For Vendors
There are two avenues through which vendors can work with Harvard:
•Strategic procurement initiatives and vendor partnerships with the Office of Strategic Procurement
•Relationship-based business with a specific school or department Strategic procurement initiatives and vendor partnerships: Strategic Procurement establishes and manages vendor partnerships and other commercial agreements in selected, strategic commodity areas to support the needs of the Harvard community. The goals of these programs are to:
•Leverage the University’s buying power to reduce everyone’s prices
•Consolidate the vendor base and reduce transaction processing costs
•Provide higher levels of service and other value-added features
•Make purchasing of products quick, convenient, and trouble free