The measures mainly stipulate the medical equipment procurement procedures, methods, bid evaluation criteria, contract signing and other aspects of the content. Among them, it emphasizes that medical institutions should establish a medical equipment procurement management system, clear procurement process, standards, approval authority, etc., to ensure that the procurement process is open, fair and just. At the same time, it also stipulates the management requirements for the use, maintenance and scrapping of medical equipment, as well as related supervision, inspection and punishment measures.
Summary: The Measures for the Administration of Medical Equipment Procurement in Hebei Province are mainly concerned with the procurement and management of medical equipment, and are applicable to medical institutions and related units in Hebei Province. The measures regulate the procurement procedures and methods of medical equipment, ensure the openness, fairness and impartiality of the procurement process, and improve the efficiency of equipment use and management level.
Legal basis:
Article 7 of the Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China stipulates that government procurement shall be a combination of centralized and decentralized procurement. The scope of centralized procurement is determined by the centralized procurement catalog published by the people's government at or above the provincial level. For government procurement projects belonging to the central budget, the centralized procurement catalog is determined and published by the State Council; for government procurement projects belonging to local budgets, the centralized procurement catalog is determined and published by the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, or by the agencies authorized by them. Included in the centralized purchasing directory of government procurement projects, shall implement centralized purchasing.
Article 26 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Government Procurement stipulates that government procurement shall be conducted in the following ways: (1) open tendering; (2) invitational tendering; (3) competitive negotiation; (4) competitive negotiation; (5) single-source procurement; (6) request for quotations; and (7) other methods of procurement as determined by the government procurement supervision and administration department under the State Council. Open tendering shall be the main procurement method of government procurement.