About Us

Established in 2005, the Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PFSCM) is a nonprofit procurement services agent (PSA) and a provider of fourth-party logistics (4PL) and supply chain solutions.

We offer comprehensive category and channel management, strategic sourcing, supply chain, and 4PL solutions, including forecasting, demand planning, product quality assurance and quality control testing, upstream and last-mile logistics, end-to-end shipment tracking, and storage and warehousing services. We use a secure digital catalog, access program, and ordering platform for streamlined procurement.

Structure

All our services comply with our ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System (QMS), and our procurement processes align with the ISO 20400 guideline for Sustainable Procurement.

Health areas

Antimicrobial resistance
Genomic surveillance
HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB
Mpox and Ebola
Opportunistic infection medicines
Waste management

Global

Within PFSCM’s global structure, we have about 134 seconded staff members, with staff located in a few strategic countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Switzerland. PFSCM staff represent more than 49 different nationalities.

Our History

PFSCM was established in 2005 to implement one of the world’s largest public health supply chains, the Supply Chain Management System Project (SCMS), a project of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

PFSCM managed this program from 2005 to 2016 and delivered more than $2.8 billion in healthcare products to 66 PEPFAR-supported countries, and managed the procurement and distribution of more than 18,500 deliveries.

In 2009, PFSCM was selected as a PSA for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria’s Pooled Procurement Mechanism (PPM). PFSCM was awarded new contracts with the Global Fund in 2013, 2019, and 2025.

PFSCM is currently contracted as PSA for:

Rapid Diagnostic Tests for HIV and Malaria programs,
Viral Load and Early Infant Diagnostics, Other Diagnostics for HIV, TB and
Malaria programs, and Laboratory and Medical Supplies,
and Medical Equipment and Devices.

Traditionally, PFSCM worked with large donors and the countries supported by those donors, but in 2010 we opened our services to Ministries of Health, countries with domestic funded public health programs, other non-government organizations (NGOs), and privately operated health initiatives and programs.

Today, we support a number of organizations and countries with direct and/or once-off procurement services, as well as technical assistance and in-country logistics services. Our client base stretches from Latin America across Africa and Eastern Europe to Central Asia, and we have experience in more than 100 countries worldwide. Our core expertise lies in developing solutions for the African continent. More than 90% of products we buy are destined for sub-Saharan Africa.

Since our inception, we have procured more than $8.3 billion worth of orders for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other products across all our clients. We have served 132 countries, including nearly every country on the African continent, and delivered more than 54,000 shipments.

Our approach

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Quality and Value

We provide quality, best-value products and supply chain services: plan, source, move, track, store, quality.

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Data-driven Solutions

We deploy innovative, data-driven solutions and technologies to enhance supply chain agility and resilience.

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Transformation

We transform local and regional health supply chains to promote sustainable access to quality health products.

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