METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

CommonSpirit Health is committed to providing access to business opportunities for women, ethnic minorities, veterans, and LGBTQ+ communities interested in providing business solutions to support our delivery of healthcare. We are guided by the best practices of CommonSpirit’s leadership guidance and GPO strategy, and committed to local and regional purchases where possible. Core to our mission is the advancing of health equity which includes addressing the social determinants of health utilizing tools of supply chain diversity, local economies, and environmental sustainability.

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

National Response: CommonSpirit Health is deeply committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive supply chain that reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards increasing procurement from Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), LGBT-owned Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs), and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs). Our short-term goals are focused on building a stronger foundation for a more diverse and inclusive supply chain. Establish a relationship with a local or regional supplier diversity organization to gain access to their network of certified diverse suppliers and resources. Conduct training sessions for procurement staff on how to leverage our system’s diverse supplier registration portal to find and engage with diverse suppliers within their categories. Create a one-page guide promoting local, diverse food caterers for discretionary spending for each CommonSpirit local system office. Connect with individual CommonSpirit facilities to better understand local purchasing practices and identify areas of opportunity to enhance opportunities for doing business with local diverse vendors. Share findings across facilities for impact.

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

National Response: CommonSpirit Health is deeply committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive supply chain that reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards increasing procurement from Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), LGBT-owned Business Enterprises (LGBTBEs), and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBEs). Our long-term goals center around creating a sustainable and equitable procurement process. This involves several key initiatives: Supplier Diversity Program Enhancement: We are continuously refining our supplier diversity program to improve outreach, onboarding, and support for diverse suppliers. This includes actively participating in supplier diversity events, partnering with relevant organizations, and improving our organization’s resources to help diverse businesses navigate our procurement processes. Data Collection and Analysis: CommonSpirit Health has a method for tracking diverse spend and continues to work to improve data collection capabilities to better understand the current representation of diverse suppliers within our vendor base. Our team continues to identify areas where we can focus our efforts and measure our progress more effectively. Strategic Partnerships: We are actively fostering and seeking strategic partnerships with organizations that support diverse businesses. These partnerships help us expand our network of qualified diverse suppliers and provide them with access to opportunities within our hospital system. While specific timetables for achieving these goals are subject to ongoing review and adjustment based on market conditions and internal resource allocation, we are committed to making steady progress in increasing procurement from diverse suppliers. We encourage diverse businesses to register as potential suppliers through CommonSpirit Health's Diverse Vendor Portal.

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

National Response: CommonSpirit identifies diverse vendors through: - Active Contract List identifying vendors contracted through our GPO. -Diverse Vendor database available through a third party supplier diversity vendor. -Vendor diversity self-identification by vendor during RFP and contracting process. -Direct vendor input through CommonSpirit’s third-party supplier diversity vendor portal. -Additional vendor opportunity documentation provided by partners (i.e., distributors). - Tier 2 program promotes use of diverse subcontractors as it relates to business done with CommonSpirit from a National contracting perspective. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit health care organizations, CommonSpirit is uniquely positioned to lead health equity. We know our health shouldn't depend on our zip code, economic status, or the color of our skin, and we therefore remain active in implementing our Health Equity Blueprint for Action. As it relates to purchasing specifically, the Blueprint enables CommonSpirit to scale supplier diversity efforts and targets in order to enhance local and national partnerships and investments. This means our supply chain team includes a series of questions to engage with each vendor. These questions are designed to establish vendor accountability towards health equity, create transparency and awareness of our performance against policy guidelines, and share expectations around supplier diversity's impact on promoting diversity in suppliers and health equity.

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

National Response: CommonSpirit Health's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (ODEIB) regularly communicates with supply chain staff, raising awareness with regard to diversity spend, and an assigned resource has membership on several supplier diversity task forces. Language is included in direct vendor agreements, contract supplemental addendums and within the vendor RFP process, allowing vendors to report diversity codes and submit certification documentation to our sourcing team and Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (ODEIB). Our supply chain has developed a diversity strategy in which diverse vendors are validated through a third party supplier diversity partner using vendor information from our Enterprise Resource Planning system, allowing us to identify actionable areas of spend and implement policies, goals and practices to increase our diverse procurement.

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

National Response: Through our contracting processes vendors are notified of opportunities within various categories of spend considered actionable for diverse vendors. We have plans to define categories of actionable spend in supply chain, purchased services and local contracting opportunities, which will support greater outreach to those interested in our business opportunities.

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

National Response: CommonSpirit Health is a signatory member of Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) IPC, which includes commitments to track spend and identify potential opportunities to do business with diverse businesses. CommonSpirit Health was previously a member of the Premier, Inc. member-led supplier diversity cohort that developed the Supplier Diversity Pledge. CommonSpirit seeks to close supplier diversity gaps within our supply chain and encourages peer health care organizations and our vendors to do the same.

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

National Response: Our hospital is committed to ensuring a fair and accessible procurement process for all potential suppliers. We recognize that various challenges can sometimes impede an enterprise from becoming a supplier, and our system seeks to support resolutions as suppliers may experience issues with the supplier selection or onboarding processes.

5. Diversity Commission Recommendations and Planned Implementations

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

National Response: CommonSpirit has not received any direct recommendations from HSDC based upon past data submissions. CommonSpirit has remained focused on our internal Supplier Diversity strategy.

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

National Response: While CommonSpirit has not received any direct recommendations from HSDC based on past data submissions, CommonSpirit will review resources publicly provided by HSDC in addition to any direct recommendations made by HSDC for potential strategy improvement.

6. Procurement Process and Certification

Please describe your hospital's procurement process

National Response: As we’re consolidating vendors from a national supply chain perspective to provide products and/or services across CommonSpirit’s facilities, we identify vendors who meet our system’s quality and coverage needs. All vendors meeting the contracting requirements including diverse and non-diverse vendors are invited to participate in the competitive bidding process.

Website Link(s)

Website not available for site.

Do you require suppliers to be certified?

Yes

Do you accept self-certification

Yes

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)?

$42,383,555

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: Kelly Paul

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

Name: Alicia Quirolo

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/

10. Other Relevant Information

Aligning with the Healthcare Anchor Network’s definition of addressable spend, the reported spend does not include categories such as employee salaries and wages, benefits, fixed asset depreciation, amortization, taxes, interest, debt, medical director fees or resident/board member compensation.

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