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Member Choice Awards

Peer-driven recognition of resiliency, transparency, and partnership in practice

The HIRC Member Choice Awards recognize suppliers and purchasers whose consistent, day-to-day behaviors strengthen healthcare supply chain resiliency, transparency, and partnership — supporting continuity of patient care.

These awards are experience-based and nomination-driven, designed to make credible, repeatable practices visible across the healthcare supply chain.

Why it matters

  • Highlights real-world resiliency practices that work
  • Reinforces transparency and trusted collaboration
  • Elevates peer accountability across the supply chain
  • Supports continuity of care through stronger partnerships
  • Makes meaningful behaviors visible and repeatable

Why Participate

Strengthen Supply Chain Culture: Recognize the behaviors that improve trust and continuity

Make Standards Real: Translate badges and adoption into visible practice

Reward Partnership: Highlight suppliers and providers who show up consistently

Share What Works: Surface repeatable actions that peers can learn from

Build Credibility: Recognition is grounded in direct working experience, not self-reporting

How to Get Started (Simple 3 Steps)

Confirm Eligibility

Suppliers must:

Hold the relevant HIRC Badge at nomination

Providers must:

Submit a Peer Nomination

Download the nominations below

Submit one nomination per applicable award category

Purchasers nominate suppliers

Suppliers nominate providers

Recognition at HIRC Academy

Awardees are identified based on qualifying peer nominations, reviewed by leadership and Board, and publicly recognized at HIRC Academy in March.

Provider Eligibility

A provider is eligible if they are active in the HIRC Resiliency in Procurement initiative.

Eligible Providers

Supplier Eligibility

A supplier is eligible if they hold the required HIRC badge.

Eligible Suppliers

Award Categories + Who It Applies To

Nominations reflect consistent, observable behaviors aligned to each award theme.

Provider Award Categories

  1. Provider Resiliency

    Recognizes healthcare providers that embed resiliency into sourcing, planning, and operational decision-making to strengthen supply continuity. Highlights disciplined, repeatable behaviors that protect patient assurance during both routine operations and disruption.

  2. Provider Transparency

    Recognizes healthcare providers that build trust by using supplier-shared information responsibly, predictably, and constructively. Highlights transparency practices that make early disclosure safe, operationally useful, and supportive of continuity of care.

  3. Provider Partnership

    Recognizes healthcare providers that engage suppliers as long-term partners through shared governance, fair risk-sharing, and collaborative problem-solving. Highlights mature partnership behaviors that create durable value for patients, clinicians, and the supply chain.

Nomination Downloads

Provider nominations reflect consistent, observable behaviors aligned to each award theme.

Supplier Award Categories

  1. Supplier Resiliency

    Recognizes suppliers that consistently strengthen continuity through operational rigor, demand discipline, and real contingency readiness. Highlights resiliency that performs under real disruption—not just on paper.

  2. Supplier Transparency

    Recognizes suppliers that share timely, accurate, and actionable information to improve planning and early risk mitigation. Highlights transparency that is operational, usable, and strengthens continuity of care.

  3. Supplier Partnership

    Recognizes suppliers that engage providers as long-term partners through shared problem-solving, commercial maturity, and durable collaboration. Highlights partnership behaviors that are repeatable, disciplined, and patient-centered.

Nomination Downloads

Supplier nominations reflect consistent, observable behaviors aligned to each award theme.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are the awards competitive rankings?

No. The awards are voluntary and non-ranking, and should not be interpreted as procurement recommendations.

Who can submit nominations?

HIRC members nominate based on direct working experience. Purchasers nominate suppliers, and suppliers nominate providers.

What is the deadline?

Awardees are determined by the total number of qualifying nominations received in each category. Ties are resolved using submitted assessment criteria.

How do the Awards connect to the Procurement Pilot?

Providers become eligible through standards adoption in the Resiliency in Procurement Practice Pilot, which serves as the pathway into peer recognition.