Supplier Selection Justification

Washington University in St. Louis has committed to align its purchasing activities with its mission by considering supplier diversity, environmental impact, and community benefit during the purchasing process and vendor selection. In addition to considering price, quality and service, purchasers are encouraged to consider social and environmental benefit and impacts before awarding contracts.

Supplier Selection Justification Form

Supplier Selection Justification Form

To improve our understanding of the purchaser decision-making process, the following SSJ form is required if your purchase exceeds $25,000, or $10,000 or more when using sponsored funds. This form is not required when using Purchasing Services’ Preferred Suppliers.

Purchaser Information

Supplier Information

Supplier Attributes (select all that apply):

Supplier selection was based on:

Competitive Bid Process
Please upload all supplier proposal documents to the requisition or purchase order.
Reason no competition was utilized:
Single source supplier preferential reasons include:

Bid Process

What efforts were used to find and utilize a diverse-owned and/or sustainability focused business for this purchase?
Upon submission you will receive a confirmation email. You will be instructed to save this email as a PDF to use for PMWeb upload.

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