INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND

                Purchase & Procurement Department is responsible to make purchases to meet the overall requirements of all Divisions/Departments of NIH, through Open Tenders, Limited Tenders, Petty Purchase as well as Proprietary basis.  Annual tender for purchase of Animal and their Ration is also published in the press.

●     Before1972, the following departments of NIH were working independently having their own stores:

-          National Health Laboratories (presently PHLD)

-          Nutrition Survey & Research Institute (presently Nutrition Division)

-          Drug Research Institute (Presently DC&TMD)

-          Bureau of Laboratories (presently BPD)

-          The above departments were merged in NHL in 1972.

●          In 1987, an other store viz Viral Vaccine Store was established headed by Store    Officer

●          Central Store was headed by Assistant Director (Store).

●          In November 1995 Viral Vaccine Store merged with the Central Store with the approval of BOG with a new designation namely Purchase & Procurement Department under the supervision of Deputy Director (P&P).

OBJECTIVES

●          To manage purchase & procurement of technical and general store for all departments of NIH.

●          To plan procurement of all types of vaccines/ORS production components in consultation with BPD and Quality Control Lab for Biological

●          To ensure that stock of all material required for production of vaccines, anti-sera and ORS is available in stock for at least 06 months.

●          To make the risk purchase in case of non-supply by the contractor   against Annual Tender of Ration and Live Stock.

●          To open L/Cs, dealing with Banks and other Agencies for importable items.

●          To maintain up to date inventory of durable goods/store.

●          To ensure periodical and annual maintenance of Machinery and Equipment.

MISSION:

• The major mission of Purchase & Procurement Department to arrange the timely supply of stores i.e Machinery/Equipment, Chemical/Glassware, Live Stock/Ration & General Store items for all divisions/section of NIH with special reference to BPD so that production activities could be continued without any interruption.

• To open L/C’s for import of different items of stores against the Foreign Exchange Allocations released by the Ministry of Finance according to NIH yearly budget.

• Store Wing of Purchase & Procurement Department is responsible to arrange Inspection of each and every item of store from the end user. After clearance of Inspection Note the store is taken on Central Stock Ledger by the Storekeeper Incharge of concerned Store.  

SET UP:

(i)                     The Purchase & Procurement Department is headed by Director Purchase  

              & Procurement (BPS-19) who is overall In charge of the Department

(ii)               Apart from this, he is assisted by Assistant Director (P&P) & Assistant Director Store. Assistant Director (P&P) deals with the cases relating to Purchase & Procurement of Store while Assistant Director (Store) is responsible to carry on the duties relating to Store Section.

FUTURE PLAN: