Supplier Diversity
Building Relationships to Strengthen Our Nation
Battelle encourages small and diverse businesses, with their distinctive capabilities and technical
know-how, to help us better serve our clients, communities and country. By working together, our highly-talented staff and our partners bring extraordinary strength and depth of expertise to the challenge of creating solutions to our nation’s
most complex problems.
A Commitment to Supplier Diversity
Solving the world's most complex challenges demands a spectrum of insights and experiences.
Battelle’s Office of Supplier Diversity is committed to partnering with small and diverse businesses of all kinds to utilize their expertise to develop breakthrough solutions:
- Small and Disadvantaged Businesses
- Women-owned
- Minority-owned/Native American-owned
- Veteran and Service Disabled Veteran-owned
- HUBZone Companies
- LGBT-owned Enterprises
This level of exceptional support is why we were awarded the Champion of Veteran Enterprise Award by the National Veteran Small Business Coalition (NVSBC).
Partnerships that Solve What Matters Most
We build long-term strategic business relationships between Battelle’s project staff and the small businesses supplier community by:
- Ensuring that small businesses are included in the proposal development process
- Fostering small business partnering programs and mentor/protégé
- Coordinating capability briefings
- Conducting proactive outreach to small and diverse businesses
Doing Business with Battelle
If you are interested in working with Battelle, please complete your company profile in the Battelle Supplier Portal to enhance your opportunity for consideration as a supplier on future opportunities. Although registering in the portal does not guarantee that your company will become a supplier, it does provide enhanced visibility of your firm’s capabilities to Battelle’s procurement and program teams.
How to Get Your Foot in the Door at Battelle
- Register in Battelle's Supplier Portal
- Seek one-on-one counseling from one of Battelle's Small Business Specialists
- Develop your company's Statement of Qualifications and business approach
- Identify procurement opportunities where you can team with Battelle
- Attend Battelle-sponsored Supplier Diversity events nationwide
- Connect with Battelle at a conference or event.
Small and Diverse Business Resources
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Procurement Technical Assistance Councils (PTAC)
- System for Award Management (SAM)
- Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
- HUBZone Council
- U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA)
- National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)
- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
- Project Spectrum
Partnering with Our
National Laboratories
Who You Are is Everything We Need
It takes intention and commitment to create a diverse and inclusive culture. In addition to recruiting diverse supplier talent, Battelle constantly works to create an environment where all our Solvers feel empowered to bring unique thoughts and ideas to the table everyday to solve the world's most pressing challenges.
