JEWISH HOME & REHAB CENTER

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

Jewish Home works with Group Purchasing Organizations and has direct vendor relationships with organizations similarly committed to a diverse supplier profile. We prioritize our local vendors as part of our commitment to maintain connection and support with our local communities. Our operating principles are rooted in our philosophy founded on Jewish tradition, which encompasses respect for elders and responsibility for the welfare of others. We are accountable for the effective, efficient, and ethical utilization of human, financial, and material resources in fulfilling our mission.

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

When we have the opportunity to develop new vendor relationships we aim to ensure we are investing in quality supplies and services that touch the lives of our residents, staff, visitors, and volunteers. When available, we prioritize partnerships with diverse businesses. As well, we prioritize local California based companies.

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

We are committed to maintaining connection and support with our local communities. Investing in local businesses as part of our procurement practices is one way we achieve that goal.

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 communicate and work with our group purchasing organizations and vendors to identify diverse suppliers when possible. They are prioritized in our purchasing.

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 communicate and work with our group purchasing organizations and vendors to identify diverse suppliers when possible. They are prioritized in our purchasing.

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

We communicate and work with our group purchasing organizations and vendors to identify diverse suppliers when possible. They are prioritized in our purchasing.

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

With our current vendors, we discuss any opportunities to prioritize diverse suppliers and may shift purchasing based on that prioritization.

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

We have long standing relationships with most of our suppliers. When an opportunity arises to explore a partnership with a new supplier, we are able to communicate and work through any processes required in establishing a business agreement.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

Supplier diversity and local small businesses have been part of the discussions when considering any new vendor or GPO.

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

We will continue to prioritize diverse suppliers and local small businesses when a need for a new supplier or service provider is identified.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

We have long standing relationships with most of our suppliers and agreed upon processes of procurement for each.

Website Link(s)

http://www.sfcjl.org

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)?

$43,259,299

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: Tania Thoroughgood

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

Name: Tania Thoroughgood

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.
• http://www.premierinc.com

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