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Novation Launches Supplier Diversity Tool Kit

Designed To Help Members with Their Supplier Diversity Efforts

IRVING, TX; November 6, 2009 — Novation, the supply contracting company of VHA Inc, University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, announced its supplier diversity tool kit designed to assist members with creating or enhancing their supplier diversity efforts. The tool kit includes key documents, resources and other information to help make supplier diversity programs successful.

For easy navigation, the tool kit features five categories – Build, Launch, Use, Manage and Evaluate. Each document within the tool kit can be downloaded and customized to fit an organization’s needs. Novation’s Supplier Diversity Advisory Group was instrumental in helping to create this tool.

“This exciting new tool demonstrates our commitment to support and encourage members’ diversity efforts,” said Lamont Robinson, director, Novation Supplier Diversity. This valuable tool will allow hospitals without a specific individual assigned to supplier diversity reach their diversity spend targets.”

Novation recognizes the importance of a strong supplier diversity program to members and is dedicated to economic development of minority- women- and small, veteran-owned business enterprises, or MWVBEs, that meet high-quality product standards. These companies are an integral part of the supply chain management process and are a function of Novation’s normal purchasing and procurement processes.

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About Novation
Founded in 1998, Novation is the leading health care supply contracting company for more than 25,000 members of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), two national health care alliances, and 5,500 members of Provista, LLC, representing 28,000 sites. Novation provides alliance members contract and price management and spend management services. Based in Irving, Texas, Novation develops and manages competitive contracts with more than 600 suppliers. VHA, UHC and Provista members used Novation contracts to purchased nearly $37.8 billion in 2009.

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