Essential Criteria for Acceptance
These criteria must be met in order for a vendor to participate in EPP:
- Vendor provides a goods and/or service discount of a minimum of 10%, or value-added service of the same equivalent to VIHA staff.
- Vendor is an organization with a reputation for quality and service and is in good standing with the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
- Products/Programs/Services must not
- involve order processing by VIHA or additional staff resources.
Other Criteria:
Consideration will also be given to the quality of the goods or services offered and the extent to which vendors can show the value of the offer is greater than those offered to other customers.
Important Notes:
*VIHA reserves the right to refuse a vendor offer for any reason and remove a vendor from the program at its discretion. This consideration includes the report of negative feedback from VIHA employees.
*VIHA will not accept vendors that are essentially inconsistent with or undermine VIHA’s vision, mission and values or violate the spirit and intent of its mandate.
“Serving and involving the people of the islands to maintain and improve health”