Hospital Supplier Diversity Plans

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

Mission: The statewide supplier Diversity Program is the state's leader in implementing strategies and providing guidance to the state departments to advance the equitable inclusion and utilization of small and diverse businesses in California's state procurement and contracting opportunities. Vision: To Foster an inclusive, equitable, and thriving business ecosystem across California.

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 send out SB/DVBE line cards and supply lists form these enterprises to our buyers. We also encourage the use of LPA and CMAS contracts for these identified enterprises. We use Caleprocure website to look up SB/DVBE enterprises. We are also on the SB/DVBE advocate website .

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 will utilize the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission to gain more information on how to find these enterprises. We will also continue to use our current process as we have good results with this.

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 use the Caleprocure website to look up SB/DVBE enterprises. We are also on the SB/DVBE advocate website where we have our information that these enterprises reach out to us and we share their line cards and supplies list with the different buyers in our facility.

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 send out line cards and supply lists from these enterprises to our buyers so that they are encouraged to purchase their needs from these enterprises. We also encourage the use of LPA and CMAS contracts for these identified enterprises.

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

We are part of the SB/DVBE advocates program.

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 are constantly promoting these enterprises by sharing their information with our buyers and encouraging them to purchase their products from these enterprises.

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

We assist the enterprise in whatever way possible by providing them the necessary information needed to get them set up as a supplier such as directing them to the Caleprocure website to get them set up as a small business or contract. We also work with the enterprise to get the necessary paperwork completed to get them set up as a supplier with us.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

We have not been sharing any information from the Commission.

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

We have not worked with this commission before. I will have to do some research.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

Due to the budget, we are currently having our buyers first get approval for any purchasing needs they may have. Once approved, we verify that the enterprise is an approved vendor with DDS, we then check to see if the enterprise is a small business/DVBE and if they are not, we check to see if a small business/DVBE can provide the supplies needed. we then make sure all necessary backup paperwork, according to our purchasing authority, is with the purchase request. The request is then entered into FI$cal to create a purchase order. The purchase order goes through several approval processes before sending to the enterprise. Once the supplies are received, the items are then stock received and payment can be processed.

Website Link(s)

caleprocure.ca.gov

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)?

$27,942,398

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 Patricia Lopez

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

Name: Maria Patricia Lopez

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

None.

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