Friday, May 26, 2006
USC Welcomes Spectrum Chemicals
In an effort to meet the university's goal of allocating 15% of its procurement dollars to businesses owned by women, minorities, the physically challenged, veterans and businesses located in neighborhoods surrounding USC and HSC, Purchasing Services has entered into an agreement with Spectrum Chemicals & Laboratory Products for the procurement of Corning branded labware. In fact, it was Corning that recommended Spectrum (a small woman owned business in Gardena), to the university.
While we realize that ISC Bioexpress and Fisher Scientific have been longtime suppliers of Corning labware, we encourage you to support the university's goal by allowing Spectrum to fulfill your Corning labware needs. As an added incentive, Spectrum is committed to stocking the products that you use for immediate—free—delivery. What's more, they offer pricing that is competitive with ISC and Fisher.
For your future Corning needs, you can call Irene Huang—USC's dedicated Spectrum sales representative (USC Vendor ID 2776)—at 800-772-8786, extension 688, or on her cell phone at 310-728-9640.
Please note that, in addition to meeting USC's 15% goal, procuring with diverse suppliers is also stipulated in many federal contracts awarded to the university. For further information on utilizing diverse suppliers, please visit Supplier Diversity Services' web site at www.usc.edu/supplierdiversity.