{"id":579,"date":"2023-10-10T13:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T20:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/hcdom\/?post_type=dom&#038;p=579"},"modified":"2025-06-09T12:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:33:32","slug":"5-6-5-pharmaceutical-acquisitions","status":"publish","type":"dom","link":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/hcdom\/dom\/chapter-5-administrative\/article-6-contracts-and-procurement\/5-6-5-pharmaceutical-acquisitions\/","title":{"rendered":"5.6.5 Pharmaceutical Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-no-marker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) participates in the Statewide Pharmaceutical Program, also referred to as the Prescription Drug Bulk Purchasing Program, established by Government Code sections 14977-14982, and administered by the Department of General Services (DGS).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Applicability<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-no-marker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>This policy applies to all CCHCS staff involved with acquisitions of pharmaceutical products.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-no-marker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pharmaceutical acquisitions shall be made utilizing pre-existing sources and other acquisition processes according to the following guidelines:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prescription bulk pharmaceuticals shall be purchased using the mandatory Pharmaceutical Wholesaler statewide contract.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pharmaceutical products not available through the Pharmaceutical Wholesaler statewide contract shall be purchased using mandatory DGS contracts, when available.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pharmaceutical products <strong>not<\/strong> included in a DGS contract may be obtained by following standard acquisition procedures (Refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdcr.sharepoint.com\/sites\/cchcs_lifeline_am\/SiteAssets\/SitePages\/Acquisitions-Management-Section\/41844113992023%20CCHCS_Acquisitions_Customer%20Guide.pdf\">CCHCS Acquisitions Customer Guide<\/a>).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>For pharmaceutical acquisition requests that meet blanket purchase order requirements as specified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cdcr.sharepoint.com\/sites\/cchcs_lifeline_am\/SiteAssets\/SitePages\/Acquisitions-Management-Section\/41844113992023%20CCHCS_Acquisitions_Customer%20Guide.pdf\">CCHCS Acquisitions Customer Guide, Section 3.4<\/a>, the procedures contained within the guide shall be followed.\u00a0 Otherwise, pharmaceutical acquisitions shall follow standard procedures as found in the Acquisitions Customer Guide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-no-marker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-bullet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Government Code, Title 2, Division 3, Part 5.5, Chapter 12, Purchase of Prescriptions Drugs for Government Agencies, Sections 14977-14982<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-bullet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Public Contract Code, Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 2, State Acquisitions of Goods and Services, Section 10290<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-bullet\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Department of General Services, State Contracting Manual, Volume 2<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-no-marker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Revision History<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\n\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block is-style-no-marker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Effective: 08\/2016<br>Reviewed: 05\/10\/2023<br>Revised: 06\/09\/2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t<\/li>\n\t\n\t<\/ul>\n\t","protected":false},"parent":234,"template":"","class_list":["post-579","dom","type-dom","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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