MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL – PANORAMA CAMPUS

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

Mission Community Hospital (MCH) is committed to fostering an inclusive supply chain by providing equal opportunities for businesses of all sizes, including those owned by minorities, women, veterans, LGBTQ+ individuals, and persons with qualified disabilities. We aim to create a diverse supplier base that reflects the diversity of our customers, our workforce, and the global marketplace.

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

MCH continues to educated all management and staff on the fundamentals of diversity and inclusion, providing them tools and resources to integrate diversity and inclusion into the daily operation of healthcare.

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

MCH will continue to work with GPO and with their help educate staff on diversity and how it affects MCH. Providing everyone with tools and resources to integrate diversity and inclusion in the the operation of healthcare each and every day.

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

MCH encourages the development of mutually beneficial business relationships with diverse suppliers. The award of opportunities to diverse suppliers will be based on their relative competitiveness, the value of their offerings, and their demonstrated performance. No minimal thresholds or targets have been established under theses guidelines.

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

MCH continues to educate all staff on the fundamentals of diversity and inclusion. We encourage the staff to participate in events and conferences so they have the tools and resources to integrate diversity and inclusion into the daily operations of health care

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

MCH strives to be the employer of choice in our community. We are committed to the development of our suppliers and to creating a workplace that respects diversity.

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 will continue to work with our GPO who in turns works with the various organizations and other groups. We are committed to work with as many diversified groups as we move forwards into the future.

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

As of now we have not had any issues that needed resolving. We also seek the help of our GPO if we were to have any issues.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

Our Executive leadership has developed a Diversity Policy that will continue to evolve and be updated as we get more experience with diversity.

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

We are working with our GPO with the understanding that Diversity is a priority to us. We understand the need to grow our Diversity vendors every year whenever possible.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

MCH utilizes Vizient for procurement, a procurement company that has compiled and continues to compile a diverse supplier database.

Website Link(s)

http://www.vizient.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)?

$16,477,501

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: Robert Becerra

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

Name: Amelia Rabine

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 Inc
• http://www.Vizient.com

10. Other Relevant Information

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