1. Doing Business with KCPS
Kcpublicschools.org

2. Agenda Doing Business with KCPS Supplier Registration Process
KCPS Bid Opportunities
Products and Services
Supplier Diversity Program
1st and 2nd Tier Opportunity
Key Elements of a Proposal
Supplier Diversity Contact

3. Doing business with KCPS

4. Doing Business with KCPS
Online Bidding System Access
Follow the supplier registration link to register as a new vendor and follow the quick and easy setup process
Returning Users follow simple login process ( forgot your credentials do not worry- help is a click away or send an to:
ONCE REGISTERED YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL FORMAL BIDS

5. Formal Sourcing Opportunities
Request for Qualifications
Information for Bid and Request for Proposal
Used to gather a pool of successful candidates for professional services for further negotiations with one or multiple responders.
Occasionally used to gather qualifications and cost for projects that are over $15, for construction related projects and $25, for materials, goods and service related projects.
Information for Bid(IFB) is most often used as a formal solicitation with an evaluation process of lowest and best proposals on line item needs and awarded to a one or multiple vendors.
Request for Proposal (RFP) is most often used as a formal solicitation with an evaluation process when KCPS has an end goal and needs suppliers to provide a plan and cost and goes through a lowest and best evaluation process and then awarded to one or multiple vendors.

6. Products and Services

7. Supplier Diversity Program
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)*
Woman Business Enterprise (WBE)*
Veteran-Owned Business*
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE)
Service Disable Veteran Business Enterprise (SDVBE)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)
Historically Black Colleges/Universities & Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)
Small Business
Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)
HUB Zone Small Business Concern (HUB Zone)
Small 8(a) Business
KCPS is committed to increasing opportunities for diverse suppliers and enhancing the competitiveness of the supply base. KCPS is dedicated to increasing opportunities with diverse suppliers*

8. 1st and 2nd Tier Supplier Diversity Opportunities
1st Tier Diverse Spend opportunities as a Prime Vendor to KCPS’s
2nd Tier Diverse Spend opportunities with KCPS’s Prime Vendors
RFP Requirement - Prime Vendors submit 2nd Tier (subcontracting) opportunities during the bid process on a Supplier Diversity Business Plan
Contract Requirement- Prime Vendors report 2nd Tier actual diverse spend on a quarterly basis to KCPS

9. Key Elements of a Request for Proposals
Technical capabilities – Overall Proposal Submission
Defined Scope of Work
Project Experience of Similar Nature
Subcontracting/Diverse Supplier Business Plan
Terms and Conditions / Master Agreement Acceptance
Suppliers Financial Stability
Insurance
Pricing

10. Supplier Diversity Contact
Kim R. Mason
Procurement/Supplier Diversity Specialist
2901 Troost Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
(816)