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MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom – Happiness
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No.: 14/VBHN-BYT

Hanoi, November 26, 2021

 

CIRCULAR

PRESCRIBING BIDDING FOR SUPPLY OF DRUGS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES

The Circular No. 15/2019/TT-BYT dated July 11, 2019 of the Minister of Health prescribing bidding for supply of drugs for public health facilities, coming into force from October 01, 2019, is amended by:

The Circular No. 15/2021/TT-BYT dated September 24, 2021 of the Minister of Health providing amendments to the Circular No. 15/2019/TT-BYT dated July 11, 2019 of the Minister of Health prescribing bidding for supply of drugs for public health facilities.

Pursuant to the Law on Bidding dated November 26, 2013;

Pursuant to the Law on Pharmacy dated April 06, 2016;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP dated June 26, 2014 providing guidelines for the Law on bidding regarding contractor selection;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 54/2017/ND-CP dated May 08, 2017 providing guidelines for implementation of the Law on Pharmacy;

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At the request of the Director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam and the Director of the Department of Planning and Finance;

The Minister of Health promulgates a Circular prescribing bidding for supply of drugs for public health facilities. 1

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

1. This Circular provides guidelines on bidding for supply of drugs (including modern drugs, herbal drugs, traditional drugs, vaccines and biologicals) and herbal ingredients for public health facilities, including: the division of contract packages and drug categories; planning, forms, methods and organization of selection of drug suppliers; centralized drug procurement and procurement of drugs by price negotiation using funding from state budget, health insurance fund, revenues from medical examination and treatment services and other lawful funding sources of public health facilities.

2. Procurement of drugs by drug retailers located within the precincts of a public health facility shall comply with the provisions of Clause 76 Article 5 of Decree No. 155/2018/ND-CP dated November 12, 2018 providing amendments to regulations on business and investment conditions under the management of the Ministry of Health. In case the health facility organizes the bidding for supply of drugs for the drug retailers located within its precincts, it must comply with the guidelines herein.

3. Procurement of drugs according to orders or plans of the State shall comply with the Government’s Decree No. 32/2019/ND-CP dated April 10, 2019 prescribing task assignment, ordering or bidding for supply of public products and services funded by state budget for recurrent expenditures.

4. Procurement of drugs for use in health facilities or infirmaries of armed forces shall comply with the guidelines given by the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security.

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6. Procurement of qualified whole blood and blood products shall comply with the Circular No. 05/2017/TT-BYT of April 14, 2017 of the Minister of Health and the Circular No. 20/2018/TT-BYT dated August 30, 2018 of the Minister of Health.

72. With regard to antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) funded by health insurance fund, the formulation, appraisal, approval and implementation of the drug supplier selection plan as well as the conclusion of framework agreements with selected drug suppliers shall comply with the provisions of this Circular. Other contents relating to planning for drug demands, conclusion of contracts with suppliers, management of use, advance payment, payment and statement of costs of ARVs, regulations, funding sources and methods of support for co-payments of costs of ARVs for HIV-infected people who have valid health insurance cards shall comply with the Circular No. 28/2017/TT-BYT dated June 28, 2017 of the Minister of Health and the Circular No. 08/2018/TT-BYT dated April 18, 2018 of the Minister of Health.

Article 2. Regulated entities

1. This Circular applies to regulatory authorities, organizations and individuals participating or involved in bidding for supply of drugs.

2. State-invested health facilities operated under the Law on Enterprises shall follow the provisions of this Circular.

3. Private health facilities providing medical services covered by health insurance fund shall comply with the provisions of Article 52 of the Law on Bidding and the provisions of Clause 7 Article 50 of this Circular.

Article 3. Definitions

For the purposes of this Circular, the terms below shall be construed as follows:

1. “SRA” stands for Stringent Regulatory Authorities that include the drug regulatory authorities defined in Clause 10 Article 2 of the Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BYT dated November 12, 2018 of the Minister of Health.

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3. “ICH” stands for the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.

4. “PIC/s” stands for Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme.

5. “GMP" means Good Manufacturing Practices for drug products.

6. “GACP” means Good Agricultural and Collection Practices for herbal ingredients.

7. “production line fulfilling EU-GMP requirements” means a drug production line that is certified to comply with EU-GMP requirements by a competent authority of the Member State of EMA (European Medicines Agency).

8. “production line fulfilling EU-GMP-equivalent requirements” means a drug production line that is certified to comply with GMP requirements by a competent authority of a country included in the list of countries considered as SRA.

9. “production line fulfilling PIC/s-GMP requirements” means a drug production line that is certified to comply with PIC/s-GMP requirements by a competent authority of a country included in the list of PIC/s-GMP participating authorities.

10. “CIF price” means the import price that includes the costs, insurance, and freight of drugs from the exporting country to the port of Vietnam.

11. “reference biological” means a biological granted the certificate of marketing authorization in Vietnam on the basis of sufficient data about its quality, safety and efficacy.

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13. “therapeutic equivalence” means drugs of pharmaceutical equivalence that are approved as bioequivalent, and have the same safety and clinical effect on patients when they are used under specific conditions on their package inserts.

Article 4. Responsibility to develop and implement drug supplier selection plans

1. Heads of health facilities shall develop their own plans for selection of drug suppliers according to Article 14 of this Circular and the following provisions:

a) With regard to drugs included in the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding or the list of drugs procured through price negotiation: The National centralized drug procurement center shall develop the drug supplier selection plan. The plan shall be based on the demand for drugs of health facilities according to the notification of the National centralized drug procurement center. The maximum period of a contract is 36 months and divided by drug category and supply interval (quarterly and annually);

b) With regard to drugs included in the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding: The provincial-level centralized drug procurement units shall develop drug supplier selection plans. The plan shall be based on the demand for drugs of health facilities according to the notification of the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit. The maximum period of a contract is 36 months and divided by drug category and supply interval (quarterly and annually);

c) With regard to drugs of which suppliers are selected by health facilities themselves: Health facilities shall develop their own plans for selection of drug suppliers.  The plan shall be made periodically or on request.  The maximum period of a contract is 12 months and divided by drug category.

2. Heads of health facilities shall organize selection of drug suppliers and ensure their compliance with the following provisions:

a) With regard to drugs included in the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding or the list of drugs procured through price negotiation: The National centralized drug procurement center shall organize the selection of drug suppliers in accordance with regulations in Chapter IV and Chapter V of this Circular;

b) With regard to drugs included in the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding: Provincial-level centralized drug procurement units shall organize the selection of drug suppliers in accordance with regulations in Chapter IV of this Circular;

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Article 5. Reporting bidding results

1. Within 10 days from the day on which the drug supplier selection result is approved, the head of the health facility shall submit report on drug supplier selection result as follows:

a) Hospitals and institutions providing inpatient treatment affiliated to the Ministry of Health shall submit reports on drug supplier selection results to the Ministry of Health.

b) Provincial-level centralized drug procurement units and health facilities organizing bidding for supply of drugs under the management of People's Committees of central-affiliated cities and provinces (hereinafter referred to as “Provincial-level People's Committees”) shall submit reports on drug supplier selection results to relevant Provincial Departments of Health.

c) Health facilities affiliated to regulatory authorities and other health facilities shall submit reports on drug supplier selection results to competent authorities that have given approval for their drug supplier selection plans.

2. Within 10 days from the date of receipt of reports on drug supplier selection results as prescribed in Point b Clause 1 of this Article, Provincial Departments of Health shall repaper and submit consolidated reports to the Ministry of Health.

3. Methods of report submission:

a) Reports shall be made using forms in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2 enclosed herewith;

b) Reports shall be submitted in physical form and by email to the Ministry of Health as follows:

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- 01 copy shall be sent to the Drug Administration of Vietnam affiliated to the Ministry of Health through email: qlgiathuoc.qld@moh.gov.vn, in respect of contract packages of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence or generic drugs.

- 01 copy shall be sent to the Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam affiliated to the Ministry of Health through email: quanlyduoclieu@moh.gov.vn, in respect of contract packages of herbal drugs, traditional drugs, herbal ingredients or traditional ingredients.

4. Before the 31st of October every year, health authorities of Ministries, hospitals and institutions providing inpatient treatment affiliated to the Ministry of Health, Provincial Departments of Health shall prepare and send reports on violations committed by bidders during bidding for supply of drugs for health facilities in the previous period (using the form in Appendix 3 enclosed herewith) to the Ministry of Health (via the Department of Planning and Finance, in respect of all contract packages; the Drug Administration of Vietnam, in respect of contract packages of generic drugs, original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence; or Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam, in respect of contract packages of herbal drugs, traditional drugs, herbal ingredients or traditional ingredients) for consolidation and announcement for use as the basis for bidder evaluation in the next period.

Article 6. Expenses and document retention

1. Expenses incurred during the process of drug supplier selection shall comply with Article 9 of the Government’s Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP dated June 26, 2014 providing guidelines for implementation of the Law on bidding regarding contractor selection (hereinafter referred to as “Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP”).

2. Retention of documents during the process of drug supplier selection shall comply with Article 10 of Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

Chapter II

DIVISION OF CONTRACT PACKAGES AND DRUGS

Article 7. Generic drug contract package

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1. Category 1 includes drugs satisfying 01 (one) of the 03 (three) following criteria:

a) The drug is wholly manufactured on the production line fulfilling EU-GMP requirements or the production line fulfilling EU-GMP-equivalent requirements in a country included in the list of countries considered as SRA;

b) The drug is included in the list of original brand-name drugs or reference biologicals announced by the Ministry of Health, except original brand-name drugs which are included in the list of drugs procured through price negotiation announced by the Ministry of Health and for which price negotiation results have been announced;

c) The drug is wholly manufactured in Vietnam and meets all of the following criteria:

-  The drug is wholly manufactured on the production line fulfilling EU-GMP requirements or the production line fulfilling EU-GMP-equivalent requirements and certified by a drug authority of Vietnam to fulfill EU-GMP requirements or EU-GMP-equivalent requirements;

-  The drug is granted certificate of marketing authorization by a drug authority of a country included in the list of countries considered as SRA according to Clause 8 Article 50 of this Circular;

- The drug sold in Vietnam and the drug granted certificate of marketing authorization a drug authority of a country included in the list of countries considered as SRA must have the same dosage form, production process, quality and testing methods; active ingredients and excipients must have the same quality, manufacturing facility or site as prescribed in Clause 8 Article 50 of this Circular.

2. Category 2 includes drugs satisfying 01 (one) of the 02 (two) following criteria:

a) The drug is wholly manufactured on the production line fulfilling EU-GMP requirements or the production line fulfilling EU-GMP-equivalent requirements and certified by a drug authority of Vietnam to fulfill EU-GMP requirements or EU-GMP-equivalent requirements.

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3. Category 3 includes drugs which are manufactured on production lines fulfilling GMP requirements as certified by drug authorities of Vietnam and of which bioequivalence study results have been announced by drug authorities of Vietnam.

4. Category 4 includes drugs which are wholly manufactured in Vietnam on production lines fulfilling WHO-GMP requirements as certified by drug authorities of Vietnam.

5. Category 5 includes drugs which are manufactured on production lines fulfilling WHO-GMP requirements as certified by drug authorities of Vietnam and not classified in categories specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.

