Client

Project

Business Challenge and Result

LAC+USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

1,500,000 sq. ft.
replacement hospital

Challenge: FDI was responsible for procuring more than 20,000 items using the County-Wide Acquisition System for the largest capital project in Los Angeles County’s history.

Result: Trained as county employees, FDI staff seamlessly functioned as adjunct personnel to the hospital materials management staff. This allowed the county to only apply the resources needed for this project and avoid furloughing employees upon completion.

St. Joseph’s Hospital &
Medical Center
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ

660,000 sq. ft.
new hospital tower

Challenge: Limited budget for procuring state-of-the-art equipment. Maximized buying power by prioritizing equipment purchases.

Result: Client received national recognition for best of practice equipment for a teaching hospital, within their budget constraints.

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
Gilbert, AZ

350,000 sq. ft.
greenfield hospital

Challenge: Project had a compressed schedule for procuring specified equipment, posing a challenge to the hospital opening.

Result: Equipment was successfully procured on time, despite the compressed timeframe, and the hospital opened on schedule.

White Memorial Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

340,000 sq. ft.
replacement hospital

Challenge: Necessity of working with multiple funding sources to achieve the overall procurement.

Result: This flexibility allowed the hospital to procure equipment against many funding sources, maximizing the amount of new equipment it could purchase.

BryanLGH Medical Center
Lincoln, NE

550,000 sq. ft. phased renovation project

Challenge: Required to procure equipment on a phased construction schedule. Multi-phased project included a cardiac imaging department, cath lab, EP lab, ED and surgery expansion and an additional 200 beds.

Result: Provided ongoing procurement support over many years, allowing the hospital to remodel and move into one area at a time.

Yavapai East Medical Center
Prescott, AZ

162,330 sq. ft.
greenfield hospital

Challenge: Project required integration of equipment for reuse into the plan while maximizing the budget to buy as much new equipment as possible.

Result: FDI helped evaluate and reuse as much existing equipment as possible, allowing for reallocation of budget dollars to new equipment.