GREATER EL MONTE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

Maintain procurement guidelines for the use of diverse suppliers/vendors to be used by all employees responsible for purchasing. It is our policy to prefer to use a qualified diverse supplier whenever one is both available and able to meet our business terms and conditions at a competitive price. We re not obligated to use a diverse supplier over others when they are not able to meet the business requirements including pricing.

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

Our short term goal is to adhere to our policy statement and to work with as many diverse suppliers / vendors that can meet our business requirements including pricing working with our prime distributor and GPO.

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

Our long term goal is to adhere to our policy statement and to work with as many diverse suppliers / vendors that can meet our business requirements including pricing working with our prime distributor and GPO as well as networking with our sister hospitals in our system for any additional diverse suppliers / 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 work with our GPO and Medical Surgical Distributor.

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 work with our GPO and Medical Surgical Distributor.

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

We work with our GPO and Medical Surgical Distributor.

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

We currently work with our GPO and Medical Surgical Distributor but are also working on sharing information with our sister hospitals in our system for other potential diverse vendors/suppliers.

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

We do not limit or impede any vendors including diverse vendors from becoming a supplier as long as they can meet our business requirements including pricing.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

We have used past recommendations for partnering with diverse businesses and leveraging our existing resources within our policy of meeting our business needs including pricing.

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

We will be discussing with our corporate office and sister hospitals the possibility of publishing our supplier diversity plans and conducting outreach and assistance.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

We work with our GPO and Medical Surgical Distributor.

Website Link(s)

https://www.ahmchealth.com/gemch/

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)?

$15,569,104

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: Mark Underwood

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

Name: Mark Underwood

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

10. Other Relevant Information

Due to the interpretation of the definition of total procurement spend our total spend has significantly increased. We have included all services to the hospital as defined by this HCAI website definition. Thank you, Mark.

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