HSV Purchasing Policies

The five HSV Purchasing Policies (HSV PPs) are instructions for conducting best-practice procurement for Victoria’s public health services. We have created the HSV PPs as part of our legislative function under the Health Services Act 1988 (Vic).

By law, health services must comply with the HSV PPs when procuring goods and services and are required to report on their compliance with them.

The HSV PPs are a best-practice procurement guide designed to ensure:

• greater oversight of government spending
• a principles-based approach to implementing probity strategy into procurement practices
• simplified procurement processes
• value for money.

• HSV Purchasing Policy 1. Governance
• HSV Purchasing Policy 2. Strategic Analysis
• HSV Purchasing Policy 3. Market Approach
• HSV Purchasing Policy 4. Contract Management and Asset Disposal
• HSV Purchasing Policy 5. Collective Purchasing and Supply Chain
• HSV Purchasing Policies Combined (1,2,3,4 and 5)

In October 2023 the HSV Board approved amendments to the HSV PPs. For details of the amendments, see the HSV Purchasing Policies Victorian Government Gazette Notice.

Frequently asked questions

Read the HSV Purchasing Policies FAQs.

Central Food Production Unit Purchasing Policy

The Central Food Product Unit Purchasing Policy (CPU PP): Patient Food and Preparation and Distribution is an additional policy that only applies to metropolitan health services.

Exemption from the CPU Purchasing Policy

Please note, there are currently exemptions in place for the CPU Purchasing Policy. 

Victorian Department of Health exemption notice dated 16 June 2022 relates to:

• The Alfred Hospital
• Melbourne Health
• Peninsula Health
• Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
• The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
• Western Health

Victorian Department of Health exemption notice dated 27 June 2024 related to:

• The Alfred Hospital
• Peninsula Health

Content reviewed: November 2024