Article 8. Contract packages of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence

1. Heads of health facilities shall make decision on procurement of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence to original brand-name drugs or reference biologicals on the basis of opinions given by their Drug and Treatment Councils.

2. A contract package of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence may contain one or several original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence or reference biological. Each drug is a part of the contract package. A drug included in the contract package of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence is required to satisfy 02 (two) following criteria:

b) The drug is included in the list of original brand-name drugs, drugs of therapeutic equivalence with original brand-name drugs and reference biologicals announced by the Ministry of Health, except original brand-name drugs which are included in the list of drugs procured through price negotiation announced by the Ministry of Health and for which price negotiation results have been announced.

b) The drug is wholly manufactured in a country included in the list of countries considered as SRA, unless the health facility proves that the original brand-name drug or reference biological is initially manufactured in a country which is not included in the list of countries considered as SRA or undergoes one or several manufacturing stages in Vietnam.

Article 9. Contract packages of herbal drugs and traditional drugs (excluding traditional ingredients)

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1. Category 1 includes drugs satisfying 02 (two) following criteria:

a) The drug is wholly manufactured from herbal ingredients which are planted, collected or obtained naturally and certified to fulfill GACP requirements by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam;

b) The drug is wholly manufactured in Vietnam on the production line which is certified to fulfill GMP requirements for herbal drugs or traditional drugs by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

2. Category 2 includes herbal drugs and traditional drugs wholly manufactured in Vietnam on the production lines which are certified to fulfill GMP requirements for herbal drugs or traditional drugs by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

3. Category 3 includes herbal drugs and traditional drugs which do not satisfy the criteria specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.

Article 10. Contract packages of traditional ingredients

A contract package of traditional ingredients may contain one or several herbal ingredients. Each list of herbal ingredients must be sorted by category. Each herbal ingredient in a category is a part of the contract package. A contract package of herbal ingredients is divided into 03 (three) categories based on technical criteria as follows:

1. Category 1 includes traditional ingredients satisfying 02 (two) following criteria:

a) The traditional ingredient is wholly manufactured from herbal ingredients which are planted, collected or obtained naturally and certified to fulfill GACP requirements by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam;

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2. Category 2 includes traditional ingredients wholly manufactured in Vietnam on the production lines which are certified to fulfill GMP requirements for traditional ingredients by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam (including traditional ingredients in the following dosage forms: glue, granule, powder, extract, essential oil, resin, gum or jelly).

3. Category 3 includes traditional ingredients which do not satisfy the criteria specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.

Article 11. Contract packages of herbal ingredients

A contract package of herbal ingredients may contain one or several herbal ingredients. Each list of herbal ingredients must be sorted by category. Each herbal ingredient in a category is a part of the contract package. A contract package of herbal ingredients is divided into 03 (three) categories based on technical criteria as follows:

1. Category 1 includes herbal ingredients which are planted, collected or obtained naturally, and certified to fulfill GACP requirements by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

2. Category 2 includes semi-finished herbal ingredients, including glue, granule, powder, extract, essential oil, resin, gum and jelly, which are manufactured in Vietnam on the production lines certified by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam to fulfill GMP requirements for medicinal materials being herbal ingredients.

3. Category 3 includes herbal ingredients which do not satisfy the criteria specified in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.

Article 12. Provisions on bidding for drug categories 

1. Principles for bidding for drug categories in a contract package

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b) If a drug bid for is manufactured by several facilities, all of them have to satisfy the technical criteria of the category into which they are sorted.

2. Generic drug contract package:

a) A bidder whose drug satisfies the criteria of category 1 shall be sorted into category 1, category 2, and category 5;

b) A bidder whose drug satisfies the criteria of category 2 shall be sorted into category 2 and category 5;

c) A bidder whose drug satisfies the criteria of category 3 shall be sorted into category 3 or category 5;

d) A bidder whose drug satisfies the criteria of category 4 shall be sorted into category 4 and category 5;

dd) A bidder whose drug satisfies the criteria of neither of category 1, category 2, category 3, and category 4 shall be sorted into category 5.

3. Contract packages of herbal drugs and traditional drugs:

a) A bidder whose drug satisfies the criteria of category 1 shall be sorted into category 1, category 2 and category 3;

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c) A bidder whose drug satisfies the criteria of neither of category 1 and category 2 shall be sorted into category 3.

4. Contract packages of traditional ingredients:

a) A bidder whose traditional ingredient satisfies the criteria of category 1 shall be sorted into category 1, category 2 and category 3;

b) A bidder whose traditional ingredient satisfies the criteria of category 2 shall be sorted into category 2 and category 3;

c) A bidder whose traditional ingredient satisfies the criteria of neither of category 1 and category 2 shall be sorted into category 3.

5. Contract packages of herbal ingredients:

a) A bidder whose herbal ingredient satisfies the criteria of category 1 shall be sorted into category 1 and category 3;

b) A bidder whose herbal ingredient satisfies the criteria of category 2 shall be sorted into category 2;

c) A bidder whose herbal ingredient satisfies the criteria of neither of category 1 and category 2 shall be sorted into category 3.

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a) A foreign drug manufactured under a processing contract or technology transfer contract in Vietnam shall be sorted into the drug categories prescribed in Point b of this Clause when it satisfies the following criteria:

- There is a technology transfer contract which contains a schedule for fully transferring technology to the processor or technology transfer receiver to manufacture all finished drugs in Vietnam within a maximum duration of 5 years from the issue date of the registration certificate in Vietnam;

- The drugs manufactured under a processing contract or technology transfer contract in Vietnam and those before processing or technology transfer must have the same dosage form, production process, and quality standards in terms of ingredients and finished products;

- The drug is not included in the List of domestically manufactured drugs satisfying treatment, pricing and supply requirements published by the Ministry of Health according to technical criteria (unless the drug is wholly manufactured in Vietnam when it is granted registration certificate in Vietnam).

b) Inclusion of foreign drugs which are manufactured under processing contracts or technology transfer contracts in Vietnam and satisfy the requirements set out in Point a of this Clause shall be made as follows:

- Foreign drugs manufactured under processing contracts or technology transfer contracts in Vietnam, included in the list of original brand-name drugs or the list of reference biologicals as announced by the Ministry of Health, and satisfying the requirements set out in Point b Clause 2 Article 8 of this Circular shall be included in contract packages of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence. If a drug is included in the list of drugs procured through price negotiation announced by the Ministry of Health, this drug shall be procured through price negotiation;

- If foreign drugs specified in Point a Clause 1 Article 7 of this Circular are manufactured under processing contracts or technology transfer contracts in Vietnam on the production line fulfilling EU-GMP requirements or the production line fulfilling EU-GMP-equivalent requirements and certified by a drug authority of Vietnam to fulfill EU-GMP requirements or EU-GMP-equivalent requirements, they shall be sorted into category 1, category 2, category 4 and category 5;

- If foreign drugs specified in Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular are manufactured under processing contracts or technology transfer contracts in Vietnam on the production line fulfilling EU-GMP requirements or the production line fulfilling EU-GMP-equivalent requirements and certified by a drug authority of Vietnam to fulfill EU-GMP requirements or EU-GMP-equivalent requirements, they shall be sorted into category 2, category 4 and category 5;

- Other drugs manufactured under processing contracts or technology transfer contracts in Vietnam shall be sorted into category 4 and category 5.

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Chapter III

PROCUREMENT OF DRUGS FOR HEALTH FACILITIES

Section 1. DRUG SUPPLIER SELECTION PLAN

Article 13. Grounds for drug supplier selection plan

1. The drug supplier selection plan shall be made annually or whenever necessary on the following grounds:

a) Funding from state budget:

Funding for procurement of drugs from state budget shall be annually allocated by a competent authority. If funding has not been provided, the plan shall be made according to the procurement and use of drugs funded by state budget of the previous year and the anticipated demand for drugs in the current year;

b) Revenues from medical examination and treatment services and payments from social insurance agencies:

- Contract for provision of covered medical services signed between the heath facility and the social insurance agency;

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c) For drugs covered by other funding sources of the health facility: the plan shall be made according to the procurement and use of drugs covered by such funding sources in the preceding year and anticipated demand for drugs in the current year of the health facility. 

2. If the health facility has selected a drug supplier and signed a contract but the demand for a drug exceeds the contractual quantity by more than 20%, such health facility shall make a plan for selection of additional drug suppliers.

Article 14. Contents of drug supplier selection plan  

1. Name of the contract package:

The division of contract package and drug categories shall comply with the provisions of Articles 7 through 12 of this Circular. If a contract package is divided into smaller parts, each of them must have a suitable name. Specific information in a drug supplier selection plan:

a) Each part of a contract package of generic drugs shall contain: name of active ingredient; content or concentration; route of administration, dosage form; drug category; measuring unit; quantity; unit price and total value;

b) Each part of a contract package of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence shall contain: the name of drug and the phrase “hoặc tương đương điều trị) (“or drugs of therapeutic equivalence”); name of active ingredient; content or concentration; route of administration, dosage form; measuring unit; quantity; unit price and total value. If a single active ingredient has several names of the original brand-name drug or drug of therapeutic equivalence or reference biological on the list of original brand-name drugs or the list of drugs of therapeutic equivalence or the list of reference biologicals published by the Ministry of Health, all names must be specified;

c) Each part of a contract package of herbal drugs or traditional drugs shall contain: name of drug; route of administration, dosage form; measuring unit; quantity; drug category; unit price and total value. Names of drugs shall be specified according to Clause 3 of this Article.

d) Each part of a contract package of herbal ingredients or traditional ingredients shall contain: name of herbal ingredient or traditional ingredient; scientific name; quality standards; raw form or processing method; category; measuring unit, quantity; unit price and total value.

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a) It has the same dosage form as the original brand-name drug or reference biological which has the same active ingredient and route of administration or the drug which has the same active ingredient and route of administration, and granted certificate of marketing authorization in a country included in the list of countries considered as SRA;

b) If a drug is not specified in Point a Clause 2 of this Article, the health facility shall clearly state its demand for this dosage form in terms of necessity and estimated quantity, and shall only use it in case another dosage form cannot be used or does not respond to treatment;

3. Names of herbal drugs or traditional drugs shall be written as follows:

a) Only the drug ingredients are specified; their trade names shall not be specified;

b) For drugs having the same ingredients or dosage form: only contents or concentrations of the ingredients are specified if the difference in contents or concentrations leads to difference in dose and indications of the drug according to opinions of the Drug and Treatment Council.

