**3. Results of the workshop**

The discussion among the participants confirmed that currently there is no uniform evaluation method applied to bidding decision-making in hospitals and that there is a need for more consistency and better decision documentation on one side but also a need to adapt the weighting or criteria to local situations in cases where there are special environmental conditions. In addition, there was a general agreement that the decision should not solely be based on price, because major differences relating to quality and reliability or other factors with the healthcare impact are observed in real life between the products offered by different suppliers in Thailand. The advantages of using a consistent approach involving the MCDA methodology would be, on the one hand, the improved decision consistency and equity and, on the other hand, the high transparency and documentation of decisions versus all stakeholders with interest in the decision (e.g., manufacturers, government agencies, quality control, hospital administration, and providers).
