Health Minister of Ukraine Alexander Kvitashvili has signed a UAH 750
million agreement on medicine procurement using budget funds with Britain's
Crown Agents international procurement development agency.
The agreement was signed in Kyiv on November 6.
Under the agreement, the agency will buy medicines
under adult and children cancer treatment programs.
"We hope that starting from the procurement cycle
of next year all procurement tenders will be passed over to international
organizations," Kvitashvili said.
Senor Consultant of Crown Agents Christine Jackson
then told reporters that the procurement procedure could have actually started
on November 6.
An announcement will be posted on the websites of the
Health Ministry and Crown Agents, inviting all suppliers of cancer treating
medicines to take part in the tender.
Jackson expressed hope that there will be many offers.
She said that bidders are to meet tough conditions
foreseen in the agency's procedures.
"International criteria will be observed. We
believe that medicines that will be bought will meet these criteria," she
said.
"This is an open process for everyone who will
respond to our announcement," she said.
As reported, the Health Ministry plans to buy medicines
through UNICEF to the tune of UAH 800 million. The ministry has already
transferred UAH 620 million to UNDP for procurements. In general, the ministry
said, international organizations are expected to handle medicine procurements
worth UAH 2.197 billion.
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