Depart of Health & Family Welfare wins award in highest single bid procurements in FY22-23 category by Govt e-marketplace

New Delhi: Department of Health and Family Welfare, Union Health Ministry was awarded as a winner of “Highest Single Bid Procurements in FY22-23” category, organized by Government e-Marketplace, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Rajiv Wadhawan, Advisor, Department of Health and Family Welfare Ministry received the award from Piyush Goyal, Minister of Textiles, Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution at a function organized on the occasion of Kreta Vikreta Gaurav Samman Samaroh by Ministry of Commerce and Industry at Vanijya Bhawan.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has taken the lead in operationalizing Prime Minister Vision of Make in India and procuring through Government e-market place (GeM).  As part of this effort Vaccine Procurement Cell of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare onboarded domestic vendors of vaccines and invited bids for 780 lakh doses of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) in April 2022 for use under Universal Immunization Programme in an efficient and transparent manner.

The tender was finalized in July 2022 in an efficient and transparent manner and orders placed under for value of approximately 1544 crores. The supplies under the orders are being received as per schedule.

In the financial year 2022-23, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has displayed exemplary commitment towards enhancing credibility of public procurement procedures by consistently relying on GeM to conduct business in the national procurement market.

Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, GeM Team and other dignitaries were also present at the meeting.