CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

CHOC is continuing to develop its outreach and inclusion programs for greater diversity in our supply chain. As we continue to asses the available contracting and communication resources and the ability to utilize, CHOC will be able to determine and implement policy. We will develop a process to analyze current procurement practices, including, but not limited to, overall spend, percentage of contracts with diverse suppliers, spend with diverse suppliers, growth of spend and contracting with diverse suppliers, bid process, quantity of bids and number of diverse suppliers bidding, outreach and engagement with diverse business/enterprises, mentoring and coaching with businesses; review previous bids from diverse suppliers; research best practices in supplier diversity; and partner with other Children’s Hospitals, local healthcare organizations or agencies to collaborate and identify best practice

2. Supplier Point of Contact, Outreach and Communication

Supplier Point of Contact

• Name: David Frey
• Hospital Contacts for Diverse Business Enterprises are available upon request.
  Please send request via email to: supplier.diversity@hcai.ca.gov

Outreach and Communication

How does your hospital encourage and seek out minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises to become potential suppliers?

There is no formal program in place at this time.

How does your hospital encourage its employees involved in procurement to seek out minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises to become potential suppliers?

CHOC Procurement and Contracting personnel have expanded their sourcing activities to identify diverse and minority vendors in our affiliated GPO and contracting groups to be included in the vetting and RFP process.

How does your hospital conduct outreach and communication to minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises?

There is no formal process or program in place to conduct outreach at this time.

4. Certifications and Third Party Procurement

Certifications

How does your hospital support organizations that promote or certify minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises?

N/A

Do you require suppliers to be certified?

No

Do you accept self-certification?

No

Third-Party Procurement

• Name: Vizient
• Website: http://vizientinc.com

5. Other Relevant Information

Our two primary distributors for Medical Supplies and Pharmaceuticals do not have the ability to identify many of the specific diverse vendor designations with regard to their ethnicity and instead group them into small business or minority owned.

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