Non-governmental actors such as NGOs, FBOs, public health agencies and donor funded agencies are the second largest group for tendering processes. They all follow their own procurement processes either governed by their funding organization or their own ethos.

MEDS

The largest private procurement partner in the health sector is MEDS and second largest procuring entity in Kenya after KEMSA. They supply not for profit organizations and are slowly letting in the lower level of private healthcare providers.

They run annual tenders for most of their procurement, but also have a 3 year tender for some of their supplies. Tenders are usually found in the daily newspapers (Daily Nation/Standard), via their website or you can subscribe to a tender alert-service whereby you pay a company a certain fee to provide you with the latest tender alerts in the sector.

Red Cross (KRC, IFRC, ICRC)

The Red Cross procures by tender or quotation to registered and prequalified suppliers.

Others

These are stakeholders such as MSF, PSI, AMREF, and Private Hospitals. Most private hospitals have tender or quotation based systems and suppliers need to be prequalified. Tenders are usually found in the daily newspapers (Daily Nation/Standard), via their website or you can subscribe to a tender alert-service whereby you pay a company a certain fee to provide you with the latest tender alerts in the sector.

Importers, Distributors and Wholesalers

There is a fine line between each of these categories, although most companies often perform all three functions. Most importers and distributors supply goods to the public and private procurement chain discussed above. The wholesalers supply goods to the retailers and to the smaller clinics and outlets.