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Written by Maddie Grant
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In establishing contracts for goods and services, HPV undertakes significant pre-tender research to understand the needs of hospitals with regards to the products or services under consideration.
A Product Reference Group (PRG) is convened for each tender. A PRG consists of hospital and health service representatives who have specific and significant expertise and knowledge of the products or services HPV will be tendering for. The PRG is responsible for guiding HPV in determining the requirements for tender and the basis by which the tender is to be evaluated i.e. it is responsible for developing the product list, specifications and evaluation criteria. For further information about Product Reference Groups, click here.
An important part of this process is recognising that product use and practice can vary widely between hospitals and therefore the contract scope and award must be sufficiently broad to encompass the range of user needs.
While use of HPV contracts is mandatory, HPV recognised that there are times when products available on HPV contracts do not meet hospital needs and therefore there must be a mechanism available to permit purchasing off-contract on clinical or exceptional grounds.
For further information relating to requests for exemption, please contact Jillian Williams, Clinical Advisor, either by email:
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Written by Zoe Hawke
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Introduction
Health Purchasing Victoria is working with public health services across the state to develop standard guidelines for product management as part of a wider risk management strategy. This includes:
- A clinical product problem reporting system
- A procedure for medical device or medicine recall
- Visiting company representatives.
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a global framework for health services to develop policies, procedures and guidelines that will ensure compliance and expected outcomes.
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Written by Tom Truman
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This policy replaces earlier dated general Purchasing Policies. It was made to establish an effective operational and delivery strategy for HPV’s forward Prospective Tender Schedule and Confirmed Annual Tender Program. It is designated as ‘Principal’ in order to differentiate it from other Purchasing Policies which may be developed from time to time.
For more information, see the most recent Principal Purchasing Policy.
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Written by Megan Main
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HPV is pleased to announce the Confirmed Annual Tender Program (CATP) for 2011-2012, which has been developed based on input from all Victorian public hospitals and health services to address high-demand categories of expenditure. This was circulated to Chief Executives during July and August 2011 for feedback.
View the tender categories which are confirmed for FY2011-2012.
The following tender categories were confirmed for FY2010-2011. Confirmed Annual Tender Program FY2010-2011
The following tender categories were published for FY2009/2010. Confirmed Annual Tender Program FY2009/2010
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Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) advises that, after giving notice of intention to make and considering the received submissions, it has made a purchasing policy to give effect to the Patient Food Preparation and Distribution Metropolitan Melbourne Strategy.
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