4. Value of contract package:

a) The value of the contract package is total value of the contract package, including all expenses;

b) If a contract package is divided into smaller parts, the unit price and value of each part must be specified in accordance with Clause 1 of this Article. The health facility shall propose the unit price in the drug supplier selection plan and assume responsibility for its proposal;

c) When making the drug supplier selection plan, the procuring entity shall check the successful bids of drugs and herbal ingredients over the previous 12 months of health facilities published by the Ministry of Health (Drug Administration of Vietnam, Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam) on their website. To be specific: 

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- For a drug or herbal ingredient whose successful bid is unpublished or proposed price is higher than successful bids published by the Ministry of Health (Drug Administration of Vietnam, Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam) in the previous 12 months, the health facility shall check quotations or sales invoices of at least 03 drug suppliers on the market at the time of preparation of the drug supplier selection plan and ensure that the proposed price shall not exceed the effective wholesale price it refers to (except for herbal ingredients and traditional ingredients). For a drug or herbal ingredient having fewer than 03 suppliers (fewer than 03 quotations or invoices), the head of the health facility shall propose the price according to such quotations and invoices, provide explanations, and take responsibility for the appropriateness of the proposed price when the drug supplier selection plan is made.

d) The proposed price of items with the same active ingredient, concentration or content, and dosage form in the generic drug contract package must comply with the following rules: 

- The proposed price of category 1 shall not be higher than that of the original brand-name drug or reference biological;

- The proposed price of category 2 or category 3 shall not be higher than that of the original brand-name drug or reference biological and that of category 1;

- The proposed price of category 4 shall not be higher than the proposed prices of the original brand-name drugs or reference biologicals, and drugs of category 1, drugs of category 2 manufactured in Vietnam, and drugs of category 3;

- The proposed price of category 5 shall not be higher than the proposed prices of the original brand-name drugs or reference biologicals, and drugs of category 1, category 2, category 3 and category 4.

5. Funding sources: the health facility must specify the sources of funding for drug procurement; if the funding source is ODA or concessional loan, the name of sponsor and fund composition must be specified, including the aid and counterpart fund (if any).

6. Drug supplier selection methods and procedures:

a) Drug supplier selection methods:

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b) Drug supplier selection procedures:

Based on the drug supplier selection method and value of the contract package, the health facility shall propose drug supplier selection procedures in accordance with the provisions of Articles 28 and 29 of the Law on bidding, Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP and guidelines in this Circular. For a small contract package requiring quality and good prices, the single-stage two-envelope bidding procedures shall be applied.

7. Starting time of drug supplier selection:

The month or quarter in which bidding documents or request for proposals are issued shall be specified.

8. Type of contract:

Type of contract shall depend on the value and nature of the contract package, and supply method as prescribed in Article 62 of the Law on bidding.

9. Time limit for contract execution:

The time limit for contract execution is specified in the drug supplier selection plan but shall not exceed 12 months from the effective date of the contract.

Article 15. Submission of drug supplier selection plan for approval

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a) The head of the health facility shall assume responsibility to prepare the drug supplier selection plan to ensure that the supply of drugs can meet its medical treatment requirements.

b) At least 03 months before the expiry of the previous drug supply contract, the head of the health facility shall submit the drug supplier selection plan to the person who is competent or assigned to consider giving approval for the drug supplier selection plan as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular.

2. A request for approval for the drug supplier selection plan shall contain:

a) Grounds for the drug supplier selection plan as prescribed in Article 13 of this Circular;

b) Contents of the drug supplier selection plan as prescribed in Article 14 of this Circular, which must be specified as follows:

- Names of contract packages, value of each part and value of the contract package, and total value of contract packages specified in the drug supplier selection plan, and grounds for division of contract packages. If drugs are procured with funding from state budget, total value of contract packages in the drug supplier selection plan shall not exceed the approved cost estimate;

- The drug supplier selection method and procedures applied to each contract package shall be one of those specified in Articles 19 through 26 of this Circular. If the competitive bidding is not applied, the request shall specify reasons for choosing other methods;

- Explanation for increase in quantity of drugs manufactured in Vietnam according to guidelines given by the Ministry of Health.

3. Documents enclosed with the request include:

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b) Documents used as the basis for the drug supplier selection plan as prescribed in Article 13 of this Circular;

c) Minutes of the meeting of the Drug and Treatment Council of the health facility on the list, quantity, demand for original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence or reference biologicals, demand for drugs of the dosage form separately written in the drug supplier selection plan as prescribed in Clause 2 Article 14 of this Circular, the expression of names and contents or concentrations in the contract package of herbal drugs or traditional drugs;

d) The investor’s decision on approval for funding sources, list, quantity and proposed prices of drug items specified in the drug supplier selection plan.

4. The request for approval for the drug supplier selection plan shall be sent by post or directly or electronically, according to guidelines given by competent authorities, to the unit assigned to appraise drug supplier selection plans. The request for approval for the drug supplier selection plan shall be made using the form in Appendix 5 enclosed herewith.

Article 16. Appraisal of drug supplier selection plan

The drug supplier selection plan shall be appraised before it is submitted to the competent person for approval as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular.

1. Organization of appraisal:

a) For public health facilities affiliated to ministries, ministerial agencies and governmental agencies: Competent persons specified in Point a Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular shall decide to choose the agencies in charge of appraising drug supplier selection plans;

b) For public health facilities under the management of provincial governments:

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- If the Chairperson of the Provincial People’s Committee authorizes another person to consider giving approval for the drug supplier selection plan, the authorized person shall assign a unit whose functions and duties are appropriate for the nature of the contract package to perform plan appraisal tasks.

c) For health facilities other than those specified in Points a and b Clause 1 of this Article, the legal representative of the health facility or his/her authorized person shall choose a unit in charge of appraising the drug supplier selection plan.

2. Duties of an appraising unit:

a) Examine and appraise the contents specified in Articles 7 through 15 of this Circular within 20 days from the receipt of adequate relevant documents. If required documents are inadequate, the appraising unit shall request submission of additional documents or return the received documents to the health facility within 05 working days from the receipt of such documents;

b) Make a report on appraisal of the drug supplier selection plan using the form in Appendix 6 enclosed herewith. The appraisal report shall be enclosed with a set of original documents of the health facility’s request for approval for the drug supplier selection plan, which has been appraised, and submitted to the competent person specified in Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular for approval.

Article 17. Approval for drug supplier selection plan 

1. Power to approve drug supplier selection plans:

a) Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, and heads of governmental agencies shall have the power to approve drug supplier selection plans of health facilities under their management. a) Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, and heads of governmental agencies may authorize heads of health facilities under their management to consider giving approval for drug supplier selection plans of some contract packages. In this case, the authorized person shall appoint a unit whose functions and duties are appropriate for the nature of the contract package to appraise the drug supplier selection plan before approving.

b) Chairpersons of Provincial People's Committees shall consider approving drug supplier selection plans of health facilities under their management. Chairpersons of Provincial People's Committees may authorize heads of health facilities under their management to consider giving approval for drug supplier selection plans of some contract packages. In this case, the authorized person shall appoint a unit whose functions and duties are appropriate for the nature of the contract package to appraise the drug supplier selection plan before approving.

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d) Authorization to approve drug supplier selection plans of health facilities of armed forces shall comply with guidelines given by the Ministry of National Defence or the Ministry of Public Security.

2. Within 05 working days from the receipt of the appraisal report and the request for approval for the drug supplier selection plan, the competent person specified in Clause 1 of this Article shall consider approving the plan.

3. The approved drug supplier selection plan shall be published on the national bidding system in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Law on Bidding and its guiding documents.

Article 18. Selection of suppliers of drugs included in list of drugs procured through centralized bidding or list of drugs procured through price negotiation by health facilities

1. A health facility may itself carry out selection of suppliers of drugs included in the List of drugs procured through centralized bidding or the List of drugs procured through price negotiation, provided the drug quantity does not exceed the demand for drugs for 12 months (from the date of receipt of written notification from the centralized drug procurement unit), in one of the following cases:

a) The health facility needs to use a drug included in the List of drugs procured through centralized bidding or the List of drugs procured through price negotiation but results of centralized bidding or price negotiation have not been published;

b) The health facility needs to use a drug included in the List of drugs procured through centralized bidding or the List of drugs procured through price negotiation for which a drug supply contract has been concluded but the selected supplier is unable to supply drugs and the health facility has been notified in writing by the centralized drug procurement unit of self-selection of drug suppliers to meet its medical treatment requirements;

c) The health facility has used up the quantity of drugs specified in the framework agreement and its demand for drugs exceeds the regulating capacity specified in Clause 5 Article 37, Clause 13 Article 40 and Clause 12 Article 41 of this Circular;

d) The health facility is established after the demand for drugs has been determined, and the increased demand exceeds the regulating capacity of the national centralized drug procurement center and relevant provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit.

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Section 2. DRUG SUPPLIER SELECTION METHODS

Article 19. Competitive bidding

Competitive bidding shall be applied to every contract package regulated by this Circular, except for the cases in Articles 20 through 24 of this Circular.

Article 20. Selective bidding

1. Selective bidding shall be applied to the contract packages of controlled drugs included in the list of controlled drugs published by the Ministry of Health or special drugs that can be supplied by few suppliers.

2. Drug manufacturers and drug suppliers included in the Ministry of Health’s the list of capable, experienced and reputable manufacturers and suppliers as prescribed in Point dd Clause 1 Article 77 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP shall be invited to participate in the selective bidding if their drugs are suitable for contract packages.

Article 21. Direct contracting

1. Cases of standard direct contracting and shortened direct contracting:

a) Standard direct contracting applies to contract packages whose value does not exceed VND 01 billion as prescribed in Point e Clause 1 Article 22 of the Law on bidding;

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2. Standard direct contracting and shortened direct contracting procedures:

a) Standard direct contracting procedures shall be carried out in accordance with Article 55 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

b) Shortened direct contracting procedures shall be carried out in accordance with Article 56 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP after the drug supplier selection plan is approved.

In case of direct contracting specified in Point a Clause 1 Article 22 of the Law on bidding (except for contract packages that are state secrets), the provisions of Clause 8 Article 6 of the Circular No. 10/2015/TT-BKHDT dated October 26, 2015 of the Minister of Planning and Investment prescribing contractor selection plans.

Article 22. Competitive offering

1. Competitive offering shall be applied when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

a) The value of the contract package does not exceed VND 05 billion;

b) The drug to be procured is included in the list of essential drugs announced by the Ministry of Health or is a commonly available drug whose technical characteristics and quality have been standardized and equivalent;

c) There is a drug supplier selection plan approved by a competent person;

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2. Competitive offering procedures shall be carried out in accordance with Article 58 and Article 59 of Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

Article 23. Direct procurement

1. Direct procurement shall be applied when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

a) The drug supplier has won the contract through competitive bidding or selective bidding and has signed a contract earlier;

b) The current contract package includes similar contents and characteristics, and has a scale smaller than 130% of the earlier contract. If the drug of the direct procurement is one of the drugs of a similar contract signed earlier, the scale of the direct procurement must be smaller than 130% of that of the same kind of drug of the earlier contract;

c) Unit prices of drugs of the direct procurement do not exceed those of corresponding drugs in the earlier contract and suitable for the successful bids announced at the date of approval of the drug supplier selection plan;

d) The period of time from the conclusion date of the earlier contract to the date on which the direct procurement result is approved must not exceed 12 months. In a 12-month period, a health facility may only make a direct procurement of each product in the earlier contract. In special cases, the health facility shall submit a document to the competent person specified in Clause 1 Article 17 of this Circular for consideration.

2. If the previous drug supplier is no longer capable of executing the direct procurement contract, another drug supplier whose capacity, experience, technology, and prices satisfy the requirements set out in the bidding documents and the previous drug supplier selection result may be selected.

