Industry Findings: Centralised procurement refreshes and steady hospital equipment deliveries are creating predictable renewal pockets that vendors can target with bundled service offers. The Ministry of Health’s public reporting shows that between 2023–2024 the ministry delivered equipment and upgrades across multiple network sites, concentrating demand in diagnostic imaging and lab-capacity items and favoring suppliers able to combine equipment, maintenance and training (Mar-2024). This encourages multi-year service agreements and local parts stocking strategies.
Industry Progression: A tangible market-moving procurement action was ChileCompra’s new framework tender for medical supplies and devices published in Jan-2024; this convening of standardised product lots made it easier for hospitals to order across the public network and accelerated near-term purchasing for imaging, consumables and device servicing — a clear signal that framework agreements are shortening procurement cycles.
Industry Player Insights: Some of the providers in this sector include Roche Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, GE HealthCare, and Medtronic etc. The vendor set is consolidating around incumbents that can support nation-wide frameworks: Roche Chile’s local presence and service organisation (Mar-2025) and Siemens/GE continuing to win framework lots show that buyers prioritise proven service footprints and regulatory readiness. This raises the bar for smaller suppliers unless they partner with national distributors.