Hospital supplies: Did MCA engineer limited tender exercise?

Sabah DAP has questioned a supply of healing apparatus to state hospitals.

KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has been urged to examine 6 healing apparatus suppliers allocated by a Health Ministry for links to Barisan Nasional (BN) member parties.

Sabah DAP cabinet member Dr Edwin Bosi claimed a party had justification which supervision supports for buying of healing apparatus for state hospitals were channelled to these suppliers, via a "limited tender" exercise, engineered by MCA.

"We would similar to to know a basement for appointing a 6 companies. We ask if this is not against a standard Treasury direction for a buying of equipment, " Bosi said.

Local healing suppliers claim which in Aug last year, a method authorized about RM18 million for buying of apparatus for Queen Elizabeth II.

The apparatus authorized ranged from hand brush costing RM20 as well as artery forceps costing RM25 to monitors costing RM900. The buying comes under three categories approach purchase for equipment next RM50,000, quotation for those next RM500,000 as well as a proposal for equipment above RM500,000.

Hospital authorities called for quotations in early Aug from local suppliers for equipment next RM50,000, which were submitted to a State Health Department. The authorities also rebuilt specifications for quotations as well as proposal during a same time.

However, Bosi claimed which a method did not recover a supports as well as a Sabah Health Department was not informed when a fund would be made available.

In early 2012, a dialect was informed by a method ! which 6 companies had been allocated to experience in a "limited tender" practice in a buying of a equipment.

Only one Sabah supplier

Five out of a 6 companies have been from Peninsular Malaysia as well as a usually one is from Sabah.

Bosi pronounced a method must insist a rationale for a "limited tender" procedure as well as a ostracism of a local healing apparatus suppliers from this exercise.

"We would similar to to know if a singular proposal practice will lead to cheaper prices, greater potency as well as improved delivery, thus benefitting a end-users. Sabah DAP wants to know who have been benefiting from this singular tender.

"This is a serious matter because supports have been not stirring while buying procedure is changed during a responsibility of a people who have been in apocalyptic need of diagnosis as well as healing services in QEH.

"We titillate a applicable authorities such as a MACC to examine this matter urgently," he said.

"Sabah DAP wants to know because healing apparatus suppliers purebred in Sabah have been left out in this process," he added.

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