Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting to draft a decree guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the 2023 Law on Bidding - Photo: VGP
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong said that during the process of drafting the decree, the ministry asked for opinions from members of the Government on many issues related to bidding for drugs, equipment, and medical supplies.
Hospitals offer solutions to overcome difficulties
Including: regulations on bidding package pricing; procedures for approving contractor selection plans in the shortened bidding process; payment for the cost of purchasing drugs, chemicals, testing supplies, and medical equipment for private medical examination and treatment facilities.
On that basis, the Deputy Prime Minister requested that representatives of hospitals and health departments contribute frankly to the articles, points, and clauses so that when the decree is issued, it will create consensus in perception and immediately resolve practical problems.
"The selection of contractors in the healthcare sector is strictly managed, ensuring safety, preventing corruption, waste, and inefficiency, but must be strongly decentralized," said the Deputy Prime Minister.
Deputy Minister of Health Le Duc Luan said that the specific nature of bidding activities for the procurement of drugs, supplies, and medical equipment must meet both professional and technical requirements, treatment needs, and financial capacity.
Therefore, the Ministry of Health recommends that in case there are 2 or more quotations, the highest price can be selected as the basis for making the estimate for the construction price of the bidding package.
Dr. Pham Ngoc Dong, deputy director of the Central Eye Hospital, said that according to the process, the hospital's council will select the list, feature requirements and basic technical requirements based on professional requirements, before building the bid package price.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bac - Director of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City - stated that in the case of purchasing equipment and technology used to deploy new techniques that are not yet available in Vietnam, there is no basis for setting the bidding package price, so a special mechanism is needed.
Decentralized rare drug bidding for hospitals
Leaders of units such as the 108 Military Central Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, and K Hospital also proposed maximum decentralization for medical facilities to conduct direct bidding for the purchase of drugs for emergency treatment, rare drugs, and essential consumables in accordance with their capacity and treatment requirements; expand the types of drugs and medical supplies subject to price negotiation and centralized bidding.
Based on the comments, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to absorb the comments to complete the draft. In particular, criteria for determining the legitimacy of quotation information sources as a basis for setting bid package prices are developed.
To overcome difficulties in implementing consultancy and bidding appraisal, there should be clear regulations to mobilize the participation of appraisal and consulting units. Commonly used drugs with large volumes must be included in the centralized bidding list. Rare, special and specialized drugs must be decentralized to hospitals.
Mr. Tran Hong Ha also noted the transitional provisions to avoid creating legal gaps when conducting bidding. Including reviewing previous documents if they are contrary to the 2023 Bidding Law, guiding the implementation of the Bidding Law, allowing the extension of the implementation time of bidding packages implemented according to the law...
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