LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
1. Policy Statement
Supplier Diversity Policy Statement
Prospect Medical Holdings (PMH) maintains procurement guidelines for the use of diverse suppliers to be used by all PMH employees responsible for purchasing. It is PMH’s policy to use a qualified diverse supplier whenever one is both available and able to meet PMH’s business terms and conditions at a competitive price. PMH is not obligated to use a diverse supplier when they are not able to meet the business requirements inclusive of product or service costs.
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
PMH short term goals include increasing annual diversity spend by 10% in 2025. The PMH contracting team primarily uses the Vizient Catalog to search for suppliers, including diverse suppliers, in specific contract categories. This ensures vendors are reputable, properly certified and have been thoroughly vetted in terms of quality and performance standards.
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
PMH long term goals include increasing diversity spend by 10% for each subsequent calendar year.
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
The PMH sourcing team holds monthly meetings with Vizient and receives updates on new category awards that include minority owned businesses. PMH purchasing personnel also participate in diversity supplier educational opportunities with CHA, HASC, CAHPMM and leverage distributor relationships to increase supplier diversity.
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
Employees with contracting or procurement responsibilities are required to: a. Conduct a thorough search using available tools to search for diverse suppliers for every applicable purchasing and contracting opportunity. b. Integrate diverse suppliers in all phases of the contracting/purchasing process and enhance diverse supplier where opportunities exist. c. Continue to utilize and develop diverse suppliers who perform well.
Please describe the methods in which the hospital conducts outreach and communication to women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
The PMH sourcing team is available for meeting with those minority businesses wishing to do business within the PMH system of hospitals.
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
Minority owned suppliers are encouraged to register with Vizient, our Group Purchasing Organization, in order to obtain preferred vendor status. Vizient provides access to a diverse supplier base through their online Vizient Catalog that contains details about every active Vizient contract, including more than 200 agreements with certified diverse suppliers and small businesses across all categories.
Please describe the methods in which your hospital resolves any issues that may limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier
Minority owned suppliers are encouraged to register with Vizient, our Group Purchasing Organization, in order to obtain preferred vendor status.
5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations
Please describe the past implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Executive leadership has created a supplier diversity policy statement that promotes the use of diverse suppliers. Executive leadership has also developed and implemented outreach and reporting requirements that support contracting with diverse suppliers.
Please describe the planned implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Executive leadership will develop and implement an inclusion policy for hospitals to identify and track spend with diverse business enterprises.
6. Procurement Process and Certification
Please describe your hospital's procurement process
PMH hospital’s procurement process includes the use of an Enterprise ERP system that involves a centralized contracting department responsible for negotiating contracts at a national level. Priority is given to GPO contracted vendors and contract awards are dependent on a vendor’s quality, ability to perform, and price.
Website Link(s)
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Do you require suppliers to be certified?
Yes
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.
| Business Ownership | Tier 1 Procurement | Tier 2 Procurement | Total Procurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| African American | -- | -- | -- |
| Hispanic American | -- | -- | -- |
| Native American | -- | -- | -- |
| Asian Pacific | -- | -- | -- |
| Unknown Minority | $40,692 | -- | $40,692 |
| Total | $40,692 | -- | $40,692 |
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.
| Business Ownership | Tier 1 Procurement | Tier 2 Procurement | Total Procurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minority* | $40,692 | -- | $40,692 |
| Women | $388 | -- | $388 |
| LGBT | -- | -- | -- |
| Disabled Veteran | -- | -- | -- |
| Less Duplicate Amount (-) | --- | --- | --- |
| Combined Total | $41,080 | -- | $41,080 |
*Total from the Diverse Procurement Spending by Minority table.
What is your hospital's total procurement (including diverse and non-diverse suppliers)?
$6,059,780
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: lisa ottem
Enter the contact information for the individual of the diverse business outreach liaison of your hospital.
Name: lisa ottem
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
- http://www.vizientinc.com
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For assistance or to provide feedback, please contact us via email at supplier.diversity@hcai.ca.gov