RIDGECREST REGIONAL HOSPITAL
1. Policy Statement
Supplier Diversity Policy Statement
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
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
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
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
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
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
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
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
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
Please describe the methods in which the hospital conducts outreach and communication to women, minority, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
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
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
Please describe the methods in which your hospital resolves any issues that may limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations
Please describe the past implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
Please describe the planned implementation of relevant recommendations made by the Hospital Supplier Diversity Commission
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
6. Procurement Process and Certification
Please describe your hospital's procurement process
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital values diversity in all forms, including current and potential suppliers. We base all purchases around value, cost, contracts, and availability. The hospital will seek out vendors based on a need for the product, the value presented by each supplier, and the availability of the product. New vendor relationships are started through GPO contracts, previous work together, product value and availability, and suppliers introducing themselves.
Website Link(s)
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.
| Business Ownership | Tier 1 Procurement | Tier 2 Procurement | Total Procurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| African American | -- | -- | -- |
| Hispanic American | -- | -- | -- |
| Native American | -- | -- | -- |
| Asian Pacific | -- | -- | -- |
| Unknown Minority | $1,194 | -- | $1,194 |
| Total | $1,194 | -- | $1,194 |
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* | $1,194 | -- | $1,194 |
| Women | $41,802 | -- | $41,802 |
| LGBT | $0 | -- | $0 |
| Disabled Veteran | $0 | -- | $0 |
| Less Duplicate Amount (-) | --- | --- | --- |
| Combined Total | $42,996 | -- | $42,996 |
*Total from the Diverse Procurement Spending by Minority table.
What is your hospital's total procurement (including diverse and non-diverse suppliers)?
$10,069,139
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: Holly Lawrence
Enter the contact information for the individual of the diverse business outreach liaison of your hospital.
Name: Holly Lawrence
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
- Vizient.Com
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