3. Direct procurement procedures shall be carried out in accordance with Article 60 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

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1. Self-supply shall be applied to the contract packages prescribed in Article 25 of the Law on bidding after all requirements set out in Article 61 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP are satisfied.

2. Self-supply procedures shall be carried out in accordance with Article 62 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

Section 3. DRUG SUPPLIER SELECTION PROCEDURES

Article 25. Single-stage one-envelope procedures

Single-stage one-envelope procedures shall be applied to:

1. Small-scale contract packages through competitive bidding or selective bidding as prescribed in Article 63 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP;

2. Contract packages through competitive offering;

3. Contract packages through direct procurement;

4. Contract packages through standard direct contracting.

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Single-stage two-envelope procedures shall be applied to:

1. Contract packages worth more than VND 10 billion through competitive bidding or selective bidding.

2. Contract packages worth less than VND 10 billion through competitive bidding or selective bidding but both quality and prices have to be taken into account.

Section 4. BIDDING DOCUMENTS AND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Article 27. Preparing bidding documents and request for proposals

1. Bidding documents or request for proposals shall be prepared in accordance with the Law on bidding, its guiding documents and the following provisions:

a) Bidding documents or requests for proposals for contract packages of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence, generic drugs, herbal drugs and traditional drugs shall be prepared using forms of the bidding documents applying one-stage one-envelope procedures specified in Appendix 7 or forms of bidding documents applying one-stage two-envelope procedures specified in Appendix 8 enclosed herewith.

b) Bidding documents or requests for proposals for contract packages of traditional ingredients and herbal ingredients shall be prepared according to the Ministry of Health’s guidelines for bidding documents for procurement of herbal ingredients and traditional ingredients at health facilities.

2. Based on the drug supplier selection plan approved by a competent authority, the procuring entity shall prepare the bidding documents or request for proposals and submit them to the responsible appraising unit.

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a) With regard to drugs satisfying WHO-GMP technical criteria included in the List enclosed with the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BYT, bidders shall not offer imported drugs satisfying technical criteria of category 5 specified in Clause 5 Article 7 of this Circular.

b) With regard to drugs satisfying EU-GMP technical criteria included in the List enclosed with the Circular No. 03/2019/TT-BYT, bidders shall not offer imported drugs satisfying technical criteria of category 2 specified in Clause 2 Article 7 of this Circular.

4. The bidding documents or request for proposals must specify that bidders shall not offer imported herbal ingredients in the same categories as herbal ingredients included in the Ministry of Health's List of domestically cultivated and harvested herbal ingredients satisfying treatment, pricing and supply requirements.

5. In case there is a sudden increase in demand for drugs included in the List of domestically manufactured drugs satisfying treatment, pricing and supply requirements  or herbal ingredients included in the List of domestically cultivated and harvested herbal ingredients satisfying treatment, pricing and supply requirements beyond the supply capacity of domestic manufacturers, and health facilities need to use imported drugs or herbal ingredients to meet their medical treatment requirements, the Minister of Health shall, based on reports of relevant health facilities and current drug supply situations, decide to accept bids for imported drugs or herbal ingredients in the same categories as the required drugs or herbal ingredients for a given period of time to ensure the supply of adequate drugs or herbal ingredients serving medical treatment of health facilities.

Article 28. Appraisal of bidding documents and request for proposals

1. Bidding documents and request for proposals shall be appraised before they are submitted to heads of health facilities for approval.

2. Heads of health facilities shall decide agencies in charge of appraising bidding documents and request for proposals.

3. Duties of an appraising unit:

a) Examine to ensure that the contents of bidding documents or request for proposals comply with the Law on bidding, its guiding documents regarding contractor selection and the provisions of this Circular;

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Article 29. Approval for bidding documents and request for proposals

The head of the health facility shall consider approving the bidding documents or request for proposals within 10 days from the receipt of adequate documents and appraisal report from the appraising unit.

Section 5. ORGANIZATION OF DRUG SUPPLIER SELECTION 

Article 30. Bid security, submission of bids or proposals

1. The head of the health facility (or the procuring entity) shall specify the value of bid security in the bidding documents or request for proposals in accordance with the following principles:

a) The bid security value shall equal 1% - 3% of the contract package value (1% - 1.5% for small contract packages).

b) If the contract package is divided into smaller parts, the bid security value for each part shall equal 1% - 3% of the value of such part (1% - 1.5% for small contract packages).

2. A drug supplier may participate in one, some, or all parts of a contract package. If a drug supplier participates in more than one part, the bid security value shall be the sum of values of bid security for such parts.

3. A drug supplier may choose one of the following bid security methods:

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b) Pay security;

c) Provide a letter of guarantee issued by a credit institution or foreign bank branch lawfully established under the law of Vietnam.

The investor shall not request drug suppliers to follow any of the three methods mentioned above.

4. The procuring entity shall specify the validity period of bidding documents or request for proposals which shall not exceed 180 days from the bid closing time. Where necessary, the validity period of bids or proposals may be extended as long as the drug supply schedule is met. Each drug supplier shall submit 02 sets of the bid or proposal (01 original and 01 copy) to the procuring entity before the bid closing time.

Article 31. Evaluation of bids or proposals

1. Depending on the nature and scale of the contract package, drug supplier selection method and procedures, the head of the health facility shall select a method for evaluating bids or proposals specified in Article 39 and Article 41 of the Law on Bidding. The method for evaluating bids or proposals must be specified in the bidding documents or request for proposals.

2. The procuring entity shall evaluate bids or proposals for each part of the contract package which comprises multiple parts in accordance with the Law on Bidding and regulations of the Ministry of Health on preparation of bidding documents and request for proposals for supply of drugs to health facilities. The evaluation of ability and experience of a drug supplier shall be based on the total parts of the contract package in which it participates.

3. The standards for evaluating bids or proposals shall comply with the provisions in Appendix 7 or Appendix 8 enclosed herewith and shall be specified in the bidding documents or request for proposals. The procuring unit shall comply with regulations on contractor selection incentives in Articles 3, 5 and 6 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

4. Procedures for evaluation of bids or proposals shall depend on the drug supplier selection procedures approved by a competent authority. To be specific:

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b) Single-stage two-envelope procedure: Articles 27 through 30 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP shall be applied.

5. The maximum time limit for evaluating proposals is 30 days; the maximum time limit for evaluating bids is 45 days (or 25 days for small contract packages) from the bid closing date to the day on which the procuring entity submits the drug supplier selection result to the head of the health facility for approval. In case of competitive bidding or selective bidding under single-stage two-envelope procedures, the time limit for evaluating bids shall be the total length for evaluating technical proposals (from the bid closing date to the day on which the procuring entity requests the head of the health facility to consider giving approval for the list of bidders satisfying technical requirements) plus (+) the length of time for evaluating financial proposals (from the day on which financial proposals are opened to the day on which the procuring entity submits the drug supplier selection result to the head of the health facility for approval). Where necessary, the time limit for evaluating bids or proposals may be extended for up to 20 more days as long as the drug supply schedule is met.

Article 32. Contract negotiation and proposal for successful drug supplier

1. The contract negotiation shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 19 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP before the procuring entity proposes successful drug supplier.

The drug supplier whose bid after correction of errors and adjustment of deviation minus (-) discount is the lowest bid (if the least-cost selection method is applied), or whose evaluated bid is the lowest bid (if the lowest evaluated bid selection method is applied), or whose total score is the highest score (if the quality- and cost-based selection method is applied) shall be ranked first and invited to the contract negotiation session.

If the drug supplier who is invited to the contract negotiation session fails to be present or refuses the contract negotiation, the bid security provided by that drug supplier shall not be refunded.

2. Conditions to be satisfied by a proposed successful drug supplier are specified in Article 43 of the Law on Bidding and the bidding documents specified in Appendix 7 or Appendix 8 enclosed herewith.

The procuring entity shall propose the successful drug supplier for each part of the approved drug supplier selection plan in accordance with the Law on Bidding, provisions of this Circular and specific guidelines on management of drug quality and prices. Only a drug or herbal ingredient in a category (which is a part of the contract package) satisfying technical and quality requirements specified in the bidding documents or request for proposals and for which the bid after correction of errors and adjustment of deviation minus (-) discount is the lowest bid (if the least-cost selection method is applied), or the evaluated bid is the lowest bid (if the lowest evaluated bid selection method is applied), or the total score is the highest score (if the quality- and cost-based selection method is applied) shall be proposed.

3. If the bid after correction of errors and adjustment of deviation minus (-) discount (if any) of every drug supplier satisfying technical requirements and included in the list of ranked drug suppliers exceeds the approved value of a part of the contract package, there are the following options:

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b) If the value of that part in the approved drug supplier selection plan is not reasonable, the procuring entity shall provide explanations thereof and propose modification of the value of that part as well as the value of the contract package to a competent person for consideration;

c) Where it is necessary to ensure the sufficient supply of drugs so as to serve medical examination and treatment requirements, the procuring entity may consider deciding to select the drug supplier according to drug suppliers’ ranking when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

- The successful bid shall not exceed the drug’s declared or re-declared wholesale price which is still valid;

- Total value of proposed drugs offered by drug suppliers shall not exceed the total value of those parts in the drug supplier selection plan approved by a competent authority.

Article 33. Reporting and submission of drug supplier selection result for appraisal

1. The procuring entity shall send 01 set of documents to the unit in charge of appraising the drug supplier selection result, including:

a) 01 original of the report on evaluation of bids or proposals;

b) 01 set of bidding documents or request for proposals (copies) appraised and approved as prescribed in Articles 27, 28 and 29 of this Circular and other provisions of the Law on Bidding.

2. Procedures for reporting, appraisal, approval, and publishing of information about the drug supplier selection result shall be carried out according to Article 20 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

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1. The head of the health facility shall establish or appoint a unit to appraise the drug supplier selection result.

2. Duties of an appraising unit:

a) Within 20 days (or 10 days for small contract packages) from the date of receipt of adequate documents, the appraising unit shall inspect and evaluate the drug supplier selection procedures specified in Articles 30, 31 and 32 of this Circular;

b) Prepare and submit the report on appraisal of the drug supplier selection result to the head of the health facility for consideration and approval in accordance with the provisions of this Circular and the Law on Bidding.

3. Documents submitted for approval for drug supplier selection result include:

a) 01 original of the report on appraisal of the drug supplier selection result;

b) 01 set of documents submitted for appraisal of the drug supplier selection result (originals).

Article 35. Approval and notification of drug supplier selection result  

1. Within a maximum duration of 10 working days (or 05 working days for small contract packages) from the receipt of adequate documents submitted for approval for drug supplier selection result from the appraising unit specified in Clause 3 Article 34 of this Circular, the head of the health facility shall consider approving the drug supplier selection result.

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3. The notification sent to unsuccessful drug suppliers shall provide explanation for their failure.

4. If the contract package is divided into smaller parts and the time limit for bid evaluation might affect the drug supply schedule, the head of the procuring entity may consider approving the drug supplier selection result of one or some parts in several stages to keep the drug supply schedule unchanged.

