FACILITIES PLANNING
IN DEMAND….1
ISSUE.3
VOLUME.1
2007
WHO IS THIS
QUARTER’S
MINORITY BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE - MBE
SPOTLIGHT….10
OUR NEW SUCCESS
STORY COMES
FROM…11
SPECIAL
ANNOUCEMENTS …12
Diversity in
Contracts
SAVE THE DATE – AUGUST 10
FMSDC TRADE FAIR
Facilities Planning Opens Its Doors
Facilities’ Planning was very
open to participating in a
diversity outreach event.
Facilities Planning Director, Pete
Newman challenged any
construction company to come
and meet with them one on one
if they were interested in
construction opportunities. In
the recent past, there just has
not been that flood of interest
shown by many contractors.
Tools and Strategies for Success:
The workshop included a
PowerPoint overview, designed by Rummy Miranda, of the contractor selection
process and a breakdown of the contract proposals. The best part was the tag
team presentation given by Pete Newman and Gina Seabrook, also of Facilities
Spurring
Competition
An outreach was planned to
reach out to contractors that
may have felt discouraged about
the challenges of getting into
construction at UCF and to also
increase the pool of ideas when
contractors do bid. After a series
of meetings, a workshop format
was agreed upon as the best
method to reach potential
contractors.
Pete Newman, Facilities Planning Director and Gina Seabrook coach vendors on bidding
UCF construction projects.
Contd...…Planning. Pete Newman went through the various sections of
the proposals that contractors’ were expected to both adhere and respond
to. Gina Seabrook followed Pete’s direction with tidbits and comments that
helped reaffirm the main points. Gina also included a helpful Do’s and
Don’ts section that noted some mistakes and positives past contractors
had made in submitting their proposals for work. Contractors were also
invited to contact the Facilities Team for one on one meet and greets and
to also review a collection of winning bid proposals.
SAVE THE
DATE
August 10, 2007
There were over 20 small, minority, and woman owned businesses that
attended the workshop and showed the great interest there is in
contractors wanting to do business with UCF. To further give these
companies the tools they needed to succeed, a mock presentation was
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Billion Dollar Business
Development Presentation!
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Outreach
Events
• State of Florida
Office of Supplier
Diversity Regional
Matchmaker 4/13
• Black Business
Initiative Fund 12th
Annual Business
Networking Event
4/27
• 21st Annual
Government Small
Business Conference
5/3
given by one of our Prime Contractors, Turner Construction. Turner
construction is a billion dollar and national construction company. The company
has a large body of work that includes many different areas and types of
construction. Turner Construction is also known for its development, training,
and use of small, minority and woman owned business. We were very
appreciative to have Turner bring in their top project leaders, GM – Scott
Skidelsky, PM – Margaret Simone, and VP – Vernice Atkins-Bradley, to show
potential contractors what is involved in giving a winning presentation.
A presentation is required by all contractors that are short listed for any new
construction job at UCF and can be a critical link to winning a job. Turner
Construction has been involved in many UCF construction bids and was
awarded our Library Expansion and Nanotechnology project.
• Florida Minority
Supplier
Development
Council, Central
Chapter Vendor
Mixer, hosted by
Frito Lay, 6/7
SAVE THE
DATE
August 10, 2007
Purchasing Team – Always ready and willing to help you meet
UCF vendor selection and bid requirements.
After being connected by Bill Merck, VP of Administration
and Finance, Fred Kittinger, Associate VP for University
Relations and Tamara Hall, Assistant Director of Diversity in
Contracts began meeting in February of 2007 to discuss an
appropriate format that would both impact the diverse business
community in a positive way and show UCF’s support of small
minority and woman owned businesses. We felt the best way to
show that support is to visually show that UCF does stand for
opportunity and the many different departments that are
involved in the vendor selection process.
Thank you all of you who helped us achieve that!
Sharing her thoughts on the need for diversity in business
opportunities was opening speaker State Representative
Geraldine Thompson, who provided the original inspiration for
the Supplier Diversity Day in earlier conversations with Fred
Kittinger, and Dr. Dan Holsenbeck, Vice President for
University Relations.
Goal 4: Become more inclusive and diverse. Goal 5: Be America’s
leading partnership university. You may recognize these goals as
some of the high, but achievable standards set by our University
President, John C. Hitt. What makes these goals achievable is the
direction they give and the understanding of what can be accomplished
when we all come together, like the 2007 UCF Supplier Diversity Day!
What started as two UCF Departments, Purchasing and University
Relations wanting to individually do a community showcase of
Minority and Woman owned businesses, led to what became a
collaborative effort and the culmination of over 80 businesses
networking with over 37 UCF Departments Representatives!
Tamara Hall, Representative Thompson and Bill Merck,
VP Administration and Finance.
Vienna Lee Avelares
Accountant
Music Department
When my supervisor Adele Labrake, suggested for me to be at the Showcase, I was not very enthusiastic about the
idea of sitting at a table waiting to be contacted by vendors, because, well, Music Department. I said to myself,
what are the chances of meeting vendors that can bring any service to us.... oh boy was I in for a big surprise!
