The Ministry of Health of the Nation has reaffirmed its commitment to implementing new strategies to ensure greater efficiency in vaccination campaigns. This improvement is part of the Strategic Health Plan, which aims for the reorganization, modernization, and sustainability of the health system through efficient procurement processes and intelligent use of resources, according to the health portfolio.
In this regard, the acquisition of more than 8.6 million doses of the flu vaccine for the upcoming year has been announced. Although the same amount of doses used this year will be maintained, economic savings of between 5 and 38 percent have been achieved, amounting to about 23 billion pesos.
The selection process for suppliers was conducted through Public Bidding No. 80-0026-LPU24, aiming to ensure timely access to flu vaccination next year, in accordance with the National Vaccination Calendar and with the purpose of optimizing the use of resources allocated for this purpose.
The optimization of the procurement process has resulted in savings of between 5 and 38 percent in the unit price of seasonal monovalent flu vaccine doses, trivalent pediatric flu vaccine, and trivalent adjuvanted flu vaccine. Measures have also been implemented to prevent unnecessary vaccine expirations, achieving optimization in the number of doses purchased.
During the period from 2021 to 2023, a total of 2,536,510 doses of flu vaccines were discarded, representing a waste of approximately 14 million dollars. After the relevant analyses, the evaluation commission recommended awarding the contract to Abbot Laboratories Argentina S.A. for the acquisition of 5,150,000 units of the Seasonal Adult Monodose Flu Vaccine and 1,670,000 units of the Trivalent Pediatric Seasonal Flu Vaccine.
The Trivalent Adjuvanted Seasonal Flu Vaccine was awarded to Sinergium Biotech S.A. with a quantity of 2,300,000 units.
