COMMUNITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER-FRESNO

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

As a locally owned and operated healthcare network, Community Health System respects and celebrates the Central Valley’s rich and diverse heritage. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our patient care and work culture. All are welcome as valued members of our community whether patient, employee, physician, student or visitor. Creating a truly diverse workplace includes prioritizing diverse suppliers of goods and services. Our high standards of service excellence are supported by obtaining the best value, seeking local vendors when possible, maintaining the highest ethical principles and facilitating the inclusion of diverse suppliers.

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

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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

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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

Community Health System (CHS) commitment is to make supplier diversity an integral part of our Supply Chain Management (SCM) strategy. CHS looks to implement a purchasing policy for our hospital system that provides certified minority, women, service-disabled, veteran-owned, LGBTQ and small business enterprises the maximum opportunity to participate as suppliers of goods and 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

CHS employees are expected to commit themselves to its implementation through integration into direct purchasing and distribution strategies. We are continuing to develop and improve an in-house process for capturing the diversity data within our ERP. We are also working with our GPO Premier to develop a process / strategy for our team that will enable them to seek out potential suppliers to meet the diversity requirements.

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

Community resources are an integral part of CHS outreach. We will work with identified community resources to get involved with certified minority, women, service-disabled, veteran-owned, LGBTQ and small business enterprises and contractors. Examples of community resources include: • National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) or one of the 23 Affiliate Councils • African American and Hispanic Chambers of Commerce • Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) or one of the 13 Affiliate Councils • Vets First Verification Program (Vetbiz.va.gov) • National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)

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

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

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5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

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

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6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

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Website Link(s)

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Do you require suppliers to be certified?

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Do you accept self-certification

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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)?

$186,179,513

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: Nicholas Mehas

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

Name: --

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

Similar to last year, we did not include any of the Small Business spend as there was not a specific entry section for small business. We are partnering with our GPO (Premier) and Distributor (Medline) as we grow and establish our program.

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