EMANATE HEALTH FOOTHILL PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

It is the policy of Emanate Health (EH) to elevate and support relationships within the communities served through the development, inclusion, and utilization of certified minority, women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, disabled veterans that exhibit high standard of excellence, whenever feasible. Whenever practicable, EH will request from new and prospective suppliers, information whether they qualify or certified diverse supplier. EH will encourage our primary suppliers and distributors to provide opportunities to qualified diverse supplier. EH as created and implemented a dedicated page in our website specific to Diversity Suppliers that include our policy, our procedure, and steps to apply and submit proposals for their product offerings.

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

1. Include diverse suppliers who have submitted their application to our website in any/all RFPs that is relevant to their product offering. 2. Set up a weight scale for diverse supplier during total value comparative analysis. 3. Continue to encourage diverse suppliers that contact us through our email to submit their application and/or proposals through our website Diversity Supplier page. 4. Edit our RFP boilerplate to include information about Diverse Supplier.

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

1. Continue to increase the volume participation of diverse supplier, not only on suppliers but on services as well by 1% increment annually. 2. Share our goals on Diversity Supplier throughout our organization with the intent of increasing visibility of our program. 3. Include this initiative in our marketing efforts.

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

1. Require our top level suppliers to provide data on sub-contracted diverse suppliers. 2. Continue to encourage our top level suppliers to engage diverse suppliers.

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

1. We will continue to share our Diverse Supplier program in our monthly Leadership meetings. 2. We will report our Diversity Report in our Intranet.

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

1. We will continue to share our Diverse Supplier program in our monthly Leadership meetings. 2. We will report our Diversity Report in our Intranet.

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

1. In our purchase services and construction projects, we require our business partners to report on qualified diverse companies that they sub-contract for our projects. 2. We are continue to work with our aggregation group on their contracting initiatives related to diverse suppliers.

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

1. Biggest challenge is the pricing of diverse suppliers compared with established big companies, especially in healthcare. 2. Another challenge is the ability of minor companies to be able to supply the volume needed by our organization. 3. Clinical acceptability and preference is a challenge as clinicians have more experience with established big companies for healthcare supplies.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

Originally, our understanding is that the Commission will require a certain percent (%) of spend towards Diverse Supplier. Is this still going to happen or have there been a change in course?

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

I believe funding by the Commission to credit hospitals, especially for products that diverse suppliers are more expensive, to offset the increase in spend in using Diverse Supplier.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

We are an IDN of 3 hospitals and about 30 clinics. Our procurement process is centralized to the corporate office using our ERP system (Meditech). We procure through requisitions and inventory replenishments. Special construction or service contracts are managed by our Biomed and/or Facility and Construction Departments.

Website Link(s)

https://www.emanatehealth.org/patients-visitors/supplier-diversity/

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.

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)?

$56,161,522

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: Zeny Jones

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

Name: Zeny Jones

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
• https://www.vizientinc.com/my-dashboard/my-tools

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