Introducing our Knowledge Partner
Introducing our Knowledge Partner EHPPA to help you find out who they are, to get to know their objective, and what market they cover.
1. Who they are:
The European Health Public Procurement Alliance (EHPPA) is an alliance of non-profit Group Procurement Organizations founded in 2012. It is a registered association under French law with their headquarter in Paris.
2. What market do they cover and what is their procurement volume?
Their members represent >1000 hospitals and care institutions with a procurement volume of > €15 billion per year.
The EHPPA is composed by 10 procurement organizations representing the following 10 European countries
- Belgium
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Spain
- France
- Switzerland
- Italy
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- The United Kingdom
Each country is represented exclusively by one-member association; EHPPA thus covers around 80% of the Western European market.
3. What are their objectives?
EHPPA has the following objectives:
- to pool expertise, leverage performance and provide its members with a strategic position in the European health procurement market
- to become more and more a privileged partner for the EU and to focus on healthcare procurement and healthcare innovation strategy into EU politics by participating in common workgroups
- sharing experience with EU-commission-directorates linked direct or indirect to healthcare subjects and sustaining start-up ideas
