Industry Findings: Procurement pacing and tender-driven windows are the dominant factor dictating device replacement and vendor selection across public health facilities; the Ministry’s Directorate General of Medical Supplies centralises receipt, storage and distribution and often aggregates buying into discrete tenders, which benefits suppliers who can meet local logistics and service requirements (Dec-2023). For vendors, this creates predictable batch-demand periods and raises the commercial value of stocked SKUs and rapid-install teams.
Industry Progression: The Ministry of Health’s public tender activity has converted planned upgrades into actionable procurements: the MOH published a multi-item supply tender that was published in Dec-2023 and covered broad lab and equipment items — this pushed several suppliers to accelerate local registration and logistics planning to meet tight delivery schedules, compressing usual lead times for hospital projects.
Industry Player Insights: Among the many providers in this industry, a few include Siemens Healthineers, Philips Healthcare, Oman Medical Supplies and Services Co. LLC, and Mazon Medical Trading LLC etc. Vendor strategy is clear: global OEMs such as Siemens and Philips rely on local distributors (Oman Medical Supplies; Mazon Medical) to convert tender wins into on-the-ground deliveries. Oman-focused distributors’ established warehouses and technical teams (Omanmed; Mazon) shorten deployment timelines and materially increase the chances of winning MOH framework lots.