5. If any drug in a contract package does not receive any bids or there is no successful drug supplier or none of the options specified in Clause 3 Article 32 of this Circular is viable, the procuring entity is entitled to cancel the contract package and submit an adjusted drug supplier selection plan to a competent authority for approval. The time limit for appraisal and approval for the adjusted plan shall comply with Article 16 and Article 17 of this Circular. If information about a drug included in the contract package, including name of the active ingredient, content or concentration, route of administration, dosage form, category, measuring unit, quantity, unit price and total value of the drug is unchanged in comparison to the approved plan, the competent authority shall consider approving the adjusted plan without reappraisal of the drug supplier selection plan.

Article 36. Successful bids

The successful bid for each drug shall not exceed the price of that drug in the drug supplier selection plan approved by a competent person and shall not exceed the declared or redeclared wholesale price of such drug, except for the cases specified in Clause 3 Article 32 of this Circular.

Article 37. Contract conclusion and guarantee for contract execution and use of drugs

1. Before signing the contract, the procuring entity may increase or decrease the maximum quantity of drugs by less than 10% compared to the quantity of drugs in the bidding plan provided that there is no change in the unit price or other provisions of bids and bidding documents.

2. The selected drug supplier shall provide guarantee for contract execution before the effective date of the contract. The value of the bid security in the bidding documents or request for proposals shall equal 2% - 10% of the contract value. For small contract packages, the value of the bid security in the bidding documents or request for proposals shall equal 2% - 3% of the contract value.

3. The head of the health facility and the successful drug supplier shall execute the drug supply contract in accordance with relevant laws on business contracts, and ensure that at least 80% of the value of each part in the concluded contract shall be executed. For emergency treatment drugs, antidotes, rare drugs, specially controlled drugs, intravenous fluids and other cases, after reporting to a competent authority, the health facility shall ensure that at least 50% of the value of each part in the concluded contract shall be executed. 

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4. The quantity of drug in a category purchased by the health facility shall not exceed the quantity of that drug specified in the drug supplier selection result if the quantity of drugs in other categories of the same active ingredient, content or concentration, and dosage form is not completely bought under the concluded contracts.

5. The quantity of purchased drug may exceed by up to 20% of the quantity of drug in such category specified in the concluded contract without having to submit the additional drug supplier selection plan in the following cases:

a) Drugs of other categories of the same active ingredient, concentration or content are used up and only drugs of a contract package of original brand-name drugs or drugs of therapeutic equivalence are available;

b) Selected drugs of other categories of the same active ingredient, concentration or content have to be suspended from supply or marketing or removed from the list of drugs of evidenced bioequivalence after they are selected;

c) The drug supplier is unable to supply a sufficient quantity of drugs in a category as specified in the concluded contract due to force majeure events. In this case, a written notification enclosed with relevant supporting documents shall be provided.

6. If there are changes in a drug bid for during the drug supplier selection, or the drug is supplied but the substitute drug is not offered in the bids, the investor may consider allowing the drug supplier to supply the substitute drug. To be specific:

a) There are changes in the name of the drug or the factory or packaging specifications during the marketing of the drug but the registration number or import license number remains unchanged;

b) There are changes in the registration number or a new import license is issued but other information (name of drug, manufacturer, quality standards, shelf life, category) remains unchanged (quality standards may be changed but the standard level and quality criteria shall not be lower than those of the selected drug (or offered in the bid) or updated on the Pharmacopoeia);

When using the substitute drug, the drug supplier must sufficiently provide information necessary for the procuring entity to evaluate the substitute drug, including: copies (bearing certification of the drug supplier) of the Marketing Authorization (MA) or Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product (CPP), written permissions from regulatory authorities (if any) and explanation for the unchanged quality standards of the offered drug and substitute drug;

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d) There are changes in method for naming of herbal ingredients which do not influence their formula and are permitted by a competent authority.

Chapter IV

CENTRALIZED DRUG PROCUREMENT

Article 38. General provisions on centralized drug procurement

1. The unit in charge of centralized drug procurement shall:

a) Survey demand for drugs, prepare and submit a drug supplier selection plan, organize the drug supplier selection, complete and conclude contracts or framework agreements with selected drug suppliers, publish drug supplier selection results and framework agreements on the websites of the Ministry of Health and Provincial Departments of Health as the basis for health facilities to complete and sign contracts with selected drug suppliers.

b) Supervise the execution of framework agreements and contracts signed with selected drug suppliers.

2. Provincial-level centralized drug procurement units shall not carry out drug supplier selection for drugs on the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding, the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding or the list of drugs procured through price negotiation if, on the date of issuance of bidding documents, the drug supplier selection result is available and a framework agreement has been published on the website of Ministry of Health.

3. When surveying demand for drugs on the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding and the list of drugs procured through price negotiation, the health facility shall exclude the remaining quantity of drugs to be supplied under contracts signed with selected drug suppliers according to previous drug supplier selection results.

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5. Drug supplier selection procedure: single-stage two-envelope procedure;

6. Bid evaluation: the quality- and cost-based selection method shall be employed to evaluate each part of the contract package. 

7. Implementation: the centralized drug procurement shall be carried out by signing the framework agreement, except for the following cases where a contract may be signed directly:

a) Procurement of drugs and vaccines serving open vaccination programs/projects funded by state budget under decisions of the Minister of Health or Chairpersons of Provincial People’s Committees;

b) Procurement of drugs of programs and projects funded by ODA, aid, sponsorship from domestic and overseas sponsors who require direct contract conclusion;

8. Appraisal of drug supplier selection plan:

a) Planning – Finance Department shall take charge of appraising national centralized drug procurement plan.

b) Provincial Departments of Health shall take charge of appraising provincial-level centralized drug procurement plans.

c) Centralized drug procurement plans shall be appraised in accordance with Clause 1 Article 37 of the Law on Bidding and Article 16 of this Circular.

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Contract negotiation shall be carried out in accordance with Clause 1 Article 32 of this Circular. During centralized drug supplier selection, in order to ensure economic efficiency of the contract package, the contract negotiation shall comply with Clause 3 Article 19 of the Decree 63/2014/ND-CP and the following provisions:

a) If a large quantity of a drug is divided into smaller contract packages as prescribed in Point a Clause 4 Article 40 of this Circular and has the same item proposed for contract awarding in several contract packages with the price difference, the drug supplier may be requested to analyze components of the bid and explain about the bid difference of the same item supplied at different places. These analyses shall be used as a basis for contract negotiation towards the price of the drug under the contract package whose proposed successful bid is low in order to bring economic efficiency of the contract package.

b) If a drug in a category only has 01 registration certificate, 01 drug supplier and the proposed successful bid in this drug category is higher than that of the drug having the same active ingredient, concentration or content, dosage form, and route of administration in another category with more advanced technical standards and competitive price thanks to the participation of many drug suppliers, the contract negotiation on the adjusted bid shall follow these principles:

- The successful bid of category 1 shall not be higher than that of the original brand-name drug or reference biological;

- The successful bid of category 2 or category 3 shall not be higher than that of the original brand-name drug or reference biological and category 1;

- The successful bid of category 4 shall not be higher than that of the original brand-name drug or reference biological, and drugs of category 1, drugs of category 2 manufactured in Vietnam, and drugs of category 3;

- The successful bid of category 5 shall not be higher than that of the original brand-name drug or reference biological, and drugs of category 1, drugs of category 2, drugs of category 3 and drugs of category 4.

10. If a drug bid for is changed during the drug supplier selection, or the drug is supplied but the substitute drug is not offered in the bids, the drug substitution may be carried out according to Clause 6 Article 37 of this Circular so as to ensure the sufficient supply of drugs serving medical examination and treatment requirements.

11. Duties, functions, organizational structure and operation of the National centralized drug procurement center shall be decided by the Minister of Health. Duties, functions, organizational structure and operation of Provincial-level centralized drug procurement units shall be decided by Chairpersons of Provincial People’s Committees at the request of Provincial Departments of Health.

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1. A health facility wishing to purchase drugs on the list of drugs to be procured through centralized bidding shall prepare and sign a contract with the selected drug supplier according to the drug supplier selection result or the signed framework agreement, provided the contractual unit price does not exceed that specified in the published framework agreement. The drug supplier shall provide contract performance security as prescribed in Article 66 of the Law on Bidding and Clause 2 Article 37 of this Circular for the health facility before the effective date of the contract.

2. The contact points specified in Clause 1 Article 40 and Clause 2 Article 41 of this Circular shall survey demand for drugs (items and quantity of drugs) of each health facility under their management and regulate the plan implementation to ensure that at least 80% of the quantity of drugs reported are used. For emergency treatment drugs, antidotes, rare drugs, specially controlled drugs, intravenous fluids and drugs used in other emergency cases, after reporting to a competent authority, the health facility shall ensure that at least 50% of the value of each part in the concluded contract shall be executed. 

3. The drug supplier selected by centralized drug procurement shall supply drugs with the agreed quantity and schedule specified in the contract signed with each health facility During the contract execution, the health facility and the drug supplier may negotiate changes to the quantity specified in the concluded contract according to bidding documents issued by the centralized drug procurement unit. The centralized drug procurement unit shall cooperate with the contact points and successful drug suppliers in regulating the plan implementation in a manner that ensures sufficient supply of drugs for the health facility.

4. Time limit for executing a centralized drug procurement contract (either national or provincial-level) shall comply with provisions of the drug supplier selection plan approved by a competent authority but shall not exceed 36 months from the effective date of the centralized drug procurement results and framework agreements.

Article 40. Organization of national centralized drug procurement

1. The survey on demand for drug use shall follow these principles:

a) The health facilities affiliated to the Ministry of Health shall survey the demand for drugs with specified names, detailed quantities, categories, and supply schedules, and submit the survey result enclosed with the documents specified in Clause 2 of this Article to the National centralized drug procurement center.

b) Health facilities under the management of Ministries or regulatory authorities and infirmaries shall survey the demand for drugs with specified names, detailed quantities, categories, and supply schedules, and submit the survey results to the provincial-level centralized drug procurement units.

Provincial-level centralized drug procurement units shall survey demand for drug use, submit reports to Provincial Departments of Health for appraisal, and send the drug use plans enclosed with the documents specified in Clause 2 of this Article to the National centralized drug procurement center.

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2. Documents enclosed with the application for registration of centralized drug procurement demand:

a) Summary report on implementation of drug supplier selection result and drug use in the preceding year, the drug inventory and the planned quantity of drugs that have not been used at the planning date of the health facilities;

b) A brief explanation for the proposed drug procurement plan; detailed explanations about any change in the quantity of drugs by more than 30% of the quantity of drugs used in the preceding year;

c) Documents used as the basis for the drug procurement plan as prescribed in Article 13 of this Circular;

d) The minutes of the meeting of the Drug and Treatment Council of the health facility affiliated to the Ministry of Health or the minutes of review meeting of Provincial Department of Health on the list, quantity of drugs and demand for drugs of the health facilities under the management of the provincial government, Ministry or regulatory authority and infirmaries located in province.

3. The National centralized drug procurement center shall review the demand for drugs regarding the list and quantity of drugs of each health facility under the management of the Ministry of Health; consolidate list, quantity, and supply schedule of each drug in order to develop a drug supplier selection plan.

