EU OPEN PROCESS Custom Clearance Agent Services

Health Service Executive (HSE)

The HSE, โ€œContracting Authorityโ€, is tendering for the provision of Customs Clearance Agency services in response to planned and unplanned international freight requirements. The appointed Customs Clearance Agent will support the HSEโ€™s international import and export of goods including medical equipment, medical supplies, medical devices, laboratory supplies and samples, pharmaceuticals, and any other operational supplies. The HSE has a devolved purchasing structure where departmental buyers manage local procurements as well as frontline workers placing orders directly with suppliers, which will leads to many varying requests, from multiple points of contact. The HSE requires a customs clearance agent that understands all the legislation and terms governing customs, who will ensure compliance of same in a timely manner so as to ensure that all HSEโ€™s imports are cleared within the allotted schedule without incurring demurrage, delays or customs penalties. Other public health services organisations which are funded by the HSE may also avail of this contract.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-03-20. The procurement was published on 2024-02-07.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2024-02-07 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-02-07)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: EU OPEN PROCESS Custom Clearance Agent Services
Short description:
The HSE, โ€œContracting Authorityโ€, is tendering for the provision of Customs Clearance Agency services in response to planned and unplanned international freight requirements. The appointed Customs Clearance Agent will support the HSEโ€™s international import and export of goods including medical equipment, medical supplies, medical devices, laboratory supplies and samples, pharmaceuticals, and any other operational supplies. The HSE has a devolved purchasing structure where departmental buyers manage local procurements as well as frontline workers placing orders directly with suppliers, which will leads to many varying requests, from multiple points of contact. The HSE requires a customs clearance agent that understands all the legislation and terms governing customs, who will ensure compliance of same in a timely manner so as to ensure that all HSEโ€™s imports are cleared within the allotted schedule without incurring demurrage, delays or customs penalties. Other public health services organisations which are funded by the HSE may also avail of this contract.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Custom broker services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Internal identifier: HSE 21134
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) โœ…
Additional products/services: Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-03-20 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-03-20 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3059610
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2024-03-20 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3059610
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria: See ITT for selection criteria
Conditions for participation
Exclusion ground: Purely national exclusion grounds
Description of exclusion grounds: Please see the Invitation to Tender documents for full details

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
National registration number: 1448
Postal address: Oak House, Millennium Park Naas Co. Kildare
Postal code: Re
Postal town: Kildare
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement.helpdesk@hse.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.hse.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.hse.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Health
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3059610 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=3059610 ๐ŸŒ
Electronic submission: Required

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 029-085813 (2024-02-07)