Liberty is committed to promoting diversity and economic development in the communities we serve. One way of demonstrating this is by doing business with women, minority, service-disabled veteran, and LGBT-owned vendors. Liberty recognizes that creating an inclusive environment for all suppliers is vitally important to the overall success of our company.
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Liberty is committed to creating an inclusive procurement process that is accessible and fair to all suppliers based on their ability to meet the company's performance, price and quality requirements. Our employees are responsible for identifying, qualifying, selecting and managing the procurement process for goods and services to assure that qualified diverse suppliers are appropriately included. Our employees must comply fully with all company policies and practices relating to the inclusion of diverse suppliers.
We also strongly encourage our prime contractors and major suppliers to support supplier diversity by creating a competitive procurement process that provides opportunities to the greatest extent possible for diverse supplier sub-contractors and businesses.
Excellence in supplier diversity will lead to excellence in supply chain management and will advance Liberty Utilities' financial and operational goals while providing opportunities for success to a wide and diverse range of businesses in the communities we serve.
Supplier diversity is a critical part of our supply chain strategy. An effective supply chain requires creative thought and innovative ideas, which comes from collaborative work utilizing suppliers with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
If you are interested in doing business with Liberty, please register your company within our Procurement Department as shown below or contact your local Liberty office directly:
Contact Information for the Southeast Los Angeles County and San Bernardino
Please contact your local Liberty office directly and ask to be put in touch with the local Purchasing personnel.
Los Angeles County Service Areas:
Norwalk, Bellflower, Bell Gardens, Santa Fe Springs, Artesia, Compton, Lynwood, Wilmington, Unincorporated Los Angeles County.
San Bernardino County Service Areas:
Apple Valley,Victorville, Yermo, Unincorporated San Bernardino County
To be eligible for the Liberty Supplier Diversity Program, the business must certified as (at least) one of the following through the Supplier Clearinghouse, Department of General Services, or SBA 8(a):
A business that is at least 51 percent owned by a non-minority woman or women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women, and who controls the daily management and operation of the business.
A business that is at least 51 percent owned by a minority individual or group(s); or, in the case of publicly owned businesses, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more minority groups, and whose management and daily operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals. Minority includes, but is not limited to, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian-Pacific American, and Native American (American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut).
A business owned by one or more service-disabled veterans where service-disabled veterans make up at least 51 percent of the ownership and where the veteran or his/her caregiver control daily management and operations of the business.
A business that is at least 51% owned by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person or persons and whose management and daily operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals
Other Groups
Groups whose members are found to be disadvantaged by the Small Business Administration pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act as amended [15 U.S.C. 637 (d)] or the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 5 of Executive Order 111625. For additional information and/or clarification, contact your local/regional Small Business Administration Office.
Liberty follows the guidelines set forth by the CPUC outlined in G.O. 156.
Being qualified as a Woman, Minority, Disabled Veteran, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender business enterprise is recognized through the following agencies.
Supplier Clearinghouse http://www.thesupplierclearinghouse.com/
California Department of General Services https://www.dgs.ca.gov/
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce - https://www.nglcc.org/
Comparable Agencies:
Women's Business Enterprise National Council
National Minority Supplier Development Council
Nevada Minority Business Council
The Supplier Clearinghouse
Other Regional Minority Supplier Development Councils
Local, state and federal government agencies (Small Business Administration)
Participating Liberty Locations
CA Location # 1
California Pacific Electric Company, LLC
933 Eloise Ave Street
South Lake Tahoe, CA, 96150
Locations in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New Hampshire and Texas are soon to be operated under this policy.
Please contact Liberty as shown above to clarify the location list.
