COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF HUNTINGTON PARK

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

Pipeline Health (Community Hospital of Huntington Park) is committed to mutually beneficial relationships with certified diversity businesses. Whenever feasible, diverse businesses will be provided opportunity to participate as partners and/or suppliers of goods/services to Pipeline Health system facilities.

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

As the primary source of our supplier selections, continue to collaborate with our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), Premier Inc., to encourage inclusion of more Diversity vendors in their bidding/contracting processes especially as it pertains to local contracting opportunities. Planning to add a link to our external website about supplier diversity and how we can be contacted in Supply Chain. Annual procurement staff awareness & education on AB 962.

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

As describe above, we continuously work with Premier to encourage inclusion of more Diversity vendors in their bidding/contracting processes. This will be an ongoing process with them or any other GPO we may be partnered with. Maintain active relationships with certification bodies and local advocacy groups for referral and support, if needed.

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 with Premier's Supplier Diversity Program to identify diverse suppliers already under contract and advocate for local diverse vendors to be added in future bids/contracting consideration. In addition, we encourage Premier prime vendors to engage certified diverse subcontractors and report their Tier II diverse spend accordingly.

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

Annual review with all procurement staff about the AB 962 initiative and how to communicate a potential Diversity Supplier to upper management. This will be an ongoing process.

Please describe the methods in which the hospital conducts outreach and communication to women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises

Engage local Chambers of Commerce and/or other community-based business development resources via our corporate Marketing/Business Development dept.

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

As previously mentioned, through our Premier GPO relationship, we engage with their Supplier Diversity Program to access the network of contracted diverse suppliers. Advocate for the inclusion of local diverse vendors in GPO contracting and promote joint outreach events sponsored by Premier and its ecosystem partners. We would also collaborate with key certifying bodies for example, WBENC, NMSDC, NGLCC, NaVOBA, etc...

Please describe the methods in which your hospital resolves any issues that may limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier

At Pipeline Health, we are committed to supplier diversity and actively work to eliminate barriers that may prevent diverse businesses from being approved suppliers. We heavily collaborate with our GPO partner, Premier Inc., to extend supplier access across both local and national channels.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

Please describe the past implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission

Added a tag line on procurement staff email signatures that notify vendors we support the California Supplier Diversity initiative and to contact us if they feel they could fall into that category for inclusion in future bids, business opportunities or referral to the Premier-GPO.

Please describe the planned implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission

Pipeline Health plans to prioritize Premier contracted diverse vendors whenever possible and ensure procurement staff are trained to identify and source from them. This includes using Premier's supplier diversity portal and tools.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

Pipeline Health hospitals follow a structured, transparent, and value-driven procurement process to ensure we deliver high quality patient care while supporting cost efficiency, GPO compliance, regulatory compliance, and community impact.

Website Link(s)

http://www.pipelinehealth.us

Do you require suppliers to be certified?

Yes

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.

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.

What is your hospital's total procurement (including diverse and non-diverse suppliers)?

$15,602,172

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: Robert Bertels

Enter the contact information for the individual of the diverse business outreach liaison of your hospital.

Name: Jane Brust

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

• Premier, Inc.
• https://premierinc.com/

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