HSV Policies
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HSV Health Purchasing Policies
- HSV Health Purchasing Policies (all): All HPPs combined in to one document.
- HSV Health Purchasing Policies: Key terms and definitions (May 2017)
- HPPS Victorian Government Gazette Notice: The May 2017 amendments were approved by the HPV Board and published on Thursday 25 May 2017.
Each HPP as an individual document:
- HPP1: Procurement Governance
- HPP2: Procurement strategic analysis
- HPP3: Market approach
- HPP4: Contract management and asset disposal
- HPP5: Collective Purchasing
- HPP5: Schedule – Collective purchasing for SPC and SEPC mandated contracts
CPU Purchasing Policy:
Our team is here to help you understand and comply with policy. Access our guidelines, tools and templates to help you understand and meet HPP requirements.
- Access Policy Resources
- Access the HSV Help Centre for a list of FAQs
- Learn about Health Service Reporting Requirements
About the Policies
HSV Health Purchasing Policies
HSV has a legislated power under subsection 134(1) of the Health Services Act 1988 (Vic) to make, amend and revoke purchasing policies relating to the supply of goods and services to Victorian health services. These policies may also cover the management and disposal of goods.
This power supports HSV’s function under the Act to develop, implement and review policies and practices to promote best value and probity. The five HSV Health Purchasing Policies (HPPs) were introduced in 2014 to meet this function.
The HPPs guide health services on best-practice procurement, offering a principles based approach to implementing probity strategy in to internal procurement practices.
Compliance is mandatory for all public hospitals and health services listed in Schedule 1 and 5 of the Act. These health services are commonly referred to as mandated health services.
Non-mandated health services (or ‘eligible services’) are also required to comply with the terms of the agreements to which they have been granted access, including all requirements of Health Purchasing Policy 5: Collective Purchasing.
The CPU Purchasing Policy
The CPU Purchasing Policy, initiated by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and administered by HSV, requires each of the health services named in the policy to purchase its pre-prepared patient food from one of two Central Production Units (CPUs) at Austin Health and Monash Health.