ƵƬ Procurement Guidelines and Policies
Code of Conduct and Supplier Guiding Principles: Service Excellence with Integrity
ƵƬ is committed to a strict observance of business ethics, integrity, and compliance with all laws and regulations governing our business operations.
Conducting business in a way that upholds ƵƬ’s Core Values is more commonly known as The ƵƬ Way.
In order to further ƵƬ’s commitment to these legal and ethical standards and establish an environment that promotes legal and ethical behavior, ƵƬ maintains a Code of Conduct and Supplier Guiding Principles. This Code of Conduct clearly defines ƵƬ’s values and expectations for every ƵƬ teammate, including interactions with suppliers. The Supplier Guiding Principles define ƵƬ’s values and expectations for ƵƬ vendors along with their interactions with our teammates and facilities. ƵƬ places the utmost importance on the observance of these principles.
ƵƬ expects all suppliers to review and uphold the values and expectations in the Code of Conduct and Supplier Guiding Principles.
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) requires ƵƬ to maintain policies and procedures for its teammates and contractors providing information on detecting and preventing fraud, waste and abuse, and whistleblower protections. ƵƬ makes these policies, procedures and information available to suppliers through this website or upon request. ƵƬ expects all suppliers to review and abide by the policies and procedures contained on this website, including notifying ƵƬ of any fraudulent and/or abusive business practices of which you may be aware. ƵƬ prohibits retaliation against anyone who, in good faith, seeks to report abusive or fraudulent practices.
- Compliance with the False Claims Act and Other Fraud, Waste and Abuse Laws Policy
- State False Claims Act summaries are available upon request, by emailing ƵƬ’s Compliance Department at DRA@davita.com
Notification of Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Policy
It is the policy of ƵƬ to take affirmative action in affording equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
This applies to all forms of employment decisions, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, compensation and promotion of all persons, in every job classification.
It is the policy of ƵƬ to cooperate to the fullest extent with the applicable regulations of the Civil Rights Act and any legislation on Equal Employment Opportunity.
ƵƬ requests the cooperation of all subcontractors and suppliers in our equal opportunity and affirmative action efforts and expect them to put in place equal opportunity and affirmative action policies as required.
Additional Supplier Policies
Pursuant to the Vendor Education and Access to Centers Policy, supplier must obtain prior written approval from ƵƬ to provide educational training to ƵƬ teammates or patients at a ƵƬ center. To request approval, suppliers must submit required information, including a copy of the applicable educational training materials, to VEGASRequests@davita.com at least sixty (60) days prior to the proposed event.
This is not an exhaustive list of all ƵƬ supplier policies, procedures and forms. Additional policies, procedures and forms may apply depending upon the business relationship.
Insurance Requirements
All ƵƬ suppliers shall maintain, at their own expense, insurance coverage from an insurance company authorized to do business in the state where the supplier is headquartered and having a general policyholder’s rating of not less than “A” and a financial rating of not less than “VII” as listed in the most current AM Best Insurance Reports, as follows:
a) Commercial general liability insurance, naming ƵƬ as an additional insured and including a blanket waiver of subrogation, and covering bodily injury, death, property damage, personal injury, broad form property damage and contractual liability and broad form products liability with limits not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and three million dollars ($3,000,000) general aggregate;
b) Automobile liability insurance, naming ƵƬ as an additional insured, and covering owned, non-owned and hired vehicles with limits not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence;
c) Workers compensation insurance as required by the law(s) of the state(s) in which the applicable agreement is to be performed, including a waiver of subrogation in favor of ƵƬ, and covering employer’s liability with a limit not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000);
d) Umbrella liability excess of commercial general liability, auto liability and employer’s liability with a limit not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) per occurrence and in the aggregate;
e) Professional Liability insurance covering errors and omissions on an occurrence or a claims-made basis, covering any services provided under the applicable agreement, with a limit not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and three million ($3,000,000) general aggregate, and with coverage being maintained for a period of three (3) years after the expiration of the applicable agreement if the policy is written on a claims-made basis; and
f) Employee dishonesty coverage, including third party client coverage, with a limit not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and in the aggregate.
If supplier procures the foregoing insurance coverage on a “claims made” policy form basis, supplier must secure a reporting endorsement (“tail” coverage) to cover, for a period of three (3) years following expiration or earlier termination of the applicable agreement for any reason, any liabilities, claims, acts or omissions that may have occurred during the term of the agreement. The foregoing coverage and limits will be primary to any insurance coverages maintained by ƵƬ, which will be excess and non-contributory. The foregoing policies shall contain a severability of interests clause and) include at least thirty (30) calendar days’ written notice to ƵƬ of the cancellation, non-renewal, or substantial modification thereof. Supplier will ensure that any subcontractors performing work under the applicable agreement procure and maintain insurance that complies with the requirements herein.
For the avoidance of doubt, in the event supplier has entered into a written agreement with ƵƬ that provides for additional or different insurance requirements, the terms and conditions of such agreement shall control.