BARTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
1. Policy Statement
Supplier Diversity Policy Statement
Barton Health is committed to supporting our local community and underrepresented suppliers by contracting with minority, women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and disabled veteran business enterprises.
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
Barton meets with its group purchasing organization, distributors and suppliers, at least annually, to better understand what products can be purchased from women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
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
Barton’s long-term goals are to increase procurement with locally owned enterprises, women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises in mutually beneficial business opportunities.
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
Barton Health participates with local initiatives and evaluates opportunities to purchase goods and services from certified and non-certified underrepresented businesses and suppliers in order to maintain awareness of resources offered by diversity suppliers. Barton Health encourages and supports local and underrepresented businesses and suppliers to meet with Barton’s strategic sourcing staff to review product/service specifications, and review supplier qualifications including licenses, certification, and insurance requirements as appropriate.
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
Barton Health and its Supply Chain department encourages its employees and departments to explore opportunities to include and utilize local and underrepresented suppliers to compete for business and from whom to obtain goods and services whenever possible.
Please describe the methods in which the hospital conducts outreach and communication to women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
Barton Health and its Supply Chain department reviews with its group purchasing organization (GPO) a list of underrepresented businesses owned and/or operated by individuals or groups that are part of the traditionally underrepresented supplier community on an annual basis.
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
Barton Health and its Supply Chain department reviews opportunities with its group purchasing organization (GPO) to partner with with minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
Please describe the methods in which your hospital resolves any issues that may limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier
Barton Health and its Supply Chain department encourages its employees, departments, suppliers and business partners to explore opportunities to include, utilize and contract with local and underrepresented suppliers whenever possible.
5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations
Please describe the past implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Barton Health partnered with its group purchasing organization (GPO) to review a list of certified underrepresented businesses owned and/or operated by individuals or groups that are part of the traditionally underrepresented supplier community. Additionally, Barton Health has developed and implemented a supplier diversity policy statement that promotes the use of diverse suppliers and has partnered with its prime supplier to measure and report on spend with diverse suppliers.
Please describe the planned implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Barton Health's Supply Chain department plans to partner with its executive leadership to establish a percentage goal for purchasing products through diverse suppliers contracted with its GPO. Barton Health also encourages diverse suppliers to get their certification through an authorized certification body prior to contract award.
6. Procurement Process and Certification
Please describe your hospital's procurement process
Barton Health's departments follow purchasing guidance outlined in our supplier diversity, competitive bid and quote, and capital purchases procedures.
Website Link(s)
No website at this time
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 | $14,928 | $68,480 | $83,408 |
| Total | $14,928 | $68,480 | $83,408 |
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* | $14,928 | $68,480 | $83,408 |
| Women | $28,869 | $58,196 | $87,065 |
| LGBT | -- | $122 | $122 |
| Disabled Veteran | -- | $8,860 | $8,860 |
| Less Duplicate Amount (-) | --- | --- | --- |
| Combined Total | $43,797 | $135,658 | $179,455 |
*Total from the Diverse Procurement Spending by Minority table.
What is your hospital's total procurement (including diverse and non-diverse suppliers)?
$21,716,271
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: Cassidy Hoehn
Enter the contact information for the individual of the diverse business outreach liaison of your hospital.
Name: Cassidy Hoehn
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.
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