WATSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

Watsonville Community Hospital maintains procurement guidelines for the use of diverse suppliers to be used by all employees responsible for purchasing. It is our policy to use a qualified diverse supplier whenever one is both available and able to meet the business terms and conditions at a competitive price. Watsonville Community Hospital is not obligated to use a diverse supplier when they are not able to meet the business requirements including pricing.

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

Supplier Identification and Outreach (Next 12 months): We are actively working to identify and connect with diverse suppliers through our Group Purchasing Organization, Vizient. Our goal is to expand our vendor pool with at least four new suppliers this year.

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

1. Establish a Formal Supplier Diversity Program (1–3 Years) We plan to formalize a comprehensive supplier diversity program that includes dedicated staff oversight, documented policies, and regular reporting mechanisms. This will help institutionalize our commitment and ensure continuity across leadership and departments. 2. Set Baseline Metrics and Targeted Spend Goals (2–4 Years) As we improve our data collection systems, we intend to establish baseline metrics for our current spend with diverse suppliers. From there, we aim to set aspirational but achievable multi-year targets for increasing that spend — for example, growing diverse supplier engagement by a defined percentage year over year, in alignment with industry best practices. Our long-term vision is to create an inclusive supply chain that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, strengthens the local economy, and contributes to equitable access to opportunity.

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

Vizient provides a listed of "Diversity" supplier contracts on the member accessible online contracts portal.

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

1. Employees with contracting or procurement responsibilities: a. Use available tools to conduct a thorough search for diverse suppliers for every applicable purchasing and contracting opportunity. Suppliers must be certified as a minority-owned business. b. Integrate diverse suppliers in all phases of the contracting/purchasing process and enhance diverse suppliers where opportunities exist.

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

Employees within the supply chain and sourcing arenas are encouraged to refer minority-owned businesses to register with the Vizient Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) in order to obtain preferred vendor status.

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 Watsonville Community Hospital team holds regular review/update meetings with Vizient.

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

Any issues that limit or impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier would be brought forward during the meetings with Vizient.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

Several of the Commission’s recommendations are already in place at WCH. We have maintained a Supplier Diversity Policy Statement for several years. Additionally, our primary supplier, Owens & Minor, and our Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), Vizient, both track and report spending with diverse suppliers.

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

We plan to formalize a comprehensive supplier diversity program that includes dedicated staff oversight, documented policies, and regular reporting mechanisms. This will help institutionalize our commitment and ensure continuity across leadership and departments. As we improve our data collection systems, we intend to establish baseline metrics for our current spend with diverse suppliers. From there, we aim to set aspirational but achievable multi-year targets for increasing that spend — for example, growing diverse supplier engagement by a defined percentage year over year, in alignment with industry best practices.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

The hospital contracts with a Group Purchasing Organization, Vizient, to benefit from the aggregate purchasing power. This also reduces the administrative burden involved with sourcing, negotiating, and managing supplier contracts.

Website Link(s)

https://watsonvillehospital.org

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)?

$12,302,800

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: Michael Morioka

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

Name: Michael Morioka

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
• https://www.vizientinc.com

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