In recent years, the procurement of drugs in public health facilities is mostly done in the form of bidding. In particular, the concentrated bidding form at the Department of Health brings advantages to the process of drug supply as well as safe, appropriate and effective management of drug use. In the period 2014-2019, at the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health (DoH), the number of drugs in the concentrated bidding list increases year by year, from 92 (2014) to 101 (2019). The number of winning drugs on the list promulgated by the Ministry of Health has increased year by year. DoH focuses mainly on purchasing drugs under generic packages when the quantity of drugs is in the range of 67-70% higher than the quantity of drugs in the original brand name package (30-33%). In terms of value, compared to the total planned value, the generic package decreased by 65% (2017-2019), while the original brand name package only decreased by 35%. Bid prices and winning prices of each commodity decrease over the years. The difference between bid prices and winning bid prices ranged from 20% to 40%. DoH's locally concentrated list of tenders has not yet fully met the needs of local health facilities, so there is still planning to add new drugs out of the list. Therefore, it is advisable to conduct a further survey on drug use needs in each health facility through data from open bidding at hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. From there, consider which drugs should be added to DoH's centralized procurement list.
Keywords: Centralized bidding, generic bidding package, original brand name bidding package, drug price, HCMC Department of Health.
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