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1. Introducing NEW NYS For-Profit Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire
Noreen VanDoren - OGS
Irene Waldorf - OSC
2. What to expect today: Hear the why, how & what about the changes
Understand new terms
Know impact on:
VendRep System
State Procurement Council & OSC websites
Understand the timeline
3. WHY Change? Experience
Difficult for complex vendors
Collected unused information
Information readily available from other sources
4. HOW did the changes happen? Joint OGS/OSC workgroup
Vendor testing
Presentations to New York State Procurement Council (SPC)
Invitation to State agency VR Communication Liaisons
SPC Vote
5. WHAT’s the biggest change? Vendor will select scope of disclosure
Legal Business Entity; or
Organizational unit within and operating under the authority of the Legal Business Entity
6. New Terms Associated Entity
Legal Business Entity
Organizational Unit & Chart
Reporting Entity
7. Legal Business Entity (LBE) Must have an IRS assigned Federal Tax Identification Number (TIN)
Sole Proprietor – may use Social Security Number
8. Reporting Entity (RE) A Legal Business Entity Or
An Organizational Unit of the larger LBE
9. Organizational Unit MUST Be an established unit within and operating under authority of LBE
Have a designated manager or management team
Have primary responsibility for fulfilling contract terms
Use Legal Business Entity’s TIN
10. Associated Entity Any entity the Reporting Entity controls or is controlled by
Not “sibling organizations” unless direct relationship with or impact on the Reporting Entity
Replaces “Affiliates”
11. Legal Business Entity is RE