Hospital Supplier Diversity Plans

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

San Joaquin General Hospital's primary responsibility is to ensure a dependable supply of goods and services that support patient care while administering public funds responsibly. Procurement activities are conducted under the County of San Joaquin's purchasing requirements with an emphasis on open competition, transparency, fiscal stewardship, and equal access for qualified vendors. Although the hospital does not currently administer a formal supplier diversity program, it recognizes the value that small and diverse businesses bring to the healthcare supply chain and will continue evaluating practical ways to increase awareness of these businesses within existing procurement processes.

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

The hospital will evaluate opportunities to improve awareness of supplier diversity resources and determine whether additional tracking or outreach initiatives are feasible within existing County procurement processes.

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

As procurement processes continue to evolve, the hospital will assess opportunities to enhance supplier diversity awareness and reporting while maintaining compliance with County procurement policies and operational priorities.

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 hospital provides procurement opportunities through fair and competitive procurement processes that are open to all qualified suppliers. No formal supplier diversity outreach program is currently in place.

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

Procurement staff follow established County procurement policies to ensure fair, transparent, and competitive purchasing practices for all qualified suppliers.

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

The hospital does not currently conduct formal supplier diversity outreach activities.

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

The hospital does not currently participate in a formal supplier diversity certification or partnership program.

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

Supplier questions and concerns are addressed through the County's established procurement procedures and contract administration processes.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

San Joaquin General Hospital does not currently have a formal hospital supplier diversity commission; therefore, no formal supplier diversity recommendations have been issued or implemented during this reporting period.

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

Because the hospital does not currently have a formal supplier diversity commission, there are no commission recommendations pending implementation.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

San Joaquin General Hospital conducts procurement in accordance with the County of San Joaquin's procurement policies and applicable state and local regulations. Procurement methods may include competitive solicitations, requests for quotations, requests for proposals, cooperative purchasing agreements, and contracts established through Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs), as appropriate. Suppliers are evaluated based on factors such as compliance with specifications, quality, pricing, service, delivery capabilities, and overall value to the hospital. The procurement process is designed to promote transparency, fair competition, fiscal responsibility, and compliance while ensuring the timely acquisition of goods and services necessary to support patient care and hospital operations.

Website Link(s)

https://sjgov.org/department/pss/policies

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)?

$40,000,000

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: Sandra Harlan

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

Name: N/A

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

• Edgewise
• https://www.edgewiseprocurement.com/

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