Minority and Diversity Commitment

As a Native American owned firm, APC is committed to improving the economic and social conditions of the minority communities we serve.   Additionally, we believe that diversity drives and improves every aspect of our offerings to match the market.

As stated in the Our Commitments section, APC’s Commitment to our Suppliers is:

• To provide rewarding opportunities to continuously assess, develop, and improve valued services to our clients and employees.

APC’s subtier retention rate is near 100%.

More specifically, our commitment to our minority and diversity suppliers is:

• To provide equal opportunity to qualified minority, gay, disabled, veteran, and women-owned businesses as suppliers, contractors, and sub-contractors.

Over 49% (189 active) of our suppliers are MWBE Suppliers

Supplier Mentor Program

To assist our American minority and diversity suppliers to improve their quality and ability to better serve our clients, APC provides:

• A 90+ page fact-filled guide on Best Practices for Business - Becoming a Preferred Supplier, developed by APC
• On-line Training Program on Tier 2 / Subtier Performance Guidelines:
  • Compliance with the Client Agreement Terms and Conditions
  • Compliance with the Client’s Policies
  • Compliance with the Client’s Facilities’ Rules
  • Exceeding the Client’s Expectations
• Audit of Subcontractor and Subtier Performance
• Frequent presentations on Best Practices for Business at meetings of regional affiliates of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)

Becoming a Supplier to APC

APC encourages certified minority and diversity suppliers to work with APC in satisfying its needs and, where subcontracting is permitted, the needs of APC’s clients. Firms should contact our corporate office for either the Purchasing department for supplying goods or services internally to APC or the Subcontractor/Subtier Services department to supply your professional services to our clients.

To qualify as a certified minority or diversity supplier, the company must be as at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more U.S. citizens from that minority and/or diversity group.

APC accepts certifications from the following organizations:

• Minority owned (the National Minority Supplier Development Council [NMSDC] and its regional affiliate councils. The Small Business Administration [SBA] and other federal government agencies, state or local (county, city) government agencies).
• Gay and lesbian owned business - self proclaimed
• Disabled Person (copy of letter from public health department which establishes eligibility for benefits; For organizations that employ primarily people with disabilities, documentation from a federal or state agency.)
• Veteran (copy of business owners DD214, which indicates honorable discharge from the armed services.)
• Disabled veteran (copy of business owners DD214 and letter from Veterans affairs stating that the business owner has a service-connected disability and was honorably discharged from the armed services.)
• Woman owned (the Women Business Enterprise National Council [WBENC], the National Women Business Owners Corporation [NWBOC], the Small Business Administration [SBA], and other federal government agencies.)