It was awesome.... I met a vendor that can move pianos. I met a vendor that can offer the dry clean service for
the Band uniforms. I met a vendor that deals with lighting for stage presentation which can be use by the Opera
and Orchestra studios.
I met a vendor that deals only and exclusively in scanning Music Scores...Also met a Seamstress for the Music Band
and Starlet knight’s uniforms. Again, way to go Purchasing Department I loved it....
My advice to all the Departments at UCF, never say no... you never know who will stop at your table.......
When is the next showcase? Book me... :-)
Now Who’s Ready for the Next Showcase?
Thank you!
Darlene Bouley – Distributed Learning
Brenda Posey and Donna Mohney
Department of Public Administration
Student Group: Future
Minority Leaders – Thank You!
Vendor Match: CorpMerchGroup
Sue VonderBrink, of Communication Sciences &
Disorders, chills before the
vendor mixer begins.
Other participating departments included:
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Campus Life
Career Services
Center for Multilingual and
Multicultural Studies
College of Engineering and Computer
Science
Counseling Center
Environmental Health & Safety
Facilities Planning
Human Resources
Information Technologies & Resources
McNair Scholars Program
Regional Campus & SDES
Registrars’ Office
Darlene Bouley – Distributed Learning
Thank you!
Esther Johns
Institutional Research
Vendor Match: Hooah, LLC
Thank you!
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Kelly
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International Services Center
Thank you!
Vendor Match: Servipaint
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Esther Vargas-Davis, Office of Research
and Commercialization and Tony
Espinosa, UCF Small Business
Development Center partner up to meet
potential vendors.
Participating departments continued:
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Student Success Center – Sophomore &
Second Year Center
University of Central Florida Library
Special thanks to University Relations’
Alison Schultz
Thank you!
for helping to coordinate the
UCF Supplier Diversity Day!
Leigh Ostrowsky-Leonard & Diane Maldonado
Multicultural Academics & Support Services
(MASS)
Thank you!
Shannon O'Donoghue, Office of
Constituent Relations, Jacqueline
Young and Katie Crabb, Office of the
President – Thank you!
Takara Clark - Continuing Education
Thank you!
John B. Keena III – Thank you!
Parking and Transportation
Bill Merck, VP Admin and Finance with Ed
Schons, Director of University Relations and
Public Affairs
Thanks once again to all participating
departments!
Thank you!
Vendor Match: P&L
Innovative Enterprises
Victim Services' Christine Mouton
and her newest Victim Advocate, Michelle
Quinones responds to vendors. In the adjacent
corner you can also see, Jose Vasquez of
Environmental Health & Safety – Thank you!
Carla Cordoba meets with vendors
and former UCF Alumni.
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Linda Walker – Thank you!
UCF Computer Store
Supplier
Diversity Day
May 18th
Matt Petrone of CREOL
Thank you!
Thank you!
Harry Jernigan and Rita Simpson
Sophomore & Second Year Center
Physical Plant: Idella Pauldo, Francina
Dubose, and Rodney Browdy – Thank you!
Vendor Match: William’s
Dry Cleaning
Tina Davis, Academic Services
for Student Athletes – Thank you!
UCF Prime Contractors
A testament to the partnership UCF has with its
vendors, our Prime Contractors came out in strong
numbers to support our Supplier Diversity Day. The
contractors have each performed millions of dollars of
work on campus and were open to choosing diverse
business partners and subcontractors in future
contracting opportunities.
UCF Prime Contractors in attendance included:
Balfour Beatty
JCB
PPI
Skanska
Thank You PPI
Thank You Wharton-Smith and
The Williams Company!
Whiting-Turner Company
Welbro
Wharton-Smith
Williams Company
UCF SMWBE Organization and
UCF SMWBE
Organization
Government
Partnersand
Government Partners
Thank You Orange County Business
Development and all the other SMWBE
Partners that made our Supplier
Diversity Day a Success!
One way to increase competitive pricing and spread
opportunity is to widen the pool of vendors we select to
purchase from. We have many SMWBE advocate
organizations and government agencies that help us
distribute purchasing announcements and construction
opportunities to their clients and membership.
UCF SMWBE opportunity partners include:
Thank You Skanska!
Asian Alliance
BBIF
Caribbean Chamber
FAMBEO
FMSDC
HBIF
Hispanic Chamber
MWBE Magazine
MBOC
M/WBE Alliance
NGIP
OSD
Orange County Business
Development
Valencia Community College
Business Spotlight
CorpMerchGroup, Inc.
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Business Spotlight
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much time to plan the crucial details needed to launch a successful Supplier Diversity Day. CorpMerchGroup worked with me and
helped me step by step to find solutions.
When I mentioned searching for poster stands for our Supplier Diversity Day, Jamie Williams, of CorpMerch
remembered and checked a local art supply that he takes his kids to. He found our sign board stands and also
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Vereta Powell is the program assistant for the Physical Therapy Program in the Department of Health Professions and has been
instrumental in the awareness of CorpMerchGroup’s products and services to the College of Health and Public Affairs.
