Certify and Verify Your Vendors

Bulk Purchase EDCs and Foster Diversity and Remove Risk in Your Supply Chain

Conveniently verify your vendors’ business category and diversity certification status, 24/7.

Align your community outreach and supplier diversity goals while aggressively recruiting the small and diverse suppliers your corporation is seeking.

Fast and inexpensive certification process
Certification within 48 hours
Recognized by major companies like Amazon, Home Depot, Target, and Nike
Enhances supplier diversity and inclusion efforts

Vendor verification. Get your diverse vendors verified quickly. The Enhanced Digital Certification™ (EDC) process takes less than 17 minutes to complete.

1.

Claim your free listing.

TOTAL ELAPSED TIME
About 2 minutes

2.

Prepare your documents.

TOTAL ELAPSED TIME
Less than a minute

3.

Submit EDC application.

TOTAL ELAPSED TIME
About 15 minutes

4.

Receive your certification.

TOTAL WAIT TIME
72 hours or less

Interested in vendor verification sponsorship?

Sponsor diverse suppliers’ costs to get certified in a targeted area or market, or for specific diverse business groups that you are trying to engage. By doing so, your business speeds up a certification path for eligible suppliers. You get the satisfaction of directly contributing to the economic impact of every business you sponsor.

Our program has already gained traction, and we’re thrilled that Amazon Business and LA Clippers already took the initiative to grow their supplier bases speedily.

This is an excellent opportunity to show your commitment to the community and align with the corporation supplier diversity goals while aggressively sourcing the mass number of small and diverse suppliers your corporation is seeking.

Some additional benefits include:

Create business opportunities for small and diverse businesses to grow and scale
Reduce the risk of sourcing unqualified suppliers
Rapidly expand the potential market
Attract new potential qualified suppliers
Drive innovation and build competitive advantages
Improve bottom line and economic impact

A Path To Business Success – Grow Together, Win Together

By encouraging your current and potential suppliers to get the EDC, your business increases the volume of opportunities to multiple suppliers – from minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, LGBT-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, historically underutilized businesses.

In the past few years, the massive shifts underway in the business and social landscape towards inclusive procurement have proved that integrating supplier diversity into business operations is not just the right thing to do but also benefits everyone. EDC is here to help build your supplier diversity program successfully.

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Recognized by some of the globe’s most recognized brands and buyers.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Enhanced Digital Certification™

What is a supplier diversity certification?

A supplier diversity certification attests to the diverse status of the owners and operators of your business. A diverse supplier is a business of any size that is owned and operated by an individual or group of people that is part of a traditionally underrepresented or underserved group, and a supplier diversity certification is a statement made by a third-party about the diverse ownership of your business.

Most corporate supplier diversity initiatives require a third-party supplier diversity certification in order to count any spending or activities done with a diverse business.

What are the benefits of diversity certification?

The main benefits of supplier diversity certification are eligibility for government funding/grants, access to government contracts, and participation in corporate inclusive procurement initiatives.

Most corporate supplier diversity initiatives require a third-party supplier diversity certification in order to count any spending or activities done with a diverse business. Being certified allows you to be counted, which makes you a more attractive company to do business with.

What types of businesses are eligible for Enhanced Digital Certification™?

Any bonafide US Citizen- or Resident-Owned Business that is 51% owned, managed, and controlled by one or more of the included diversity categories (minority, woman, veteran, disability, LGBT) is eligible to get certified. Any business that meets the US Government’s threshold of Small Business is also eligible for certification, regardless of diverse ownership.

Non-US EDC Certification categories will be added in the near future, but EDC is also currently available in Nigeria, Kenya, Canada, and the UK. Qualifications vary depending on country, and this will be updated to reflect those qualifications in the near future.

What ownership documents are required for the US Enhanced Digital Certification™ application?

For a Sole Proprietorship, any one of the following documents is required as applies to your organization:

Schedule C of owner’s tax return (most recent)
Fictitious Business Name Statement (if a DBA is being used)
IRS Form SS4 (if in business less than a year)
IRS LTR 147C – EIN Verification Letter (if in business less than a year)
Active business license showing the owner’s name or DBA

For a Limited Liability Company (LLC), any one of the following documents is required as applies to your organization:

Articles of Organization/Certificate of Formation
Operating Agreement (fully executed)
Certificate of Filing (actual form, not the certificate page)
Initial Resolutions (fully executed)
Statement of Information
IRS SS4 (Sole Member only)
Diversity Certification from NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, USBLN, NaVOBA or NVBDC

For an S-Corporation, any one of the following documents is required as applies to your organization:

Articles of Incorporation with the stock information included
Form 1120 of corporation tax returns (most recent)
Active diversity certification from NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, USBLN, NaVOBA or NVBDC

For a C-Corporation, any one of the following documents is required as applies to your organization:

Stock Ownership documents
Liquor License applications
Financial contributions statement
Contract agreements (small businesses without share certificates)
Active diversity certification from NMSDC, WBENC, NGLCC, USBLN, NaVOBA or NVBDC

Is the application process complicated?

No. Certification is a completely digital application process. There are no site visits. That means your application will take as little as 15 minutes to complete, and your business is certified within 72 hours.

Get the supplier diversity certification preferred by government agencies and the world’s leading companies like Microsoft and Amazon.

How long does it take to certify my small or diverse-owned business?

About 17 minutes, give or take.

SupplierGateway’s Enhanced Digital Certification™ makes it easy to get certified by being the most affordable and inclusive diversity certification on the market. We certify small, woman-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, disability-owned, LGBT+-owned, and HUBZone businesses.

Compare this to other certifications. The traditional certification process can cost thousands and take months to complete for a single diversity category.

What does EDC certification cost?

EDC certification is affordable.

Get certified for as little as $25/year.

Save time by certifying your business for up to three years for only $70.

What else is included?

EDC is more than just diversity certification.

EDC also verifies all business information and conducts screening and risk evaluations. We include sanctions checks, Excluded Party List System (EPLS) checks, and more.