Houston Independent School District Selects SciQuest Technology For its Supplier Diversity Program

SciQuest, Inc., (NASDAQ: SQI) a leading provider of on-demand strategic procurement and supplier management solutions, today announced that the Houston Independent School District (HISD) has selected SciQuest’s Supplier Diversity solutions to support its best-in-class supplier diversity program.

The Houston Independent School District is the seventh largest public school system in the nation and the largest in Texas. The organization, which is responsible for more than 202,000 students and encompasses 301 square miles within greater Houston, is implementing SciQuest’s technology to help understand its suppliers’ diversity certifications and ensure that those certifications are valid and accurate.

"Every public school system in the nation is under increased pressure to control costs while maintaining quality services for their communities,” said Eric Zoetmulder, director, Product Marketing at SciQuest. "By using SciQuest technology to ensure compliance with diversity directives and achieve their procurement goals, HISD now has one less thing to worry about. SciQuest supplier management solutions continue to arm schools across the country with the ability to manage diversity programs and streamline supplier management practices.”

About SciQuest

SciQuest (NASDAQ: SQI) is a leading provider of an integrated, web-based end-to-end eProcurement solution that enables users to realize significant efficiencies and savings on their purchases of indirect goods and services. SciQuest’s unique industry segment expertise and innovative "source-to-settle” approach to eProcurement enables Fortune 1000 companies and organizations in the higher education, life sciences, healthcare and public sector markets, as well as other industries, to identify savings opportunities they may otherwise have missed, while improving contract management, compliance and supplier management. SciQuest’s solutions help customers turn spending into a source of savings.

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