For the First Time in the Country|If the Goods Are Not Supplied on Time, the Machinery Enterprise Needs to Pay Compensation to the Hospital

Recently, Chongqing Medical Security Bureau of China issues the Notice on the Implementation of the Results of Centralized Procurement of Orthopedic Trauma, Coronary Drug Coated Balloon, Pacemaker and Intraocular Lens (hereinafter referred to as the notice).

The Notice specially emphasizes that the selected enterprises should maintain the continuity of service supply before and after the centralized procurement, and the service content and quality and standards should not be reduced.

If adverse events and quality problems occur during the use of the selected products, medical institutions shall report them in a timely manner according to procedures.

For the situation that the supply is not in accordance with the contract, the quality and supply cannot be guaranteed, etc., corresponding measures such as compensation, punishment, withdrawal and emergency protection shall be taken.

This is also the first area in the country that proposes compensation if the supply is not guaranteed.

The deterrent force of punishment measures is not strong

Supply interruption occurs from time to time

In recent years, after centralized procurement, the “supply interruption” of bid winning enterprises has occurred from time to time.

Focus on the “post-link” of centralized procurement

Heavy penalty to cut off supply

Previously, for pharmaceutical companies rated as “serious” for dishonesty, the National Medical Insurance Bureau, in addition to warnings, also stipulates that the company involved in the case should be restricted or suspended from listing, bidding or distributing the drugs or medical consumables.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology organizes the winning companies to submit the production, sales and inventory data of the centralized procurement products every month, dynamically grasp the production supply situation, analyze and judge in a timely manner, and ensure that the winning products can be supplied stably as agreed.

Solving the vicious competition of low price

Easing the pressure on the bid winning enterprises

In August last year, the Joint Procurement Office publicly responded that after the reform of centralized procurement with quantity, it is the responsibility of the selected enterprises to perform according to the agreed price and agreed quantity, and the wrong practice of offering low prices instead of supply should be abandoned.

In this regard, the state has also taken corresponding measures. In September of the same year, the comprehensive Department of NMPA issues Notice on the Work Plan for Strengthening the Quality Supervision of Selected Medical Devices in Centralized Volume Procurement.

The failure of upstream enterprises to provide production raw materials is indeed one of the objective reasons for the interruption of supply.

In this regard, the state has also taken relevant measures. In this regard, the state has also taken relevant measures. For example, the centralized procurement of artificial joints issued a bid winning notice in September last year, which determined that the implementation time was from March to April this year, with an interval of more than half a year. It is also giving enterprises sufficient preparation time and alleviating the supply pressure.

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