AHMC SETON MEDICAL CENTER
1. Policy Statement
Supplier Diversity Policy Statement
This policy applies to all employees authorized to purchase goods or services on behalf of the AHMC Seton Medical Center. Our organization actively prefers to use qualified diverse suppliers whenever they are available, capable, and able to meet our standard business terms and conditions at a competitive price. While we prioritize diversity in our supply chain, employees are not obligated to select a diverse supplier over other vendors if they cannot meet specific business requirements, including technical specifications and cost expectations.
2. Goals and Timetables
Please describe your hospital's short-term goals and timetables, but not quotas, for increasing procurement from women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
We will continue working with distributors and Group Purchasing Organizations to secure local and national contract agreements. Through these partnerships, we will prefer qualified diverse suppliers whenever they are available and can meet our business terms, conditions, and competitive pricing standards.
Please describe your hospital's long-term goals and timetables, but not quotas, for increasing procurement from women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
We will continue working with distributors and Group Purchasing Organizations to secure local and national contract agreements. Through these partnerships, we will prefer qualified diverse suppliers whenever they are available and can meet our business terms, conditions, and competitive pricing standards.
3. Outreach and Communication
Please describe the methods in which the hospital encourages and seeks out both prime and subcontract suppliers from women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises to become potential suppliers
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
Please describe the methods in which the hospital encourages its employees involved in procurement to seek out women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises to become potential suppliers
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
Please describe the methods in which the hospital conducts outreach and communication to women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
4. Support and Supplier Resolutions
Please describe the methods in which your hospital supports, partners with, or interacts with organizations and other entities in the procurement ecosystem that promote, certify, or contract with women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
Please describe the methods in which your hospital resolves any issues that may limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations
Please describe the past implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
Please describe the planned implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
6. Procurement Process and Certification
Please describe your hospital's procurement process
We work directly with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and Medical-Surgical Distributor to secure these agreements.
Website Link(s)
Do you require suppliers to be certified?
No
Do you accept self-certification
No
7. Diverse Supplier Spending
Diverse Procurement Spending by Minority
For the reporting period, enter the dollar amounts procured by your hospital from those business enterprises that employ the majority of their workforce in California.
| Business Ownership | Tier 1 Procurement | Tier 2 Procurement | Total Procurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| African American | -- | -- | -- |
| Hispanic American | -- | -- | -- |
| Native American | -- | -- | -- |
| Asian Pacific | -- | -- | -- |
| Unknown Minority | -- | $15,514 | $15,514 |
| Total | -- | $15,514 | $15,514 |
Diverse Procurement Spending by Other
For the reporting period, enter the dollar amounts procured by your hospital from those business enterprises that employ the majority of their workforce in California.
| Business Ownership | Tier 1 Procurement | Tier 2 Procurement | Total Procurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minority* | -- | $15,514 | $15,514 |
| Women | -- | $4,313 | $4,313 |
| LGBT | -- | -- | -- |
| Disabled Veteran | -- | $156 | $156 |
| Less Duplicate Amount (-) | --- | --- | --- |
| Combined Total | -- | $19,983 | $19,983 |
*Total from the Diverse Procurement Spending by Minority table.
What is your hospital's total procurement (including diverse and non-diverse suppliers)?
$12,248,763
Procurement means the purchase or lease of supplies, services, equipment, and capital expenditures related to buildings and fixed equipment during the previous calendar year. Procurement does not include items such as employee salaries and wages, fixed asset depreciation, amortization, or taxes.
8. Supplier Point of Contact
Enter the contact information for the individual that business enterprises who are interested in contracting with your facility can reach out to.
Name: Michael Rellera
Enter the contact information for the individual of the diverse business outreach liaison of your hospital.
Name: Michael Rellera
Hospital Contacts for Diverse Business Enterprises are available upon request. Please send request via email to supplier.diversity@hcai.ca.gov
9. Third Party Procurement
Third Party Procurement
- Vizient
- https://www.vizientinc.com/
10. Other Relevant Information
PAGE 7, there was no link included under Website Link. Included Website link of main supply distributor for the facility: https://www.medline.com/
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