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Abstract

Background: Government Procurement and Supplies Management Act B.E. 2560 (A.D. 2017) was effective since August 23, 2017 onwards and had adopted to the state agency for the procurement process and inventory management that must be performed through the electronic government procurement (e-GP) of the information network system of the Comptroller General’s Department. Phimai hospital, a middle–level (M2) hospital has a certain number of medicine items that require electronic bidding (e-bidding) procurement.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the time spent in each process and the medicines’ cost savings in the procurement by e-bidding.
Method: This study was a prospective action research. Time spent in each process and medicines’ cost savings in the procurement by e-bidding that Pharmaceutical Management Section, Pharmacy and Consumer Protection Department, Phimai hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima province performed in the fiscal year B.E. 2562 were collected. Eight items of medicines were included in the study by purposive sampling.
Results: Time spent in the e-bidding procurement process were 42-60 working days for processing, accounting for 105-150% of the estimated duration. It was found that 8 steps in the process did not meet the estimated time spent. However, the e-bidding procurement of medicines could save costs, the total value of 411,689 baht.
Conclusion: The procurement by e-bidding could save costs on medicines with the competitive drug prices.