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Contact details stay private. Every introduction goes through the FOLA office.

Medical Supply, Introduced

Practices find suppliers who deliver to them. Suppliers see what practices need. FOLA makes the introduction and stays out of the money.

A supplier's loading bay: a van backed up to the door while a worker carries a box from the shelves.

Thirteen Categories Open Now

Every category opens the supplier list, filtered to that category.

If You Are Buying

  1. 1Browse suppliers

    Filter by the country you need delivery to and the category you buy.

  2. 2Shortlist up to ten

    Add every supplier you would be happy to hear from.

  3. 3Send one request

    Say what you need, how many and by when. Confirm with the emailed code.

  4. 4Introduced on WhatsApp

    The FOLA office introduces you within one business day. Quotes, payment and delivery are between you and the supplier.

If You Are Supplying

  1. 1Read Open Requests

    Practices post what they need, by city and category. Their names stay private.

  2. 2Shortlist the ones you can fill

    Up to ten at a time.

  3. 3Put yourself forward

    Give your FOLA listing reference and your offer. Only listed suppliers can put themselves forward.

  4. 4Introduced on WhatsApp

    FOLA passes you to the practice. You quote them directly.

Checks Before the Verified Mark

The standard is the one serious regional suppliers already meet. A supplier carries Genuine post once it confirms its email, and Verified by FOLA once a person at FOLA has checked all of this.

Medical instruments laid out on black: an otoscope, scissors, a syringe and examination gloves.
Supplier checks
CheckWhat it meansEvidence
Company registrationThe company is registered in its home countryCompany register extract
Regulator approvalApproved by the country's medicines and devices regulator for the categories soldBoMRA, NMRC, SAHPRA, ZAMRA or MCAZ evidence
Import licenceAllowed to bring stock into the countryImport licence or customs registration
Export licenceAllowed to deliver across a border, for suppliers who doExport licence
Authorised personThe person quoting has authority to act for the companyLetter of authority

Protective Gear to Lab Stock

From masks and sanitiser to laboratory consumables, imaging film and practice software, practices post what they need and listed suppliers answer. Delivery terms and prices are agreed directly.

Blue surgical masks and bottles of hand sanitiser on a table.
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