Framework Agreement for Private Ambulance Services
Health Service Executive (HSE)
The HSE has a statutory responsibility for the provision of Health and Social care services in the Republic of Ireland. Emergency Ambulance Services are provided by the National Ambulance Services.
The HSE invites responses from suitably qualified organisations for appointment to a Framework Agreement for Private Ambulance Services providing a high-quality transport service for public HSE patients; strictly on an if and when required basis (as deemed by the HSE); for ad hoc private ambulance services, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE, in accordance with Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council's (PHECC) Standards and dedicated private ambulance services within a specific geographic area or attached to a specific facility, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE in accordance with PHECC Standards.
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2017-06-28. The procurement was published on 2017-05-23.
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Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2017-05-23 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2017-05-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Ambulance services
Reference number: HSE4468/17
Short description:
Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Ambulance services 📦
Additional CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Postal address: Head Office, Millennium Park
Postal town: Naas
Contact
Internet address: http://www.hse.ie 🌏
E-mail: sean.bresnan@hse.ie 📧
Phone: +353 016352251 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=112896&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=112896&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-05-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-06-28 📅
Publication date: 2017-05-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 100-198516
OJ-S issue: 100
Additional information
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
Estimated total value: 55 000 000 EUR 💰
Short description:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 55 000 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
Main site or place of performance: Various locations throughout Ireland.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As described in Pre-Qualification documents.
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:
Contract performance conditions: To be developed during Dialogue stage of procurement.
Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Number of participants to be contemplated: 15
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2017-08-16 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 4 months
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Sean Bresnan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/461 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=112896&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: On termination of Framework Agreement.
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2017/S 100-198516 (2017-05-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Ambulance services
Reference number: HSE4468/17
Short description:
The HSE has a statutory responsibility for the provision of Health and Social care services in the Republic of Ireland. Emergency Ambulance Services are provided by the National Ambulance Services.
The HSE invites responses from suitably qualified organisations for appointment to a Framework Agreement for Private Ambulance Services providing a high-quality transport service for public HSE patients; strictly on an if and when required basis (as deemed by the HSE); for ad hoc private ambulance services, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE, in accordance with Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council's (PHECC) Standards and dedicated private ambulance services within a specific geographic area or attached to a specific facility, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE in accordance with PHECC Standards.
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Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Ambulance services 📦
Additional CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Éire/Ireland 🏙️
Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender
Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Postal address: Head Office, Millennium Park
Postal town: Naas
Contact
Internet address: http://www.hse.ie 🌏
E-mail: sean.bresnan@hse.ie 📧
Phone: +353 016352251 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=112896&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=112896&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2017-05-23 📅
Submission deadline: 2017-06-28 📅
Publication date: 2017-05-26 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2017/S 100-198516
OJ-S issue: 100
Additional information
As these service fall under the light touch regime, the Contracting Authority will use a mixture of both the competitive procedure with negotiation and competitive dialogue.
Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The HSE has a statutory responsibility for the provision of Health and Social care services in the Republic of Ireland. Emergency Ambulance Services are provided by the National Ambulance Services.
The HSE invites responses from suitably qualified organisations for appointment to a Framework Agreement for Private Ambulance Services providing a high-quality transport service for public HSE patients; strictly on an if and when required basis (as deemed by the HSE); for ad hoc private ambulance services, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE, in accordance with Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council's (PHECC) Standards and dedicated private ambulance services within a specific geographic area or attached to a specific facility, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE in accordance with PHECC Standards.
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Short description:
The HSE invites responses from suitably qualified organisations for appointment to a Framework Agreement for Private Ambulance Services providing a high-quality transport service for public HSE patients; strictly on an if and when required basis (as deemed by the HSE); for ad-hoc private ambulance services, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE, in accordance with Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council's (PHECC) Standards and dedicated private ambulance services within a specific geographic area or attached to a specific facility, where deemed necessary and required by the HSE in accordance with PHECC Standards.
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Duration: 36 months
Description of renewals:
The initial framework agreement will be for a period twelve (12) months with the option to extend for further periods not to exceed thirty six (36) months in total.
Additional information:
As these service fall under the light touch regime, the Contracting Authority will use a mixture of both the competitive procedure with negotiation and competitive dialogue.
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Various locations throughout Ireland.
Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As described in Pre-Qualification documents.
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:
The provision of the required services must be in accordance with Pre Hospital Emergency Care Councils (PHECC) Clinical Practice Guidelines 6th Edition 2017, or equivalent EU accreditation.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: To be developed during Dialogue stage of procurement.
Procedure
Minimum number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
The Contracting Authority reserves the right during the successive stages to reduce the number of Candidates/Tenderers. Where such a reduction in the number of Candidates/Tenderers is applied it will be done in accordance with the application of award criteria set out in the Descriptive Document.
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Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2017-08-16 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 4 months
Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Sean Bresnan
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/461 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=112896&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: On termination of Framework Agreement.
Interested service providers are advised that the services being procured under this Framework Agreement are classified as ‘social and other specific services’ under the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016, and therefore fall under the Light Touch Regime. Accordingly, the Authority intend to use a customised procedure using a mixture of the competitive procedure with negotiation and competitive dialogue.
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Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: The Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2017/S 100-198516 (2017-05-23)
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