HAZEL HAWKINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

As part of our overall HHMH Mission, Vision and Values, the Materials Management Department oversees the relationships between HHMH and its suppliers and insuring that all aspects of our relationships are held to the highest ethical and professional standards. Our suppliers contribute significantly to the ongoing success of HHMH and Materials management in turn actively supports our suppliers and helps them achieve their objectives. The Supplier Diversity program, which promotes commerce with small, disadvantaged and diversity owned businesses, is one example of this support.

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

We are working to develop a diverse supplier pipeline, with a member of our Project Management Office actively recruiting and engaging qualified suppliers to support this initiative.

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

Ongoing expansion of our supplier base by widening the supplier pool and promoting healthy competition within the supply chain. This approach aims to enhance value, improve service levels, reduce supply risk and increase procurement from a broader range of qualified vendors including the aforementioned business enterprises.

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

All suppliers are asked to disclose their diversity status, which is a key consideration when evaluating and selecting new vendors. As part of our commitment to supplier diversity, a member of our Project Management Office is actively recruiting and engaging with diverse suppliers to expand our network and support inclusive procurement practices.

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 have two buyers that actively serve on our diversity program committee and they are well-informed of the requirements and considerations involved in evaluating new vendors. Their involvement helps ensure that diversity remains a key factor in our procurement decisions.

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

Supplier diversity is a key consideration when selecting potential new vendors. As part of our ongoing commitment to inclusive procurement practices, a member of our Project Management Office is actively recruiting and engaging with diverse suppliers to expand our vendor network and promote equitable opportunities.

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 have not required certification at this point.

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

We are working to develop a diverse supplier pipeline, with a member of our Project Management Office actively recruiting and engaging qualified suppliers to support this initiative.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

Supplier diversity is a key consideration when selecting potential new vendors. As part of our ongoing commitment to inclusive procurement practices, a member of our Project Management Office is actively recruiting and engaging with diverse suppliers to expand our vendor network and promote equitable opportunities.

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

Supplier diversity is a key consideration when selecting potential new vendors. As part of our ongoing commitment to inclusive procurement practices, a member of our Project Management Office is actively recruiting and engaging with diverse suppliers to expand our vendor network and promote equitable opportunities.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

We have not required certification at this point.

Website Link(s)

https://www.hazelhawkins.com/

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)?

$2,640,227

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: Maria Barrientos

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

Name: Maria Barrientos

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/member-login

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