The Malaysian Health Ministry is finalizing a 3bil ringgit contract for the supply of medical products to the government hospitals.
The tender exercise is normally carried out every 3 years. Currently, the ministry appointed another company, Pharmaniaga, as the concessionaire to handle and manage the procurements and the distribution of both the pharmaceutical and the non-pharmaceutical products. Pharmaniaga denied the allegation that the company had reaped huge profit from the exercises, and according to the managing director, Datuk Farshila Emran, the tender exercise was conducted in a "transparent manner".
The previous tender exercise involved RM 1bil. The current exercise included the briefing to 172 vendors, who were interested to participant in the Malaysia medical supplies contracts
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| The Star 20 Sep 2013 |
The previous tender exercise involved RM 1bil. The current exercise included the briefing to 172 vendors, who were interested to participant in the Malaysia medical supplies contracts
