Gov’t to tap service provider for COVID-19 vaccine info system

The government’s pandemic task force will hire a third-party service provider for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine information management system, Malacañang said Wednesday. 

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the task force on Tuesday authorized the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to procure services pertaining to the design approval, IT project implementation, and service management of the Philippine COVID-19 Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS). 

The task force also mandated the DICT to formulate the standards to determine whether a third-party service provider is qualified to undertake the required services required in the VIMS.

The functions of the VIMS include citizen vaccination capture and automation; provider management and automation; supply chain management; and VIMS dashboarding, reporting, and analytics.

“[This is] to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient distribution and administration of the COVID-19 vaccines,” Roque said. 

The Philippines aims to begin its mass inoculation program next month. —KG, GMA News