BAKERSFIELD BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL, LLC
1. Policy Statement
Supplier Diversity Policy Statement
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
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
To boost procurement from women-owned businesses (WOBs), BBHH will establish immediate operational baselines and target non-medical purchasing categories for quick wins. Within the next 30 to 90 days, the purchasing department will audit current vendor logs to identify existing certified diverse suppliers, update accounting software to track WOB metrics, and mandate at least one woman-owned bid for all new facility, dietary, or administrative contracts under $10,000. By simplifying the onboarding process and partnering with regional women’s business councils, leadership can rapidly diversify the supply chain without disrupting clinical operations.
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
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital will strive to work with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses in our procurement process.
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
To boost procurement from women-owned businesses (WOBs), minority and disabled veteran businesses BBHH will establish immediate operational baselines and target non-medical purchasing categories, and work to mandate at least one woman-owned bid or minority owned business for all new facility, dietary, or administrative contracts under $10,000. By simplifying the onboarding process and partnering with regional women’s business councils, leadership can rapidly diversify the supply chain without disrupting clinical operations.
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
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
Please describe the methods in which the hospital conducts outreach and communication to women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
Accelerating supplier diversity requires shifting from passive tracking to active market engagement and strategic contract restructuring. Over the next 90 days, the hospital will unbundle large administrative and facilities contracts into smaller, project-based bids to eliminate financial barriers for mid-sized, women-owned firms. Concurrently, the procurement team will adjust internal policies to offer expedited 15-day payment terms for certified diverse vendors, easing cash flow constraints that often hinder smaller businesses. By embedding these inclusive practices into the standard bidding workflow and tying departmental compliance directly to leadership reviews, the hospital establishes a sustainable, self-enforcing ecosystem that drives community wealth without compromising patient care.
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
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
Please describe the methods in which your hospital resolves any issues that may limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations
Please describe the past implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
Please describe the planned implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
6. Procurement Process and Certification
Please describe your hospital's procurement process
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
Website Link(s)
http://www.bakersfieldbehavioral.com
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 | $261,868 | -- | $261,868 |
| Unknown Minority | -- | -- | -- |
| Total | $261,868 | -- | $261,868 |
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* | $261,868 | -- | $261,868 |
| Women | $47,663 | -- | $47,663 |
| LGBT | -- | -- | -- |
| Disabled Veteran | -- | -- | -- |
| Less Duplicate Amount (-) | --- | --- | --- |
| Combined Total | $309,531 | -- | $309,531 |
*Total from the Diverse Procurement Spending by Minority table.
What is your hospital's total procurement (including diverse and non-diverse suppliers)?
$9,954,489
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: Barry Wallace
Enter the contact information for the individual of the diverse business outreach liaison of your hospital.
Name: Barry Wallace
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
None.
10. Other Relevant Information
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital works with a wide variety of suppliers and strives to include all types of diverse businesses.
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