Provision of Private Ambulance Services

Health Service Executive (HSE)

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) (or EU equivalent) 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 (or EU equivalent) standards.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2020-01-17. The procurement was published on 2019-11-21.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2019-11-21 Contract notice
2020-10-15 Additional information
Contract notice (2019-11-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Ambulance services
Reference number: HSE 4800/19
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) (or EU equivalent) 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 (or EU equivalent) standards.
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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: Ambulance services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: Eastern and Midland 🏙️
Southern 🏙️
Northern and Western 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Restricted procedure
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: claudia.manning@hse.ie 📧
Phone: +353 214923046 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=157589&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=157589&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2019-11-21 📅
Submission deadline: 2020-01-17 📅
Publication date: 2019-11-25 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2019/S 227-557399
OJ-S issue: 227
Additional information
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. Tenderers should note that this framework agreement is not applicable to the provision of services to private patients being transferred between hospitals.
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Object
Scope of the procurement
Maximum number of lots per tenderer: 2
Information about lots:
There will be a limit on the number of lots to which a tenderer may be appointed as a lead provider. A tenderer shall only be appointed to two of the following lots, Lot 1, Lot 2, Lot 3, Lot 4, Lot 5 and Lot 6. A tenderer may be appointed as a lead provider in their own right and in their capacity as a consortium.
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Title of the lot: Ireland East Hospital Group
Lot number: 1
Short description: Provision of private ambulance services.
Duration: 48 months
Description of renewals: On termination or expiry of contract.
Title of the lot: RCSI Hospital Group
Lot number: 2
Title of the lot: Dublin Midland Hospital Group
Lot number: 3
Title of the lot: University of Limerick Hospital Group
Lot number: 4
Title of the lot: South/South West Hospital Group
Lot number: 5
Title of the lot: Saolta Hospital Group
Lot number: 6
Title of the lot: Children Health Ireland Hospital Group
Lot number: 7

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: As described in procurement documents.
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:
The candidate must be accredited with current Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) Clinical practice guidelines or equivalent EU accreditation.
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: As described in procurement documents.

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Minimum number of candidates: 3
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
As described in procurement documents.
As set out in procurement documents.
Number of participants to be contemplated: 14
Time of receipt of tenders: 15:00
Date of dispatch of invitations: 2020-02-24 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Tender validity period: 2020-09-30 📅

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Claudia Manning
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=157589&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: On conclusion of contract.
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.
Tenderers should note that this framework agreement is not applicable to the provision of services to private patients being transferred between hospitals.

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: D7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Phone: +353 18886511 📞
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Internet address: http://www.courts.ie 🌏
Source: OJS 2019/S 227-557399 (2019-11-21)
Additional information (2020-10-15)
Object
Scope of the procurement
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) (or EU equivalent) 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 (or EU equivalent) Standards.
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Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2020-10-15 📅
Publication date: 2020-10-20 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2020/S 204-497092
Refers to notice: 2019/S 227-557399
OJ-S issue: 204
Additional information
Please be advised that the procurement process will not proceed to award — for the avoidance of doubt, this applies to all lots as advertised.
Source: OJS 2020/S 204-497092 (2020-10-15)
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