Guide to Hospital Authority Procurement

The key objective of the procurement policy of the Hospital Authority (HA) is to obtain goods, supplies and services of acceptable quality at the best obtainable value-for-money and also in a timely manner to support the day-to-day operations of all hospitals and out-patient clinics. Under the management of HA, to ensure fairness and leverage on market capability, all goods, supplies and services shall normally be procured through competitive tendering or quotation processes based on the estimated value of the contract, or direct purchases due to emergency requirements as appropriate.

With effect from 1st April 2006, the HA Head Office Procurement and Materials Management Section and the Cluster Procurement Teams in the seven Clusters of HA will be responsible for the procurement of all goods and supplies including but not limited to medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceutical/general/medical consumables and services. The Government Logistics Department (GLD)of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall henceforth cease the previous agency support to provide procurement services for all pharmaceutical items to HA. 

On 20 May 1997, Hong Kong acceded to the World Trade Organisation Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). In this connection, HA, being categorized as a Non-Government Public Entities, is required to follow the procedure of the GPA if the value of the purchase of products and services (other than construction services) is over 400,000 SDR (approximately HK$4.6 million) and 5,000,000 SDR (Approximately HK$57.5 million) for construction services.

As an information source to interested parties and vendors, tender notices for major purchases and the results of contract awards in respect of HA’s  procurement of goods and services will be advertised on this website.  Commercially sensitive information and data privacy protection will also be observed strictly as a code of practice by HA.  Further enquiries may be made to the following contact points in the first instance.

Hospital Authority,
Procurement and Materials Management Section (PMMS),
Room 310N, 147B Argyle Street,
Kowloon,
Hong Kong
(Attn. Ms. Anna Leong)
Tel. No. (852) 2300 7464
Fax. No. (852) 2515 9046
E-mail : leongml@ha.org.hk