Contract #: HSP39 MMARS MA #: HSP39*Gpo for Medical Commodities & Equipment • November 5th, 2020
This is a Statewide Contract for a GPO for Medical Commodities & Equipment. This contract covers a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) agreement for Medical Commodities and Equipment with sole Contractor, Managed Healthcare Associates (MHA), whose GPO membership includes over 9,000 healthcare facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes. The GPO realizes savings and efficiencies by aggregating purchasing volume and using that leverage to negotiate discounts with manufacturers, distributors and other vendors of healthcare supplies. Please see item 1 under Additional Information below for more information on a GPO. MHA supports the Commonwealth by using their contracts to establish the acquisition prices for medical commodities purchased from distributors who committed to work with a GPO through SWC HSP40 for Medical Commodities and successor contracts; and by allowing direct purchases of equipment from manufacturers using the GPO’s contracts through a Department of Public Health (DPH)