“She has purchased several promotional items as well as apparel from CMG and shared the quality of CMG’s work and service
with all of the other departments within her college resulting in additional exposure and opportunities for CMG. I can’t thank
her enough for her support!” Jamie Williams
Success Story
Supplier
Diversity Day
May 18th
An administrative assistant in the Center for Distributed Learning since July of 1996. For many years I
was the only support person in the center therefore wearing many hats. I support the staff, naming the
Director with meeting arrangements, screening calls, setting appointments, personnel, payroll,
purchasing, travel, property, supervising students and a senior secretary. We manage 5 conference
rooms in Partnership II which is sometimes very demanding on our staff. I serve on various university
committees, so I truly keep myself busy, but I love my service to UCF and wouldn't have it any other
way.
Center for Distributed Learning
Hooah, LLC - Advertising,
Marketing, and Technology Firm
Our latest success story comes to
us from Diversity in Contracts
Liaison, Darlene Bouley. Darlene is
part of the original Liaisons
members and has been active in
the Diversity in Contracts program
from its very beginning, last July
2006.
About
Darlene Bouley
An Administrative Assistant in the Center for Distributed Learning since
July of 1996, Darlene says, “For many years I was the only support
person in the center therefore wearing many hats. I support the staff,
namely the Director with budget, meeting arrangements, screening calls,
setting appointments, personnel, payroll, purchasing, travel, property,
supervising students, and a senior secretary. We manage 5 conference
rooms in Partnership II which is sometimes very demanding on our staff.
I serve on various university committees, so I truly keep myself busy, but
I love my service to UCF and wouldn't have it any other way.”
Linking Opportunities
Darlene Bouley responded to my email, Tamara Hall from Purchasing:
Diversity in Contracts, which
requested departments to send a
list of vendors they would like to
meet when we hosted a Florida
Minority Supplier Development,
Council’s monthly business mixer,
March 13, 2007.
Success!
Darlene was in search of trade
show vendors, and though none
showed up that day, I followed up
and sent over some leads. A match
was found in Hooah, LLC, resulting
in a state of the art trade show
booth and materials that
will support their online initiatives.
What Sealed the Deal?
Darlene said, “…So far everyone
here is pleased with Tanya Zeiher,
Client Relations Manager from
Hooah, that you sent to me after
our 1st event in March. Tanya
called me and I set a date to meet
her at the event in May in the
Student Union. I was impressed
with her knowledge and
professionalism so I invited her to
my office.
She met with the director, assistant
director, coordinator, computer
support and I, (Vendor Requestor)
and (Business Diversity Liaison),
and in no time we had what we
wanted.
About Hooah
Hooah, LLC is an advertising,
marketing and technology firm
located in Orlando, FL. Their
capabilities include graphic/web
design, CD-ROMs & DVDs, video
production, photography, public
relations, and advertising
campaigns. "Whatever your
communication needs are, Hooah
always provides excellent services
within budget and on time. We are a
passionate team that is excited
about what we do. Just say HOOAH!"
Tanya Zeiher, Client Manager
Tel (407) 362-7715,
Email: Tanya@hooah.cc
Diversity in Contract
Department Liaisons:
Special Announcements
Notice to All Department Diversity in Contract Liaisons:
You can find contact information on our new 2007 – 2008 Temporary Help vendors below.
Three of the five companies are minority business enterprises! (MBE)
Terrence Drew - MBE
info@diversestaff.com
DiverseStaff, Inc
3730 Kirby, Ste. 1010
Houston, TX 77098
407-903-0846
1-866.372.0008
407-906-0847 fax
www.diversestaff.com
Marco Tran, Pres - MBE
mtran@itechpersonnel.com
I-Tech Personnel Svcs, Inc
P.O. Box 60846
Jax, Florida 32236
904.381.1911
904.388.3788 fax
www.itechpersonnel.com
Top Talent Staffing Svcs
Robert Herring
201 S. Bumby Ave Suite A
Orlando, FL 32803
407-896-2150
407-896-2151 fax
Tri-State Employment Inc.
Vincent D’Agnillo
1221 W. Colonial Dr.,
Suite 201
Orlando, FL 32804-3796
407-839-4666
407-839-4660 fax
Tyrone Brown, Pres- MBE
brownt@isciconsult.com
Information Systems Consultants
301 E. Pine Street, Suite 150
Orlando, FL 32801
312-925-1829 cell
708-531-0622 fax
www.isciconsult.com
A special thanks goes out to……..
Special thanks to the team over at Continuing
Education. Their contributions for our UCF Supplier
Diversity Day included the design and production of the
Appreciation Certificates given to each department
that participated. Thank you especially to Maria
Cherjovsky who also worked a shift at the 2007 Hispanic
Trade Show.
The next trade show is the…..
24th Annual FMSDC Vendor Conference & Trade Show
You will have the opportunity to attend! Let us know
your interest by 8/1 and three names will be drawn to
attend this event, Friday, August 10th.
2007 Hispanic Expo: Enjoying a moment during what
was a very busy trade show are Maria, Continuing
Education and the Center for Multilingual Multicultural
Studies’ Rosa Gonzalez. In the back are Farzana Saeed
and Dr. Monica Fishkin, respectively.