4. A drug supplier selection plan shall be developed as follows:

a) If the demand for the drug is high and a single supplier is unable to supply an adequate quantity for the whole contract package, it may be divided into smaller contract packages by regions or socio-economic areas or package scales;

E.g.: Drug A is included in the list of drugs procured through centralized bidding and total demand for drug A is 100 million tablets per year. No supplier is able to supply this drug with such quantity so it may be divided into smaller contract packages as follows:

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- It may be divided into 06 smaller contract packages for 7 socio-economic areas: Northeast, Northwest, Red River Delta, North Central Coast, South Central Coast, Southeast, and Mekong Delta. 

b) Drug category division in contract packages and contents of drug supplier selection plans shall comply with Articles 7 through 14 of this Circular. Time limit for contract execution shall comply with Clause 4 Article 39 of this Circular.

5. Appraisal of drug supplier selection plan:

a) The National centralized drug procurement center shall submit required documents for approval for the drug supplier selection plan to the Planning - Finance Department of the Ministry of Health.

b) The appraisal of the drug supplier selection plan for a drug included in the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding shall comply with Clause 2 Article 16 of this Circular. The Planning – Finance Department shall act as the contact point in charge of appraising the list, quantity of contract packages, unit prices and quantity of drugs as well as drug supplier selection plans. Where necessary, the Planning – Finance Department shall obtain opinions given by the Drug Procurement Consultancy Council before submitting the drug supplier selection plan to the Minister of Health for approval.

6. Approval for drug supplier selection plan 

The Minister of Health shall consider approving the drug supplier selection plan at the request of the Planning – Finance Department.

7. Preparation for drug supplier selection:

Based on the drug supplier selection plan approved by the Minister of Health, the National centralized drug procurement center shall prepare the bidding documents, and organize appraisal and approval for bidding documents in accordance with Articles 27 through 29 of this Circular.

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The National centralized drug procurement center shall organize the drug supplier selection, bid evaluation, contract negotiation, propose successful drug suppliers, and submit drug supplier selection result for appraisal in accordance with Articles 30 through 33 of this Circular.

9. Appraisal, approval and publishing of drug supplier selection results:

a) Based on the bid evaluation results and negotiation of contracts or framework agreements with drug suppliers, the National centralized drug procurement center shall organize appraisal and approval for drug supplier selection result in accordance with Article 34 and Article 35 of this Circular. Where necessary, opinions from the Drug Procurement Consultancy Council are required before giving approval for the drug supplier selection result;

b) The National centralized drug procurement center shall notify and publish the drug supplier selection result according to the Law on Bidding.

10. Completing and concluding contracts or framework agreements:

a) The National centralized drug procurement center shall complete and conclude contracts or framework agreements with successful drug suppliers in accordance with the Law on Bidding; publish framework agreements on the Ministry of Health's website and send written notifications to health facilities under the management of the Ministry of Health, health agencies of regulatory authorities and Provincial Departments of Health;

b) The contact points in charge of surveying and proposing demand for drugs specified in Clause 1 of this Article shall notify the drug supplier selection result and the framework agreement to the health facilities under the scope of the framework agreement.

11. Completing and concluding drug supply contracts:

Based on the drug supplier selection result, the framework agreement, the demand for drug and drug use plans of health facilities as registered with the contact points, the National centralized drug procurement center (for direct contract conclusion) and health facilities shall complete and conclude contracts with drug suppliers according to the following principles:

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b) The price of each drug in the contract does not exceed the successful bid announced by the National centralized drug procurement center.

c) Time limit for contract execution shall comply with provisions of the drug supplier selection plan approved by a competent authority but shall not exceed 36 months from the effective date of the centralized drug procurement results and framework agreements until the day on which the parties fulfill their obligations under terms and conditions of the concluded contract.

12. Reporting on drug supplier selection results for drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding:

a) Before the 10th of each month and the 10th of the first month of each quarter or on request, drug suppliers shall submit reports on supply of drugs on the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding using the form in Appendix 9 and Appendix 10 enclosed herewith to the National centralized drug procurement center.

b) Before the 10th of the first month of each quarter or on request, the health facilities under the management of provincial governments and the health facilities located in provinces under the management of ministries or regulatory authorities shall submit reports on supply of drugs using the form in Appendix 11 enclosed herewith to provincial-level centralized drug procurement units.

ca) Before 15th of the first month of each quarter or on request, provincial-level centralized drug procurement units and health facilities affiliated to the Ministry of Health shall submit reports on supply of drugs on the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding using the form in Appendix 11 enclosed herewith to the National centralized drug procurement center.

13. Supervising and regulating execution of framework agreements:

The National centralized drug procurement center and provincial-level centralized drug procurement units shall supervise and regulate the supply of drugs for health facilities executing the concluded framework agreement in accordance with guidelines given by the National centralized drug procurement center and the following principles:

a) If the demand for drugs of a health facility under the management of a provincial government or ministry or regulatory authority exceeds the quantity of drugs specified in the framework agreement by more than 20%, the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall be notified to regulate drug quantities between provincial health facilities, provided the quantity of drugs to be supplied to health facilities under the management of the provincial government under the framework agreement is not exceeded by more than 20%. Within 10 days from the receipt of the written request for regulation from a health facility, the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall send a written response to the health facility.

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Within 10 days from the receipt of the written request for regulation from a health facility, the National centralized drug procurement unit shall send a written response to the health facility.

The quantity of drugs regulated by the National centralized drug procurement center shall not exceed the quantity of drugs approved in the plan for selection of suppliers of drugs included in the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding by more than 30%. The regulation of drugs shall comply with the procedures for regulations of drugs included in the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding issued by the National centralized drug procurement center.

14. Payment for drug supply contracts:

The National centralized drug procurement center (for direct contract conclusion) and health facilities (for framework agreement conclusion) shall make payments for drug suppliers in accordance with regulations of law and under terms and conditions of the concluded contracts.

The written approval for drug regulation between centralized drug procurement units is a part of the drug purchase contract and also a basis for the health facility and the drug supplier to sign appendix of contract (for regulated items specified in the framework agreement) or sign contract (for regulated items which are not specified in the framework agreement).

Article 41. Organization of provincial-level centralized drug procurement

1. Surveying demands for drug use:

a) The list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding shall apply to the health facilities located in a province, including provincial health facilities, health facilities under the management of central authorities or ministries or other regulatory authorities, and infirmaries located in that province. Health facilities under the management of central authorities or ministries or other regulatory authorities and infirmaries shall develop their own drug use plans and comply with the same regulations on provincial-level centralized drug supplier selection plans as provincial health facilities. The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall survey demands for drugs and organize selection of suppliers of drugs for provincial health facilities, and health facilities under the management of central authorities or ministries or other regulatory authorities and infirmaries located in the province, which must be treated in the same manner as provincial health facilities.

b) Based on the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding, health facilities in the province or central-affiliated city (including provincial health facilities, and health facilities under the management of central authorities or ministries or other regulatory authorities and infirmaries located in the province) shall develop their own drug use plans and send them to the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit;

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2. The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall review the list and quantity of drugs to be procured through provincial-level centralized bidding of each health facility; consolidate list, quantity, and supply schedule of each drug in order to develop a drug supplier selection plan.

3. Developing drug supplier selection plan: The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall carry out division of drug categories in contract packages and contents of drug supplier selection plan in accordance with Articles 7 through 14 of this Circular. Time limit for contract execution shall comply with Clause 4 Article 39 of this Circular.

4. Appraisal of drug supplier selection plan:

a) The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall a request for approval for the drug supplier plan to the Provincial Department of Health.

b) The appraisal of the drug supplier selection plan for a drug included in the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding shall comply with Clause 2 Article 16 of this Circular. The Provincial Department of Health shall organize appraisal of the drug supplier selection plan, and request the Chairperson of the Provincial People’s Committee to consider giving approval for the drug supplier selection plan;

5. Approval for drug supplier selection plan: 

Chairperson of the Provincial People’s Committee shall consider giving approval for the drug supplier selection plan at the request of the Provincial Department of Health.

6. Preparation for drug supplier selection:

Based on the approved drug supplier selection plan, the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall prepare and submit the bidding documents to the Provincial Department of Health for appraisal and approval in accordance with Articles 27 through 29 of this Circular.

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The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall organize the drug supplier selection, bid evaluation, contract negotiation, propose successful drug suppliers, and submit drug supplier selection result for appraisal in accordance with Articles 30 through 33 of this Circular.

8. Appraisal, approval and publishing of drug supplier selection result:

a) The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall prepare and submit report on the drug supplier selection result to the Provincial Department of Health for appraisal and approval;

b) The Provincial Department of Health shall appraise and give approval for the drug supplier selection result in accordance with Article 34 and Article 35 of this Circular;

c) The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall notify and publish the drug supplier selection result according to the Law on Bidding.

9. Completing and concluding contracts or framework agreements:

a) Based on the approved drug supplier selection result, the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall complete and conclude contracts or framework agreements with successful drug suppliers in accordance with the Law on Bidding;

b) The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall publish the framework agreement signed according to the Law on Bidding on the portal of the Provincial People’s Committee and the website of the Provincial Department of Health, and notify health facilities under the scope of the signed framework agreement.

10. Completing and concluding drug supply contracts:

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a) Conformity with the framework agreement;

b) The price of each drug in the contract does not exceed the successful bid announced by the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit.

c) Time limit for contract execution shall comply with provisions of the drug supplier selection plan approved by a competent authority but shall not exceed 36 months from the effective date of the centralized drug procurement results and framework agreement until the day on which the parties fulfill their obligations under terms and conditions of the concluded contract.

11. Reporting on drug supplier selection results for drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding

a) Before the 10th of the first month of each quarter or on request, drug suppliers shall submit reports on supply of drugs on the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding using the form in Appendix 10 enclosed herewith to the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit.

b) Before the 10th of the first month of each quarter or on request, the health facilities under the management of provincial government and the health facilities located in the province under the management of the Ministry of Health, ministries or regulatory authorities shall submit reports on supply of drugs using the form in Appendix 11 enclosed herewith to provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit.

12. Supervising and regulating execution of framework agreement:

The provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall supervise and regulate the supply of drugs for health facilities executing the concluded framework agreement according to the following principles:

a) If the demand for drugs of health facilities exceeds the quantity of drugs specified in the framework agreement by more than 20% or a health facility's unexpected demand for a drug has not been included in the drug supplier selection plan, a report shall be made using the form in Appendix 12 enclosed herewith and submitted to the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit for consolidating and regulating drug quantities between health facilities in the province. Within 10 days from the receipt of the written request for regulation from a health facility, the provincial-level centralized drug procurement unit shall send a written response to the health facility.

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13. Payment for drug supply contracts: Health facilities shall make payments for drug suppliers in accordance with regulations of law in force and under terms and conditions of the signed contracts. The written approval for drug regulation between centralized drug procurement units is a part of the drug purchase contract and also a basis for the health facility and the drug supplier to sign appendix of contract (for regulated items specified in the framework agreement) or sign contract (for regulated items which are not specified in the framework agreement).

