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).
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2021-02-01.
The procurement was published on 2020-12-21.
Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Private Ambulance Services
HSE
Products/services: Ambulance services📦
Short description:
“The HSE invites responses from suitably qualified organisations for appointment to a framework agreement for private ambulance services providing a...”
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).
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Estimated value excluding VAT: EUR 40 000 000 💰
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Scope of the procurement
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Please see tender documentation for details.
1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1: Ireland East — Low Acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 1
Description
Additional products/services: Health services📦
Place of performance: Éire/Ireland🏙️
Description of the procurement: Please see tender documentation for details.
Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Description
Duration: 48
Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
This contract is subject to renewal ✅ Description
Description of renewals: Please see tender documentation for details.
2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 2 - Ireland East - medium acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 2
3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 3 - RCSI - low acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 3
4️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 4 - RCSI - medium acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 4
5️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 5 - Dublin Midlands - low acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 5
6️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 6 - Dublin Midlands - medium acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 6
7️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 7 - ULHG - low acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 7
8️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 8 - ULHG - medium acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 8
9️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 9 - South / South West - low acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 9
1️⃣0️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 10 - South / South West - medium acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 10
1️⃣1️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 11 - Saolta Group - low acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 11
1️⃣2️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 12 - Saolta Group - medium acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 12
1️⃣3️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 13 - CHI - low acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 13
1️⃣4️⃣ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 14 - CHI - medium acuity
Title
Lot Identification Number: 14
Legal, economic, financial and technical information Conditions for participation
List and brief description of conditions: Please see tender documentation for details.
Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Information about a particular profession
Reserved to a particular profession
Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:
“The candidate must be accredited with current Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) Clinical practice guidelines or equivalent EU accreditation.” Conditions related to the contract
Contract performance conditions: Please see tender documentation for details.
Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Procedure Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators
Description
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 28
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2021-02-01
12:00 📅
Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates: 2021-03-08 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 9
Complementary information Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement ✅
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: On conclusion of contract.
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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...”
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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Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Source: OJS 2020/S 251-630869 (2020-12-21)
Contract award notice (2021-10-26) Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Head Office
Postal code: Millennium Park
Phone: +353 0214923053📞
Object Scope of the procurement
Short description:
“Please be advised that the procurement process will not proceed to award — for the avoidance of doubt, this applies to all lots as advertised.” Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots ✅ Scope of the procurement
Title: Lot 1 - Ireland East - low acuity
Description
Description of the procurement:
“Please be advised that the procurement process will not proceed to award — for the avoidance of doubt, this applies to all lots as advertised.” Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): n/a
Quality criterion (weighting): 0
Price (weighting): 0
Description
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.”
Description of the procurement: please see tender documentation for details.
Procedure Information about framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Administrative information
Previous publication concerning this procedure: 2020/S 251-630869
Award of contract
1️⃣
Contract Number: 1
Title: Lot 1 - Ireland East - low acuity
Information on non-award
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
2️⃣
Contract Number: 2
Title: Lot 2 - Ireland East - medium acuity
8️⃣
Contract Number: 8
Title: Lot 8 - ULHG - medium acuity
9️⃣
Contract Number: 9
Title: Lot 9 - South / South West - low acuity
1️⃣0️⃣
Contract Number: 10
Title: Lot 10 - South / South West - medium acuity
1️⃣1️⃣
Contract Number: 11
Title: Lot 11 - Saolta Group - low acuity
1️⃣2️⃣
Contract Number: 12
Title: Lot 12 - Saolta Group - medium acuity
1️⃣3️⃣
Contract Number: 13
Title: Lot 13 - CHI - low acuity
1️⃣4️⃣
Contract Number: 14
Title: Lot 14 - CHI - medium acuity
Complementary information Additional information
“This notification is to advise that this procurement process has been cancelled - for the avoidance of doubt, the Contracting Authority has not proceeded to...”
This notification is to advise that this procurement process has been cancelled - for the avoidance of doubt, the Contracting Authority has not proceeded to award any contracts under this procurement process and applies to all lots as advertised.
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Postal town: Dublin
Postal code: 7
Source: OJS 2021/S 211-555727 (2021-10-26)