Open bidding for drug supplies to the public health system will be back in play from next week, ending a prequalification process that had controversially handed the lion’s share of contracts to the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) for many years.
The Public Health Ministry in conjunction with the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) will hold a pre-bidding meeting on Tuesday, December 15th for all potential pharmaceutical and medical consumable suppliers, according to an advertisement in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek.
This is the first move by the ministry to showcase that the much anticipated new drug procurement guidelines are
