Under direction of the Victorian Minister for Health, HSV initiates agreements with suppliers for the goods and services required by public health facilities.
Our agreements with suppliers are grouped together into categories of similar items, creating HSV collective agreements.
When products or services fall under an HSV category - are covered by an HSV collective agreement - Victoria's public health services must only purchase the items that the agreement covers.
For products and services in categories not in HSV's scope - are not covered by an HSV collective agreement - health services may purchase from suppliers of their choice and suppliers are free to contact health service's directly.