What are the principles for contractor selection plan for national-level centralized drug procurement in Vietnam?
- What are the documents enclosed with the application for centralized drug procurement demand in Vietnam?
- What are the principles for contractor selection plan for national-level centralized drug procurement in Vietnam?
- Which entity will receive the application for centralized drug procurement demand in Vietnam?
What are the documents enclosed with the application for centralized drug procurement demand in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 40 of Circular 15/2019/TT-BYT has the following regulations:
Organizing national-level centralized drug procurement
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2. Documents enclosed with the application for centralized drug procurement demand:
a) Summary of the result of contractor selection and drug use of the preceding year, the drug inventory and the quantity of drugs that are planned but have not been used at the time of making summary of the health facilities;
b) A brief explanation for the proposed drug procurement plan shall be given, and a detailed explanation shall also be given in case of fluctuations in 30% of the quantity of the used drugs of the preceding year.
b) Documents as the basis for making the drug procurement plan specified in Article 13 of this Circular;
d) The minutes of the meeting with Drug and Treatment Council of the health facility affiliated to Ministry of Health or the minutes of review of Provincial Departments of Health and its comments on the list, quantity of drugs and demand for drugs of the health facilities under the management of ministries and regulatory authorities and local health authorities.
Accordingly, documents enclosed with the application for centralized drug procurement demand:
- Summary of the result of contractor selection and drug use of the preceding year, the drug inventory and the quantity of drugs that are planned but have not been used at the time of making summary of the health facilities;
- A brief explanation for the proposed drug procurement plan shall be given, and a detailed explanation shall also be given in case of fluctuations in 30% of the quantity of the used drugs of the preceding year.
- Documents as the basis for making the drug procurement plan specified in Article 13 of Circular 15/2019/TT-BYT;
- The minutes of the meeting with Drug and Treatment Council of the health facility affiliated to Ministry of Health or the minutes of review of Provincial Departments of Health and its comments on the list, quantity of drugs and demand for drugs of the health facilities under the management of ministries and regulatory authorities and local health authorities.
What are the principles for contractor selection plan for national-level centralized drug procurement in Vietnam?
What are the principles for contractor selection plan for national-level centralized drug procurement in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 4, Article 40 of Circular 15/2019/TT-BYT stipulates as follows:
Contractor selection plan for natinal-centralized drug procurement shall be developed as follows:
- If the demand for the drug is high and a single supplier is unable to supply an adequate quantity for the whole contract package, it may be divided into smaller packages by regions or socio-economic areas or package values;
Example: Drug A is on the national list of drugs for centralized bidding procurement and the demand for drug A is 100 million tablets per year. No supplier is able to supply this drug with such quantity so it may be divided into smaller contract packages:
+ It may be divided into 03 smaller contract packages for 03 regions: contract package 1 for health facilities in the North with 40 million tablets; contract package 2 for health facilities in the Central Coast with 20 million tablets; contract package 3 for health facilities in the South with 40 million tablets;
+ It may be divided into several smaller contract packages for 07 socio-economic areas: Red River Delta, the Northeast, the Northwest; the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Southeast and Mekong Delta.
- Drug category division in contract packages and contents of contractor selection plans shall comply with Article 7 through Article 14 of this Circular. Time limit for contract execution shall comply with Clause 4 Article 39 of Circular 15/2019/TT-BYT.
Which entity will receive the application for centralized drug procurement demand in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 40 of Circular 15/2019/TT-BYT stipulates as follows:
Organizing national-level centralized drug procurement
1. The survey on demand for drug use shall follow these principles:
a) The health facilities affiliated to Ministry of Health shall survey the demand for drugs with specified names, detailed quantities, categories, supply schedules and submit the result enclosed with the documents specified in Clause 2 of this Article to the national centralized drug procurement center.
a) The health facilities under the management of ministries and regulatory authorities shall survey the demand for drugs with specified names, detailed quantities, categories, supply schedules and submit the results to the local centralized drug procurement units.
d) The local centralized drug procurement units surveys demand for drug use, reports to Provincial Departments of Health and send the drug use plan enclosed with the documents specified in Clause 2 of this Article to the national centralized drug procurement center.
c) The survey shall be annually sent to the national centralized drug procurement center before June 15th or another deadline specified by this center.
Accordingly, the health facilities under the management of ministries and regulatory authorities shall survey the demand for drugs with specified names, detailed quantities, categories, supply schedules and submit the results to the local centralized drug procurement units.
The local centralized drug procurement units surveys demand for drug use, reports to Provincial Departments of Health and send the drug use plan enclosed with the documents to the national centralized drug procurement center.
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