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Procurement Frameworks

Tendering and GPO frameworks by country.

A practical guide to the hospital procurement and group purchasing organisation (GPO) landscape across our priority markets. We work with each framework to make sure you can buy our implants through the channel you already use.

Europe

European GPOs & procurement frameworks.

Germany Hospital collective bargaining
  • Prospitalia
  • AGKAMED
  • Charité CFM GmbH
  • EK-UNICO / EK SHOP

Academic centres: Charité Berlin, MHH Hannover, LMU Munich, UKB Bonn, Freiburg, Hamburg, Düsseldorf

France Public hospital collective procurement
  • UGAP
  • Resah
  • UniHA

Academic centres: AP-HP (Pitié-Salpêtrière, Lariboisière), Hospices Civils de Lyon, CHU Bordeaux, CHU Toulouse, CHU Marseille

Italy National central procurement
  • Consip
  • Regional ARIA / So.Re.Sa. frameworks

Academic centres: Niguarda, San Raffaele, Humanitas, Policlinico Gemelli

Spain 17 autonomous community procurement bodies
  • CCAA-level procurement (17 regions)
  • National cross-region frameworks

Academic centres: Hospital La Paz, Vall d'Hebron, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Hospital Clínic

United Kingdom NHS framework for high-cost devices
  • NHS Supply Chain HCTED (High-Cost Tariff-Excluded Devices)
  • NHS England Specialised Commissioning

Academic centres: Addenbrooke's, King's College, Queen's Square (UCL), Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester

Nordics National hospital procurement
  • Amgros (DK)
  • SKR (SE)
  • Sykehusinnkjøp (NO)
  • HUS-Logistics (FI)

Academic centres: Oslo University Hospital, Karolinska, Sahlgrenska, Rigshospitalet

United States

US procurement landscape.

US — Major GPOs
  • Vizient
  • Premier
  • HealthTrust
  • Intalere (now Vizient)
US — IDN & Academic
  • Ascension
  • HCA
  • CommonSpirit
  • Advocate Health
  • Mass General Brigham
US — Coding & Coverage
  • CPT 21184 (cranioplasty)
  • ICD-10-PCS 0NR00JZ
  • MS-DRG 025-027
  • Coverage: generally covered as medically necessary
APAC & Emerging Markets

China, India, Middle East, LatAm.

China
  • Centralised provincial VBP risk for orthopaedic (CMF not yet)
  • Hospital direct procurement for Class III
  • Major hospitals: Beijing Tiantan, Huashan, Xuanwu, FMMU, Southern Medical, Shenzhen Second People's
India
  • Hospital-level tendering (large hospital chains: Apollo, Fortis, Max, Medanta)
  • GeM (Government e-Marketplace) for public sector
  • CDSCO registration in progress
Middle East
  • UAE: MOH / DOH procurement
  • Saudi Arabia: NUPCO (National Unified Procurement Company)
  • Strong academic hospital network: KFSH, KKUH, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

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