Instructions and Supplier Expectations

System Requirements:

To access the Initial Supplier Registration, verify the following Personal Computer requirements:

1. Browser Requirements

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Technical and Customer Support/General Information

(888) 304.5847
(816) 448.4328
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Supplier Information:

Suppliers must complete ALL required fields of the Initial Supplier Registration:

To complete your registration, please ensure you can provide the following information prior to accessing the Initial Supplier Registration:

1. Company Name: provide the Legal Title/Name of the company registering (i.e. ABC, Inc., The Company, etc.)
2. D-U-N-S Number: provide your Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) number, if you do not currently have a number you can register at Dun & Bradstreet.
3. Tax ID Number: number used when filing federal financial reports.
4. Diversity Group: by marking any classification within this grouping, you agree that your company is 51% owned and operated by the classification selected and you are certified as a Diverse Group. Please list any and all certifying organizations, the certificate number, and the issue date of the certification. More information on BellSouth’s Supplier Diversity Programs.
5. Ethnic Group: when marking an Ethnic group, you agree that your company is 51% owned and operated by the classification selected and you are certified as an Ethnic Group. Visit our BellSouth Diversity Web site for the list of recognized certifying organizations. (Note: you should attach a copy of the certification document.)
6. Company Contact information: company URL, main company phone number, main fax number.
7. Address: provide your company’s physical street address, city, state and zip code.
8. Primary Contact Information: provide requested information on the person responsible for any communications and future Survey events issued by BellSouth. First Name, Last Name, Phone number, E-mail address.
9. The person designated in the Primary Contact Information must establish a User Name and a Password to access any future communications/surveys BellSouth may elect to send to your company. For security purposes your Primary Contact should select a unique Password used to access these communications. Your password should be at least 6 characters in length and must contain at least one letter and one number.

Supplier Profile Update Request Expectations:

What should you expect after you complete the Initial Supplier Registration?

Within a week after submitting the Initial Supplier Registration, your company’s Primary Contact will receive our Supplier Profile Update Request. This request will be open for approximately three weeks and must be completed and your response SUBMITTED to be considered for a Supply Category and/or Commodity.

Failure to complete all required fields will Inactivate your company as a Prospective Supplier and BellSouth will take no further action.

The following documents will be required to complete the Supplier Profile Update Request:

Requirements:

1. You must define your company’s organizational structure:
   1. Sole Proprietor
   2. Partnership
   3. Professional Association
   4. Corporation
   5. Public
   6. Private
   7. Limited Liability Company
   8. Other

   Note: Privately held companies, including Sole Proprietor, Partnership, Limited Liability Company, and Others, must have each Principle of the company complete, sign, and reattach a Background Information form and may be subject to a background investigation.

2. Proof of insurance coverage commensurate with the product and/or service you wish to be qualified to provide; Insurance Company Name, Account Number, Contact with Phone Number.

   (Commercial General Liability, Workers Compensation, and Employer’s Liability insurance coverage compatible with the risks of their business. Environmental, Information Technology, Construction, and Intellectual Property require additional specific insurance protection.)

3. Provide the Registering Company’s Business License Number(s), including the City, County and/or Parish, and State for each.
4. Provide the Sales Tax number for each state in which you conduct business. Note: Suppliers are responsible for collecting and paying appropriate sales tax to proper agencies.

Following the completion of the Supplier Profile Update Request, Specific Supply Stream Qualification Surveys may be required for additional SPECIFIC supply and/or service requirements necessary to provide the Commodity group selected. Suppliers must qualify in both the Supplier Profile Survey and Specific Supply Stream Qualification Survey to be qualified as a Prospective Supplier.

If your company qualifies as a PROSPECTIVE SUPPLIER, your company will be considered for future business opportunities as they present themselves. Many of the Categories and/or Commodities may not be currently under sourcing review; however, you will remain in our supplier database until such a review takes place.

Our Registration and Qualification process is NOT an approval for doing business with BellSouth.

If you are now ready, begin the Registration and Qualification Process.

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