Feb 10, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Capital One diverse supplier

Capital One is a Billion Dollar Roundtable member with explicit diverse-spend targets. Here is how registration works through iVendix and what actually …

Feb 10, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Idaho government

Idaho runs its procurement through one free portal called IPRO, and it has no statewide minority or women-owned set-aside program. Here's what …

Feb 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Boeing supplier: the registration path and what its diversity program actually accepts

Becoming a Boeing supplier starts with a capability assessment in the ESLC portal, not a sales pitch. Here's the registration path, the …

Feb 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Picking NAICS codes for federal contracts (and why size standard matters)

The contracting officer, not you, sets the NAICS code on each solicitation, and that code decides whether you count as small. Here's …

Feb 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Best Buy supplier (and use its supplier diversity program)

Best Buy buys through a partner portal, not a cold pitch. Here's how the supplier paths actually differ, where a diversity certification …

Feb 6, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a Bank of America supplier: the registration and supplier diversity path

Bank of America spends over $2 billion a year with diverse suppliers and runs one of the oldest programs in banking. Here's …

Feb 5, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become a 3M diverse supplier

3M is a $32 billion industrial manufacturer and consumer goods company with formal supplier diversity commitments. This guide covers their registration portal, …

Feb 4, 2026 · Mario Bailey

LGBTBE certification: how LGBTQ+-owned businesses get certified through the NGLCC

LGBTBE is a corporate certification, not a federal one. Here's who qualifies, how the NGLCC process works, what it costs, and which …

Feb 2, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the Georgia government

Selling to the State of Georgia starts in Team Georgia Marketplace, not a sales call. Here's how to register, where the bids …

Feb 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 11 min

Grants for minority-owned businesses: where to actually find them (2026)

Minority business grants are real, but rarer and more competitive than the ads suggest. Here are the legitimate sources, what they actually …

Feb 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Florida government

Selling to Florida starts with a free vendor registration in MyFloridaMarketPlace, then a state certification through the Office of Supplier Development. Here's …

Jan 30, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to sell to Amazon as a certified diverse supplier: the two paths, kept separate

Selling to Amazon as a diverse supplier means two different things. One is becoming a vendor to Amazon the corporation. The other …

Jan 28, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Delaware government

Selling to Delaware comes down to three free moves: register on MyMarketplace, get your OSD diverse-business or small-business certification, and watch the …

Jan 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 10 min

How to register on SAM.gov: the step-by-step a small business actually needs

Registering on SAM.gov is free and not that hard, but one validation step trips up most first-timers. Here's the order to do …

Jan 27, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Connecticut government

Selling to Connecticut runs through two systems: CTsource to register and bid, and DAS supplier-diversity certification to reach the 25% set-aside. Here's …

Jan 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Guide · 10 min

Federal set-asides explained: 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, SDVOSB, and sole-source

Set-asides are how the government reserves contracts for small and diverse businesses. Here's how the small business and socioeconomic set-asides work, and …

Jan 26, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to get into corporate supplier diversity programs: the Fortune 500 pipeline

Big corporations spend billions a year with certified diverse suppliers. Getting into their programs follows a pattern: get the right certification, register …

Jan 23, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

DBE certification: how to get certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

DBE certification opens federally-funded highway, transit, and airport work, and it's free to apply. Here's who qualifies under the new 2025 rules, …

Jan 22, 2026 · Mario Bailey

Woman-owned business certification: WBENC, WOSB, and state WBE explained

There isn't one woman-owned business certification. There are three, and they open different doors. Here's how to decide which you actually need …

Jan 21, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

The federal capability statement that wins contracts (with a template)

A contracting officer asks for a capability statement before almost anything else. Here's what goes in the six sections, how to write …

Jan 21, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to do business with the California government

California sets a 25% small business goal and a 3% DVBE goal on its contracts, and certification unlocks a 5% bid preference. …

Jan 19, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to do business with the Arkansas government

Selling to Arkansas runs through two free vendor systems and the new ARBuy portal. Here's how to register, where to find bids, …

Jan 15, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an RTX (Raytheon) supplier: the real procurement path

RTX registration takes minutes, but registration is not a contract. Here's how RTX's supplier diversity and small business programs actually work, and …

Jan 15, 2026 · Maya Okonkwo

How to become an Oracle supplier (and get into Oracle's supplier diversity program)

Oracle buys from a 650,000-supplier database it filters by certification before inviting anyone to bid. Here's how registration and the supplier diversity …

Jan 14, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an NVIDIA supplier (and what its supplier diversity program actually looks like)

NVIDIA doesn't run a public supplier-diversity portal the way RTX or Microsoft does. Here's the honest path in: the Partner Network, the …

Jan 13, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Arizona government

Selling to the State of Arizona starts in one place: the Arizona Procurement Portal. Here's how to register, where small-business set-asides actually …

Jan 12, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an Intel supplier (and get into its supplier diversity program)

Intel spends billions with diverse suppliers, but the registration portal isn't a bid list. Here's the certification and intake path that actually …

Jan 12, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an IBM supplier (and what IBM's supplier diversity program actually wants)

IBM has bought from diverse suppliers since 1968 and still targets 5% of addressable spend. Here's the actual on-ramp: how registration works, …

Jan 9, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an HP Inc. supplier (and what HP Inclusive Sourcing actually wants)

HP Inc. runs a diverse-supplier registration most owners fill out wrong. Here's the actual form, the certifications it accepts, and how to …

Jan 8, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an HCA Healthcare supplier (and where supplier diversity fits now)

HCA Healthcare buys through HealthTrust, its group purchasing organization, not a single vendor form. Here's the actual path in, what credentialing requires, …

Jan 7, 2026 · Will Moss

How to do business with the Alabama government

Alabama runs two vendor systems, not one, and a free state minority/women-owned certification through ADECA. Here's the order to do it in, …

Jan 7, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an EY (Ernst & Young) supplier: the realistic path through Inclusive Procurement

EY buys from diverse-owned firms through its Inclusive Procurement team, but there's no public bid board. Here's the registration path, what certifications …

Jan 6, 2026 · Will Moss

How to become an ExxonMobil supplier: registration, supplier diversity, and the realistic on-ramp

ExxonMobil spent more than $6.8 billion with diverse U.S. suppliers in 2024. Registering in their diversity database is free and takes an …

Jan 5, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an Elevance Health (Anthem) supplier: the diverse-business on-ramp

Elevance Health spent over $1.2 billion with diverse suppliers in 2024. Registration runs through SAP Ariba and takes an afternoon. Getting picked …

Jan 2, 2026 · Mario Bailey

How to become an AT&T supplier: registration, the inclusivity program, and a realistic timeline

Registering as an AT&T supplier is a 20-minute form. Getting an actual contract is a multi-year relationship. Here's the real process, what …

Jan 1, 2026 · Mario Bailey

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