Vendor Management

The management of an entity selling a good or service to the State.  Vendors include, but are not limited to, retail businesses, consultants, contractors, manufacturers, credit card companies.  A vendor may be an individual, corporation, non-profit organization, federal government, or federal agency, local government or local agency, another state or another state agency, a Washington state agency, or Indian nation.  For travel reimbursement purposes, a vendor may include an employee, a board member, or volunteer