Chapter V

PRICE NEGOTIATION

Article 42. General provisions on price negotiation

1. Drug Price Negotiation Council:

a) The Drug Price Negotiation Council is established by the Minister of Health. The Minister of Health shall stipulate functions, tasks, powers and operating mechanism of the Drug Price Negotiation Council. Operating costs of the Drug Price Negotiation Council shall be covered by funding derived from state budget, which is allocated to the National centralized drug procurement center and other lawful funding sources in accordance with regulations of law.

b) The Drug Price Negotiation Council is composed of:

- A Chairperson who is a senior representative of the Ministry of Health;

- 02 Deputy Chairpersons who are a senior representative of Vietnam Social Security and Director of the National centralized drug procurement center.

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c) Tasks of the Drug Price Negotiation Council:

- Consider and decide price negotiation plans developed by the National centralized drug procurement center;

- Carry out drug price negotiation under the approved plans;

2. The National centralized drug procurement center is the standing unit of the Drug Price Negotiation Council and shall fulfill the following tasks:

a) Develop price negotiation plan and roadmap;

b) Organize formulation, appraisal and approval for request for proposals;

c) Organize evaluation of proposals;

d) Develop estimated price negotiation plans;

dd) Publish price negotiation results;

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g) Participate in all stages of drug price negotiation process, and consolidate and provide relevant information during price negotiation;

h) Perform other tasks assigned by the Council’s Chairperson.

3. The Drug Procurement Consultancy Council shall advise the Minister of Health in all stages of the drug price negotiation process as requested.

4. If a drug bid for is changed during the drug supplier selection, or the drug is supplied but the substitute drug is not offered in the bids, the contact point mentioned in Clause 1 Article 40 of this Circular shall consider allowing the drug supplier to provide substitute drugs according to Clause 6 Article 37 of this Circular.

Article 43. Formulation, appraisal and approval for price negotiation plan

1. 3 Aggregating demands for use of drugs included in the list of drugs procured through price negotiation:

The National centralized drug procurement center shall aggregate demands for use of drugs according to Clause 1 Article 40 of this Circular

2. Develop price negotiation plan:

The National centralized drug procurement center shall develop the drug price negotiation plan. The drug price negotiation plan shall include the contents prescribed in Article 14 of this Circular and the following information:

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b) The proposed price of each drug to be procured through price negotiation which is determined according to Clause 4 Article 14 of this Circular;

c) Quality standards, delivery time, and specific conditions of each drug procured through price negotiation;

d) The expected time for price negotiation for each drug included in the list of drugs procured through price negotiation;

dd) Where necessary, the National centralized drug procurement center may seek opinions from the Drug Price Negotiation Council about the drug price negotiation plan before it is submitted for appraisal.

3. Appraisal of drug price negotiation plan:

a) The National centralized drug procurement center shall submit required documents for approval for the drug supplier selection plan to the Planning - Finance Department for appraisal;

b) The Planning - Finance Department shall appraise the lists, number of contract packages, proposed unit price and drug quantity. The drug price negotiation plan shall be appraised according to Clause 2 Article 16 of this Circular.

4. Approval for the drug price negotiation plan: The Minister of Health shall consider approving the drug price negotiation plan on the basis of the report submitted by the Planning – Finance Department. Where necessary, the Minister of Health may seek opinions from the Drug Procurement Consultancy Council before giving approval.

Article 44. Preparation, appraisal and approval for request for proposals

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1. Preparation of request for proposals:

a) The request for proposals for drugs procured through price negotiation shall comply with regulations of the Law on Bidding, its guiding documents and regulations adopted by the National centralized drug procurement center;

b) The request for proposals shall include brief information about the contract package; instructions on preparation and submission of proposals; capacity and experience requirements satisfied by drug suppliers; criteria for technical evaluation and determination of the contract package value. Capacity, experience and technical requirements shall be assessed as “pass” or “failed”;

c) The request for proposals shall provide instructions for drug suppliers to provide information about prices and specific economic-technical criteria to be employed during price negotiation process in their quotations. To be specific:

- Ex-works price, CIF price, and selling prices for health facilities in manufacturing countries and ASEAN countries provided by drug suppliers;

- Ex-works price, CIF price, and selling prices for health facilities in Vietnam;

- Indications and clinical effectiveness evaluation of drugs in treatment; reports on clinical effectiveness evaluation in treatment in comparison with other standard drugs (if any);

- Data on pharmaceutical economic analysis of drugs including: cost – efficacy, cost – benefits and cost – effects provided by drug suppliers (if any);

- The drug supplier’s commitments and plan on quantity and quality of drugs supplied, and supply schedule, if awarded the contract.

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a) The request for proposals for drugs procured through price negotiation shall be appraised before it is submitted to the Director of the National centralized drug procurement center for approval.

b) The Director of the National centralized drug procurement center shall decide the composition of the unit in charge of appraising the request for proposals.

3. Approval for request for proposals

Based on the report on appraisal of the request for proposals, the Director of the National centralized drug procurement center shall consider giving approval for the request for proposals as prescribed.

Article 45. Organization of drug price negotiation

1. Notification of selection of drug suppliers through price negotiation and request for proposals shall be made publicly available.

2. Drug suppliers shall prepare and submit proposals according to the request for proposals.

a) Provision of bid security and submission of proposals shall comply with Article 30 of this Circular;

b) Based on the notification of selection of drug suppliers through price negotiation and the request for proposals, drug suppliers shall prepare and send their proposals directly or by post to the National centralized drug procurement center.

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a) The National centralized drug procurement center shall organize evaluation of proposals according to the requirements set out in the request for proposals. These proposals shall be publicly opened. During evaluation, the procuring entity may invite drug suppliers to negotiate, clarify, modify or provide additional information about their proposals in order to prove the drug supplier’s satisfaction of requirements regarding their capacity, experience, schedule, quantity, quality, technical solutions and measures for implementing the contract package.

b) Based on the received proposals and report on evaluation of proposals given by the expert team, the National centralized drug procurement center shall develop price negotiation plans. Where necessary, the National centralized drug procurement center may invite clinical and pharmaceutical economic experts to participate in development of the price negotiation plan for each drug category. The price negotiation plan should indicate brief information about pharmacological effects, the proposed price and successful bid of the drug procured under price negotiation, drugs which have the same active ingredient, content or concentration, and dosage form but are not classified in the same drug category, and substitute drugs which have the same pharmacological effects (if any), the factors relating to the price negotiation plan and terms and conditions of the framework agreement to be negotiated.

c) Chairperson of the Drug Price Negotiation Council shall consider giving approval for the price negotiation plan before carrying out the price negotiation session.

4. Price negotiation and decision:

a) The National centralized drug procurement center shall send invitations to negotiate to drug suppliers that meet the requirements set out in the request for proposals. Where necessary, the National centralized drug procurement center may invite representatives of drug manufacturers or license holders in Vietnam (including their representative offices) to clarify information about drugs to be procured through price negotiation;

b) A drug supplier shall be invited to negotiate if having lawful qualification, satisfying requirements regarding capacity, experience and technical proposals set out in the request for proposals, and proposing the price which does not exceed the approved cost estimate of the contract package;

c) The Drug Price Negotiation Council shall decide whether or not to carry out the negotiation directly or by correspondence as the case may be. The Drug Price Negotiation Council shall carry out the price negotiation according to the drug supplier’s proposal, the proposal evaluation report, relevant information and the approved price negotiation plan;

d) Where more than one drug supplier participates in the price negotiation for supply of drugs having the same active ingredient, content or concentration, and dosage form, the Drug Price Negotiation Council shall, based on the negotiation results, send written request to them to submit new quotations which must indicate the time and location for receiving such quotations, and time for opening such quotations, and invite them to the quotation opening session. The price specified in a new quotation must not exceed the negotiated price. The supplier that gives the lowest quotation price shall be awarded the contract;

dd) If the first price negotiation is unsuccessful, the Drug Price Negotiation Council shall decide whether or not to invite a drug supplier to the second negotiation as the case may be. The National centralized drug procurement center shall notify each drug supplier of the official conclusion given by the Drug Price Negotiation Council after the first negotiation;

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g) The successful bid shall be agreed by the Drug Price Negotiation Council and the drug supplier. After reaching the agreement on the drug price, the Drug Price Negotiation Council and the drug supplier shall conclude the framework agreement and relevant terms and conditions;

h) After the Drug Price Negotiation Council and the drug supplier’s representative sign the price negotiation record, the National centralized drug procurement center shall send a written request to the drug supplier to confirm the agreed price within 7 days.

Article 46. Appraisal, approval for and implementation of price negotiation result

1. Appraisal and approval for price negotiation result:

The National centralized drug procurement center shall consolidate and send the price negotiation result to the Planning – Finance Department for appraisal. The appraisal must be completed within 20 days from the receipt of adequate documents. The Minister of Health shall consider approving the drug price negotiation result on the basis of the report provided by the Planning – Finance Department.

If the Drug Price Negotiation Council and the drug supplier fail to reach agreement on the drug price after negotiation, the National centralized drug procurement center shall submit a report to the Planning – Finance Department and notify the negotiation result to the drug supplier and health facilities nationwide.

2. Publishing price negotiation result:

a) The National centralized drug procurement center shall publish the drug supplier selection result through price negotiation and provide guidelines for implementation of the price negotiation result for health facilities in accordance with regulations of law.

b) With regard to the drugs included in the List of drugs procured through price negotiation for which the price negotiation is unsuccessful, based on the opinions given by the Drug Price Negotiation Council, the National centralized drug procurement center shall propose an alternative procurement plan or solution to the Minister of Health for consideration. With regard to an original brand-name drug granted by the Ministry of Health multiple registration certificates of Category 1 as prescribed in Article 7 of this Circular, health facilities may themselves organize drug supplier selection through competitive bidding for generic contract packages according to the Ministry of Health’s notification.

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a) The National centralized drug procurement center shall complete and conclude framework agreements with successful drug suppliers, publish price negotiation results and framework agreements on the Ministry of Health's website. Responsibilities of relevant parties and effect of framework agreement shall comply with Article 39 of this Circular. Selected drug suppliers shall provide contract performance security according to Clause 1 Article 39 of this Circular;

b) Based on price negotiation result, framework agreement, distributed drug quantity and the drug use budget plan approved by a competent authority, health facilities shall conclude contracts with drug suppliers under the condition that the contractual price shall not exceed the price of drug agreed through price negotiation and specified in the framework agreement published by the National centralized drug procurement center;

For effective drug supply contracts, health facilities shall modify the contractual prices of drugs to ensure that they do not exceed the published negotiation price and the effective time of such prices shall comply with the effective date of the framework agreement.

c) The drug supplier selected through price negotiation shall supply drugs according to the agreed quantity and schedule, and terms and conditions of the framework agreement and the contract signed with each health facility;

d) Time limit for contract execution shall comply with provisions of the price negotiation plan approved by a competent authority but shall not exceed 36 months from the effective date of the price negotiation results and framework agreement until the day on which the parties fulfill their obligations under terms and conditions of the concluded contract.

e) The health insurance authority shall consistently make payments for all public health facilities according to price negotiation results published by the National centralized drug procurement center.

4. Reporting on implementation of drug price negotiation results:

Drug suppliers selected through price negotiation and health facilities shall submit reports on execution of drug supply results signed through price negotiation to the National centralized drug procurement center as prescribed in Clause 12 Article 40 of this Circular.

