Hospital Supplier Diversity Report

1. Policy Statement

Supplier Diversity Policy Statement

The UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay & UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion (“UCSF Medical Center”) relies on the University of California (UC) BUS-43 (Purchases of Goods and Services; Supply Chain Management) policy, which mandates in its procurement activities: "It is University of California policy that no firm seeking to do business with the University shall be discriminated against..." Additively, the "University recognizes that it has a responsibility to provide procurement opportunities to a diverse supplier pool…" and "seeks to dedicate an appropriate portion of the University’s business to small, diverse and disadvantaged businesses through outreach programs..." (BUS-43, III, Part 3, section B.1-3) Also, the medical center follows the UC Policy on Sustainable Practices, which directs: “[O]utreach, education, and providing equal access to small, diverse, and disadvantaged suppliers for all applicable University procurement opportunities…” (Sustainable Practices, III.G.5.b)

2. Supplier Point of Contact, Outreach and Communication

Supplier Point of Contact

• Name: Marliz Copado
• Phone: 415-353-4701
• Email: marliz.copado@ucsf.edu

Outreach and Communication

How does your hospital encourage and seek out minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises to become potential suppliers?

Under its Anchor Institution Initiative, the UCSF enterprise (“UCSF”), comprised of the UCSF Medical Center (including the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute) and the UCSF academic system, is committed to working with the community to leverage its operating budget to strengthen its ability to improve the health of the city’s underserved and under-resourced communities, including but not limited to minority, women, LGBT and disabled veteran enterprises, and to promote health equity. UCSF leadership, under the direction of Chancellor Sam Hawgood, has accepted a report titled “Advancing Health Equity in San Francisco: An Assessment of UCSF’s Anchor Institution Capacity and Recommendations for Strategic Direction.” The report, the first step in developing a long-term plan, identified recommendations to drive forward UCSF’s goal of diversifying spend. From these recommendations, a set of priorities were established, calling on greater focus on the development of enterprise-wide infrastructure to support the work of diversifying UCSF spend. In November 2021, UCSF announced that it launched its first community investment program to support housing and minority-owned small businesses. This 3-year pilot program augments UCSF’s Anchor Institution Initiative to address health equity through community economic support. Additively, in correspondence with the entire University of California system, the UCSF Medical Center encourages and seeks out minority, women, LGBT and disabled veteran business enterprises through its address of the UC Sustainable Procurement Guidelines Economically and Socially Responsible (EaSR) Spend goal.

How does your hospital encourage its employees involved in procurement to seek out minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises to become potential suppliers?

Employees involved in procurement at the UCSF Medical Center are encouraged to identify minority, women, LGBT and disabled veteran businesses through use of an internet-based service where certified businesses can be identified by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code whenever a contracting need arises. Procurement staff are further encouraged to utilize this vendor identification resource in meeting complimentary objectives defined in UC’s Small Business First initiative.

How does your hospital conduct outreach and communication to minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises?

Communication and outreach to potential minority, women, LGBT and disabled veteran owned business for becoming potential suppliers is conducted through efforts under the UCSF Anchor Institution Initiative. Information on open bid solicitations is additively available at the UC Public Bid Site, https://smart.gep.com/publicRFx/ucal?oloc=215#/. In the case of disabled veteran as well as women owned enterprises, proactive outreach on contracts less than $250,000 in value is prescribed as part of the UC Small Business First initiative in which the UCSF Medical Center participates.

3. 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)?

$659,477,842.00

4. Certifications and Third Party Procurement

Certifications

How does your hospital support organizations that promote or certify minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises?

The UCSF Medical Center utilizes the previously noted internet-based services of Supplier.io as appropriate in vendor interactions, referring businesses to a vendor registration portal that has been set up at https://uchealth.supplierone.co/. This registration portal allows businesses to self-certify on any diversity characteristics, which is subsequently reported to the UCSF Medical Center.

Do you require suppliers to be certified?

No

Do you accept self-certification?

No

Third-Party Procurement

• Name: Vizient
• Website: www.vizientinc.com

5. Other Relevant Information

Given functional difficulty in determining businesses with a majority workforce within California, the UCSF Medical Center is providing procurements with qualified minority, women, LGBT and disabled veteran businesses regardless of workforce location in this year's submission.