RESAH


Resah is a public Central Purchasing Body that leverages the purchasing power of hospitals and nursing homes in France. Resah is the only Central Purchasing Body specialized in both healthcare and medical-social sectors in France.

It offers more than 4000 public contracts in all the procurement segments, covering all hospital needs: medical (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biomedical equipment, PPE…) and non-medical (ICT solutions, catering, energy…), from more than 700 suppliers, including 45% of SMEs.

Today the public organization has more than 2100 beneficiaries, including almost all French public and non-for-profit hospitals, nursing homes but also other public organizations like the public health national agency. The procurement volume through Resah’s public contracts was €2 billion in 2022.

Resah is one of the key procurement players in the healthcare sector in France and Europe. Resah is the founding member of the EHPPA Association.

PROJECT ROLE

Resah is the leader of the 1st phase of the project, the Observational Study on European Healthcare & Public Procurement Environment, with the collaboration of UPM and 13 Country Leaders. Main objective is to get a deep knowledge of the European public procurement landscape. After the setting of the Country nodes and the definition of the means and method, the 13 Country Leaders will collect the information from the nodes of organisations. Resah will consdolidate the data and deliver the qualitative study together with the quantitative study, the UPM interactive digital tool.