RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ORANGE COUNTY
1. Policy Statement
Supplier Diversity Policy Statement
CHOC is developing its outreach and inclusion programs for greater diversity in our supply chain. As we assess the available contracting and communication resources and 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. 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
Rady Children's Health OC(CHOC) is currently working with our enterprise counterparts in San Diego to identify opportunities for synergies between the two facilities where we can leverage consistencies and standardization in outsourcing suppliers.
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
Long-term, we plan to host an annual Diverse Vendor Fair, leverage the Hospital Association of Southern California’s diverse supplier list, and continue to participate on the HCAI supplier diversity workgroup. Hosting an annual diverse vendor fair will allow CHOC to strengthen existing relationships with local diverse vendors and establish relationships with new diverse vendors.
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 are building our processes for seeking suppliers from women, minority, LGBT, disabled veteran business enterprises by partnering with our enterprise operational leaders who have oversight for trade and professional purchased services.
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 encourage procurement staff to attend diverse vendor fairs and the Hospital Association of Southern California workshops that highlight diverse suppliers in the community. This allows employees to seek out women, minority, LGBT and disabled veteran business enterprises to become potential suppliers.
Please describe the methods in which the hospital conducts outreach and communication to women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
We leverage our existing relationships in the community and with other hospitals to identify women, minority, LGBT and disabled veteran business enterprises. Last year, while on a call with another hospital, they mentioned a vendor they are using for hair care products. We received their contact information and have added the business as a vendor and begun using their products after conducting a pilot with our medical teams and units.
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
CHOC engages with the Hospital Association of Southern California and Communities Lifting Communities. We also have members of our workforce who sit on the CA Hospital Association sponsored diverse vendor workgroup.
Please describe the methods in which your hospital resolves any issues that may limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier
As we develop our program, we are developing ways to be more explicit about how an interested supplier can do business with CHOC on our external webpage. Additionally, when suppliers contact us and complete the intake form, we plan to develop a system where we can provide feedback about what may be impeding their ability to be listed as a vendor. CHOC has implemented an additional task for procurement staff to expand sourcing efforts to include identifying California based vendors who are certified in the various and specific diverse and minority categories.
5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations
Please describe the past implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Hosting annual local vendor fairs that includes diverse and minority vendors and including invitations to neighboring hospitals to participate as well. We will also be adding a FAQ link in our website for prospective vendors to inquire about our requirements and qualifiers for consideration to be a registered supplier. We have also considered a newsletter that will be directed to the California-based vendors only.
Please describe the planned implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
As with most hospitals both stand-alone or affiliated, we rely on our consolidated volume to leverage pricing via GPO or local contracts. We will have a FAQ link for all prospective vendors to review online to understand our requirements and process to be considered for contract award. Children's Hospital of Orange County merged with Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego in 2025 and will now be known as Rady Children's Health. Much of our future-state contracting and sourcing will be done as 1 enterprise and the ability to serve and support both campuses will be a significant factor in our vendor selection process.
6. Procurement Process and Certification
Please describe your hospital's procurement process
CHOC primarily sources from GPO affiliated suppliers as they are specialized in pediatric products and standards of care. We also coordinate with our San Diego region hospital to co-contract where there is an opportunity to utilize suppliers who can service both regions.
Website Link(s)
Contractor and Vendor Information - Children's Hospital of Orange County
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 | $75,003 | -- | $75,003 |
| Hispanic American | $663,455 | -- | $663,455 |
| Native American | $0 | -- | $0 |
| Asian Pacific | $567,121 | -- | $567,121 |
| Unknown Minority | $221,308 | -- | $221,308 |
| Total | $1,526,887 | -- | $1,526,887 |
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* | $1,526,887 | -- | $1,526,887 |
| Women | $1,443,495 | -- | $1,443,495 |
| LGBT | $0 | -- | $0 |
| Disabled Veteran | $2,600 | -- | $2,600 |
| Less Duplicate Amount (-) | --- | --- | --- |
| Combined Total | $2,972,982 | -- | $2,972,982 |
*Total from the Diverse Procurement Spending by Minority table.
What is your hospital's total procurement (including diverse and non-diverse suppliers)?
$157,221,704
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: David Frey
Enter the contact information for the individual of the diverse business outreach liaison of your hospital.
Name: Sharonne Herbert
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
- vizientinc.com
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