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Prospective suppliers
Broadlane invites suppliers to participate in our client-driven contracting process by registering with our Prospective Supplier Database. To register, click here. Before each competitive bid/RFP event, Contracting staff consults the Prospective Supplier Database to determine which suppliers have indicated their desire to participate in an RFP for the specific products or services in process. Completion of the Prospective Supplier Form does not mean eligibility to solicit our clients and does not guarantee a company will be awarded an agreement. Any interested supplier must register as a prospective supplier before Broadlane will send RFP materials in connection with any bid category. Broadlane requires the following documentation to properly register for a bid on a category as a prospective supplier. If all of the required documentation is not provided before the supplier registration due date indicated on the bid calendar, then Broadlane will not include that supplier in any RFP distribution.
All suppliers must provide:
- Tax identification number
- PDF of marketing materials, featuring products or services
- Diversity suppliers must include their third-party diversity certification
- Manufacturers must also submit:
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- ISO Certification 9000, 9001, 9002, 13485
- Product liability insurance
- Manufacturer contact information (name of facility, address, telephone number)
Registered suppliers will be included in the relevant competitive bid/RFP process, subject to our client advisory committees’ endorsement of their inclusion. Click here for the Bid Categories. At the direction of our client advisory committees, Broadlane will not include suppliers currently listed on the excluded supplier lists of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) or General Service Administration (GSA) in the competitive bid/RFP process.
To best support our clients, Broadlane also works to provide additional contract support in the following areas:
Bid categories
Broadlane's contracting opportunities undergo a competitive bid/RFP process approximately 3 to 6 Bid Calendar months prior to the expiration of current contracts in that category. Broadlane client advisory committees may at their discretion periodically decide to extend a particular contract category for some period of time for strategic reasons. If that occurs, the Broadlane Web site will be updated with new information and expiration dates for that category. New categories added at the request of our client advisory committees are typically addressed within 12 months. The bid calendar presents an overview of the product categories to be bid by Broadlane. Any interested supplier must register as a prospective supplier before Broadlane will send RFP materials in connection with any bid category. In order to bid on a category as a prospective supplier, Broadlane requires the following documentation:
- Tax identification number
- PDF of marketing materials, featuring products or services
- Diversity suppliers must include their third-party diversity certification
- Manufacturers must also submit:
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- ISO Certification 9000, 9001, 9002, 13485
- Product liability insurance
- Manufacturer contact information (name of facility, address, telephone number)
Prospective suppliers are contacted ONLY if their company receives client advisory committee endorsement for inclusion in the bid categories in which they do business.
Broadlane reserves the right to modify the Bid Categories Calendar as needed; please visit it frequently for the latest updates.
Criteria for evaluating potential suppliers
The general criteria that Broadlane's client committees use to evaluate a potential supplier include:
- Potential to decrease Broadlane clients' purchase costs for the category.
- Ability to provide excellent client service and field support for Broadlane's client facilities.
- Capability to provide products that meet the specifications of the applicable client advisory committee (for example, size and durability, and full line of replacement parts).
- Aptitude to provide a safe product.
- Capability to provide an environmentally friendly product.
- Sound financial condition (for example, recent financial reporting and favorable financial rating from an independent third party).
Each RFP issued to interested suppliers also contains the list of key requirements that Broadlane's client committees have specified for the specific category. During the negotiation of supplier proposals, Broadlane staff is available to all bidding suppliers to clarify any questions about the stated requirements.
Supplier diversity
The Broadlane Supplier Diversity Program proactively seeks historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) to participate in contracting opportunities and chooses to include suppliers that reflect of our diverse client base. The program encourages community economic development, supports our clients' supplier diversity purchasing goals and builds successful business relationships with HUBs.
More on Broadlane's Supplier Diversity Program
Diversity Suppliers must be certified by a third party agency before the supplier registration due date indicated on our bid calendar.
You must register as a prospective supplier before Broadlane will send you RFP materials in connection with any bid category. Broadlane requires the following documentation to properly register you to bid on a category as a prospective supplier. If you do not provide all of the required documentation, before the supplier registration due date indicated on the bid calendar then Broadlane will not include you in any RFP distribution.
All suppliers must provide:
- Tax identification number
- PDF of marketing materials, featuring products or services
- Diversity suppliers must include their third-party diversity certification
- Manufacturers must also submit:
- Material Safety Data Sheets
- ISO Certification 9000, 9001, 9002, 13485
- Product liability insurance
- Manufacturer contact information (name of facility, address, telephone number)
Environmental stewardship
Broadlane is a Champion for Change award recipient for four consecutive years. The award is sponsored by Practice Greenhealth and is reserved for organizational partners supplying healthcare products and services that are inherently safer for human and environmental health.
Three essential aspects of Broadlane's Environmental Stewardship program represent our action-oriented commitment to protect human health and preserve the environment. These aspects are:
- Environmentally Responsible Contracting provides product-specific environmental attributes and safety information during the contracting process to assist our clients with contract award decision-making.
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing of products/services, whose environmental impacts have been considered inherently safer to human and environmental health, is practiced by our clients. We offer a contract portfolio of environmentally preferable products for clients to make conscientious healthcare purchase choices.
- Environmental Sustainability is our commitment as a company to minimize waste through reuse, recycling and reduction practices, thus reducing our environmental footprint.
Broadlane's Ethics and Compliance Program
Broadlane’s commitment to the highest ethical standards and to strict compliance with the law is set forth in our Ethics and Compliance Program, a written code of business ethics and conduct adopted by the Governance and Ethics Committee of Broadlane’s Board of Directors that provides Broadlane’s employees, directors, and committee members with the resources necessary to conduct Broadlane’s business responsibly.
Broadlane has an equitable and unbiased policy and procedure to protect supplier rights and to ensure equitable treatment of all suppliers.
Suppliers are encouraged to use Broadlane's Ethics Action Line at 866.45.ETHIC or 866.453.8442 to report any perceived violation of Broadlane policies or other grievances.
You may also call us toll free at 888.243.7697, option 4 or email us at prospectivesuppliers@broadlane.com.
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