NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD), which owns and operates Northern Inyo Hospital, welcomes interest from all qualified suppliers, especially those certified as diverse businesses under California?s Supplier Diversity Initiative.

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

Northern Inyo Hospital?s short and long-term goals are to remain open to meet the health needs of the communities we serve. We assess vendor diversity in all proposals, but are required to utilize the vendor who provides the most value for each dollar spent. We welcome bids and proposals from diverse vendors.

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

Northern Inyo Hospital?s short and long-term goals are to remain open to meet the health needs of the communities we serve. We assess vendor diversity in all proposals, but are required to utilize the vendor who provides the most value for each dollar spent. We welcome bids and proposals from diverse 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

Northern Inyo Hospital has a webpage for suppliers and vendors that encourages suppliers to reach out to the facility's GPO and purchasing departments. NIH reviews and evaluates all proposals for services, including those from diverse vendors.

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

Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) recognizes the value of diversity in all things, including supplier diversity. However, NIHD is located in northern Inyo County, where we are often fortunate to find any vendor who will work with us in our remote location. We are a Special District facility, a critical access hospital, trying to keep the facility open to provide care for the members of the communities we serve. NIHD continually evaluates proposals, bids, and quotes to ensure the best service or supply for each dollar. We are required to be responsible with the tax dollars and government funding we receive, providing the widest array of services possible responsibly. We recognize certified diverse suppliers NMBE, WBE, SBE, LGBTBE, and VET.

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

NIHD does not currently have an outreach program for communication with certified diverse business enterprises. We are currently striving to provide stable, consistent quality healthcare during a time of national healthcare challenges and underfunding. Northern Inyo Hospital accepts and reviews proposals from diverse vendors submitted to our purchasing team or through our GPO. NIHD has developed a webpage to encourage diverse vendors to contact our procurement specialists.

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

Northern Inyo Hospital has a webpage for suppliers and vendors that encourages suppliers to reach out to the facility GPO and purchasing departments. NIH reviews and evaluates all proposals for services, including those from diverse vendors.

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

Northern Inyo Hospital accepts and reviews proposals from diverse vendors submitted to our purchasing team or through our GPO. NIHD has developed a webpage to encourage diverse vendors to contact our procurement specialists. The largest impediment for all suppliers is our remote location in northern Inyo County.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

Northern Inyo Hospital lacks the resources to establish a hospital diversity commission. All proposals from all vendors are evaluated to provide the best services or supplies for the patients we serve.

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

Northern Inyo Hospital lacks the resources to establish a hospital diversity commission. All proposals from all vendors are evaluated to provide the best services or supplies for the patients we serve.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) partners with Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) and HealthTrust, a nationally recognized group purchasing organization (GPO). This collaboration provides NIHD with access to a wide range of healthcare contracts, enabling us to improve supply chain efficiency, reduce operational costs, and maintain high-quality patient care. All procurement activities are conducted following federal, state, and local regulations, as well as NIHD?s internal policies. We are committed to fair, competitive, and transparent purchasing practices.

Website Link(s)

https://www.nih.org/about-the-district/suppliers-vendors/

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.

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)?

$96,337,190

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: Neil Lynch

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

Name: Neil Lynch

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

• Kimberly Medley
• https://healthtrustpg.com/suppliers/

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