5. 4 Supervising and regulating the performance of framework agreement:

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Chapter VI

IMPLEMENTATION

Article 47. Effect5

1. This Circular comes into force from October 01, 2019.

2. The Circular No. 11/2016/TT-BYT dated May 11, 2016 of the Minister of Health prescribing bidding for supply of drugs for public health facilities shall be null and void from the effective date of this Circular.

Article 48. Transition 

1. The contract packages for which drug supplier selection plans have been approved before the effective date of this Circular shall be executed in accordance with regulations in the Circular No. 11/2016/TT-BYT dated May 11, 2016 of the Minister of Health, unless the facilities mentioned in Article 2 of this Circular volunteer to follow regulations of this Circular after it is promulgated.

2. The drug manufacturers fulfilling EU-GMP requirements or EU-GMP-equivalent requirements and those fulfilling PIC/s-GMP requirements as certified by the drug authority of the country that is concurrently a member state of PIC/s and of ICH, and published by Drug Administration of Vietnam on its website before the effective date of this Circular are not required to undergo assessment of compliance with EU-GMP requirements or EU-GMP-equivalent requirements  or PIC/s-GMP requirements by a drug authority of Vietnam within 6 months from the effective date of this Circular.

Article 49. Reference

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Article 50. Implementation organization

1. Heads of central authorities shall instruct their affiliated health facilities to select drug suppliers in accordance with this Circular and regulations of the law on contractor selection.

2. Ministers and heads of ministerial agencies shall decide and inspect the delegation of powers to perform some contract packages for drug procurement of health facilities under their management in accordance with regulations of law.

3. Chairpersons of Provincial People’s Committees shall:

a) Assign a unit in charge of provincial-level centralized drug procurement to procure drugs included in the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding for health facilities participating in provincial-level centralized bidding in accordance with this Circular;

b) Instruct health facilities to organize selection of suppliers of drugs included in the list of drugs procured through bidding organized by health facilities in accordance with this Circular;

c) Based on actual conditions of each province, decide addition of other drugs to the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding (except for drugs included in the list of drugs procured through price negotiation or the list of drugs procured through national centralized bidding) for use by provincial health facilities at the request of the Director of the Provincial Department of Health. Time limit for contract execution shall comply with Clause 4 Article 39 of this Circular.

In such cases, if health facilities under the management of central authorities or ministries, and infirmaries located in the province use the list of additional drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding (apart from the list of drugs procured through provincial-level centralized bidding issued by Ministry of Health), drug authorities of Ministries, ministerial agencies or governmental agencies (sectoral health authorities) and supervisory authorities of health facilities under the management of Ministries and infirmaries shall reach agreements with the relevant Provincial Department of Health for reporting to Provincial People's Committee to organize drug supplier selection as prescribed.

d) Based on actual conditions of each province, decide and inspect the delegation of powers to perform some contract packages for drug procurement of health facilities under their management at the request of the Director of the Provincial Department of Health.

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a) Lists serving drug supplier selection, including:

- List of reference authorities;

- List of drug authorities of countries considered as SRA;

- List of drug authorities of countries that are members of PIC/s and ICH;

- List of drug manufacturers in Vietnam fulfilling WHO-GMP requirements as certified by drug authorities of Vietnam;

- List of drug manufacturers fulfilling EU-GMP requirements or EU-GMP-equivalent requirements;

- List of drug manufacturers fulfilling PIC/s-GMP requirements as certified by a competent authority of a country that is concurrently a member state of PIC/s and of ICH, and also certified by a drug authority of Vietnam;

- List of drug manufacturers fulfilling GMP requirements for herbal drugs or traditional drugs as certified by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam;

- List of drug manufacturers in Vietnam fulfilling GMP requirements for traditional ingredients as certified by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam;

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b) Lists of drugs serving drug supplier selection, including:

- List of drugs granted registration certificate or import license;

- List of original brand-name drugs;

- List of reference biologicals;

- List of drugs of therapeutic equivalence with original brand-name drugs;

- List of drugs manufactured under a processing contract or technology transfer contract in Vietnam;

- List of original brand-name drugs and reference biologicals manufactured under a processing contract or technology transfer contract in Vietnam;

- List of drugs of bioequivalence proved by documentary evidences;

- List of drugs granted certificate of marketing authorization by a reference authority;

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- List of drugs wholly manufactured in Vietnam on production lines fulfilling category-1 drug category criteria as prescribed in Point c Clause 1 Article 7 of this Circular;

- List of traditional ingredients in the following dosage forms: glue, granule, powder, extract, essential oil, resin, gum or jelly meeting quality standards according to the Ministry of Health’s regulations on management of quality of herbal ingredients and traditional drugs;

- List of semi-finished herbal ingredient products in the following dosage forms: glue, granule, powder, extract, essential oil, resin, gum or jelly meeting quality standards according to the Ministry of Health’s regulations on management of quality of medicinal ingredients;

- List of drugs included in the List of natural products;

- List of drugs awarded the "Ngôi sao thuốc Việt” (“Star of Vietnamese medicines”) by the Ministry of Health;

- List of herbal ingredients which are planted, collected or obtained naturally and certified to fulfill GACP requirements by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam;

- List of drugs manufactured in Vietnam and satisfying treatment, pricing and supply requirements;

- List of domestically cultivated and harvested herbal ingredients satisfying treatment, pricing and supply requirements;

- List of drugs manufactured from materials (active ingredients) originating from countries included in the list of countries considered as SRA or granted CEP certificate;

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c) Information on declared/re-declared drug prices;

d) Information on drug prices and successful bids of herbal ingredients for health facilities;

dd) List of capable, experienced and reputable drug manufacturers and suppliers to be invited to selective bidding.

5. In case of procurement of drugs funded by health insurance fund, the social insurance agencies shall send their officials to participate in:

a) Preparation and appraisal of the drug supplier selection plan;

b) Preparation and appraisal of bidding documents;

c) Bid evaluation and appraisal of drug supplier selection result.

6. Health facilities or in-charge units of steps of the drug supplier selection shall send documents (except those which cannot be published in accordance with regulations of the Law on bidding) to members of the Council or expert team in charge of bidding stages specified in Points a, b and c Clause 5 of this Article before holding meetings within 5 days (except for urgent procurement of drugs to serve treatment). After this deadline, health facilities or in-charge units of steps of the drug supplier selection shall hold meetings of Council or expert team. Members of the Council or expert team mentioned above must comply with operating regulations of the Council or expert team according to regulations and assignment by the Council’s Chairperson or expert team’s head.

Participants’ opinions shall be raised at the meeting. Any participant's opinion that is different from that of the others shall be specified in the report.

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a) Private health facilities may participate in centralized drug procurements (national procurements, provincial-level procurements, or price negotiations) in their provinces. Such private health facilities shall formulate drug use plans and comply with the same regulations on provincial-level centralized bidding as health facilities under the management of provincial governments; Provincial Departments of Health and provincial-level centralized drug procurement units shall organize procurement of drugs for private health facilities in the same manner as health facilities under the management of provincial governments.

b) Private health facilities that do not participate in centralized drug procurements (national procurements, provincial-level procurements, or price negotiations) may carry out drug supplier selection themselves in accordance with the Law on bidding, its guiding documents and this Circular.

c) If a private health facility does not organize drug supplier selection as prescribed in Points a and b of this Circular, the social insurance agency shall only make payments for drugs according to the published results of provincial-level or national drug supplier selection or price negotiation results if the information such as trade name, registration number or import license number, content or concentration, route of administration, dosage form, packing specifications, manufacturer, and manufacturing country is correct.

If the drug is not included in the provincial-level or national centralized procurement result or price negotiation result, it shall be paid for according to successful bids of provincial-level public health facilities located in the same provinces as published by social insurance agencies in accordance with Point b Clause 3 Article 77 of the Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP.

8. Health facilities requesting for information disclosure specified in Point c Clause 1 Article 7 of this Circular shall provide the following documents and be legally responsible for the accuracy of the provided documents:

a) Certificates of marketing authorization for drugs which have been granted by drug authorities of countries included in the list of countries considered as SRA and bear consular legalization (originals or certified true copies).

b) Statements proving that the drug sold in Vietnam and the drug granted certificate of marketing authorization by a drug authority of a country included in the list of countries considered as SRA have the same dosage form, production process, quality and testing methods; active ingredients and excipients have the same quality, manufacturing facility or site as prescribed in Appendix 13 enclosed herewith.

9. Health facilities proving that the original brand-name drug or reference biological is initially manufactured in a country which is not included in the list of countries considered as SRA as prescribed in Point b Clause 2 Article 8 of this Circular shall provide the following documents and be legally responsible for the accuracy of the provided documents:

a) The patent for a modern drug granted by a competent intellectual property authority for the active ingredient (if the drug has only one active ingredient) or the mixture of active ingredients (if the drug has more than one active ingredient) enclosed with corresponding reference to the request for protection of the drug (original copy or certified true copy);

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c) Other documentary evidences (if any).

Article 51. Responsibility for implementation

The Director of Drug Administration of Vietnam, the Director of the Traditional Medicine Administration of Vietnam, the Director of the Planning - Finance Department, Chief of the Ministry’s Office, the Ministry’s Chief Inspector, Director of the National centralized drug procurement center, heads of departments of and affiliated to the Ministry of Health, Directors of Provincial Departments of Health, pharmacy business establishments and other relevant authorities, organizations and individuals shall implement this Circular.

Difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Health (via the Drug Administration of Vietnam, the Traditional Medicine Administration and the Planning - Finance Department) for consideration./.

 

 

CERTIFIED BY

PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Nguyen Truong Son

 

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“ The Law on Bidding dated November 26, 2013;

The Law on Pharmacy dated April 06, 2016;

The Government’s Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP dated June 26, 2014 providing guidelines for the Law on bidding regarding contractor selection;

The Government’s Decree No. 54/2017/ND-CP dated May 08, 2017 on guidelines for implementation of the Law on Pharmacy;

The Government’s Decree No. 75/2017/ND-CP dated June 20, 2017 defining functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;

And at the request of Director of Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control and Director of Legal Department,”

2 This Clause is abrogated according to Clause 1 Article 1 of the Circular No. 15/2021/TT-BYT, coming into force from November 15, 2021.

3 This Clause is amended according to Clause 2 Article 1 of the Circular No. 15/2021/TT-BYT, coming into force from November 15, 2021.

4This Clause is amended according to Clause 3 Article 1 of the Circular No. 15/2021/TT-BYT, coming into force from November 15, 2021.

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“Article 2. Effect

This Circular comes into force from November 15, 2021.

Article 3. Responsibility for implementation

Director of Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control, Director of Legal Department, Chief of the Ministry's Office, the Ministry’s Chief Inspector, General Directors/ Directors of Departments/ General Departments affiliated to the Ministry of Health, and relevant authorities, organizations and individuals shall implement this Circular./.”

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Circular No. 14/VBHN-BYT dated November 26, 2021 on Prescribing bidding for supply of drugs for public health facilities
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Organization: The Ministry of Health Signer: Nguyen Truong Son
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