The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic Prescribing Service (NEPS) by means of the Competitive Dialogue procedure. The National Electronic Prescription Service will be a secure, efficient, and fully integrated digital service for the transmission and storage of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations generated for patients in ambulatory care in both public and private settings across Ireland’s healthcare system. It will function as a fully interoperable, standards based central repository, integrated with third-party prescribing and dispensing systems in addition to other supporting services. It will manage the entire lifecycle of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations in ambulatory care, allow the curation and maintenance of a Medication List and offer related functionality. It will enable accurate, timely access to medication information, which will enhance clinical decision-making, reduce medication errors, streamline clinical workflows, empower patients and improve overall patient care. The HSE is including the option of a Prescribing Portal in this tender process. The purpose of including the option of the Prescribing Portal is to allow those prescribers that do not have a system to generate prescriptions electronically for patients in ambulatory care. The scope of the requirement includes the provision of software, configuration, installation, integration, implementation, training, support, hosting and maintenance services. For full details please see the Request to Participate documentation, available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-07-07.
The procurement was published on 2025-05-21.
Contract notice (2025-05-21) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: National Electronic Prescription Service for the HSE
Reference number: HSE 20640
Short description:
“The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic...”
Short description
The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic Prescribing Service (NEPS) by means of the Competitive Dialogue procedure. The National Electronic Prescription Service will be a secure, efficient, and fully integrated digital service for the transmission and storage of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations generated for patients in ambulatory care in both public and private settings across Ireland’s healthcare system. It will function as a fully interoperable, standards based central repository, integrated with third-party prescribing and dispensing systems in addition to other supporting services. It will manage the entire lifecycle of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations in ambulatory care, allow the curation and maintenance of a Medication List and offer related functionality. It will enable accurate, timely access to medication information, which will enhance clinical decision-making, reduce medication errors, streamline clinical workflows, empower patients and improve overall patient care. The HSE is including the option of a Prescribing Portal in this tender process. The purpose of including the option of the Prescribing Portal is to allow those prescribers that do not have a system to generate prescriptions electronically for patients in ambulatory care. The scope of the requirement includes the provision of software, configuration, installation, integration, implementation, training, support, hosting and maintenance services. For full details please see the Request to Participate documentation, available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic...”
Description of the procurement
The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic Prescribing Service (NEPS) by means of the Competitive Dialogue procedure. The National Electronic Prescription Service will be a secure, efficient, and fully integrated digital service for the transmission and storage of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations generated for patients in ambulatory care in both public and private settings across Ireland’s healthcare system. It will function as a fully interoperable, standards based central repository, integrated with third-party prescribing and dispensing systems in addition to other supporting services. It will manage the entire lifecycle of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations in ambulatory care, allow the curation and maintenance of a Medication List and offer related functionality. It will enable accurate, timely access to medication information, which will enhance clinical decision-making, reduce medication errors, streamline clinical workflows, empower patients and improve overall patient care. The HSE is including the option of a Prescribing Portal in this tender process. The purpose of including the option of the Prescribing Portal is to allow those prescribers that do not have a system to generate prescriptions electronically for patients in ambulatory care. The scope of the requirement includes the provision of software, configuration, installation, integration, implementation, training, support, hosting and maintenance services. For full details please see the Request to Participate documentation, available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie
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Additional information:
“The estimated value is calculated based on the anticipated contract term of ten (10) years including the option to extend for two additional periods of five...”
Additional information
The estimated value is calculated based on the anticipated contract term of ten (10) years including the option to extend for two additional periods of five (5) years, exclusive of VAT.
Procedure Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue ✅ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-07 15:00:00 📅
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️ Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated ✅
“For full details please see the Procurement Documents, available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie” Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000📞 Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
“As per Public Procurement legislation.” Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 099-335559 (2025-05-21)
Contract notice (2025-06-13) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: HSE 20640 National Electronic Prescription Service for the HSE
Short description:
“The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic...”
Short description
The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic Prescribing Service (NEPS) by means of the Competitive Dialogue procedure. The National Electronic Prescription Service will be a secure, efficient, and fully integrated digital service for the transmission and storage of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations generated for patients in ambulatory care in both public and private settings across Ireland’s healthcare system. It will function as a fully interoperable, standards based central repository, integrated with third-party prescribing and dispensing systems in addition to other supporting services. It will manage the entire lifecycle of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations in ambulatory care, allow the curation and maintenance of a Medication List and offer related functionality. It will enable accurate, timely access to medication information, which will enhance clinical decision-making, reduce medication errors, streamline clinical workflows, empower patients and improve overall patient care. The HSE is including the option of a Prescribing Portal in this tender process. The purpose of including the option of the Prescribing Portal is to allow those prescribers that do not have a system to generate prescriptions electronically for patients in ambulatory care. The scope of the requirement includes the provision of software, configuration, installation, integration, implementation, training, support, hosting and maintenance services. For full details please see the Request to Participate documentation, available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie
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Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000 EUR 💰
Description
Description of the procurement:
“The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic...”
Description of the procurement
The Health Service Executive, as the Contracting Authority, seeks to procure a suitably qualified Economic Operator to provide a National Electronic Prescribing Service (NEPS) by means of the Competitive Dialogue procedure. The National Electronic Prescription Service will be a secure, efficient, and fully integrated digital service for the transmission and storage of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations generated for patients in ambulatory care in both public and private settings across Ireland’s healthcare system. It will function as a fully interoperable, standards based central repository, integrated with third-party prescribing and dispensing systems in addition to other supporting services. It will manage the entire lifecycle of electronic prescriptions and electronic dispensations in ambulatory care, allow the curation and maintenance of a Medication List and offer related functionality. It will enable accurate, timely access to medication information, which will enhance clinical decision-making, reduce medication errors, streamline clinical workflows, empower patients and improve overall patient care. The HSE is including the option of a Prescribing Portal in this tender process. The purpose of including the option of the Prescribing Portal is to allow those prescribers that do not have a system to generate prescriptions electronically for patients in ambulatory care. The scope of the requirement includes the provision of software, configuration, installation, integration, implementation, training, support, hosting and maintenance services. For full details please see the Request to Participate documentation, available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie
Procedure Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-21 15:00:00 📅
Contracting authority Name and addresses
Postal address: Oak House, Millennium Park Naas Co. Kildare
Postal code: Re
Postal town: Kildare
Changes Other additional information
“The closing date for receipt of Requests to Participate Submissions has been changed from 3pm Monday, 07th July 2025 to 3pm Monday 21st July 2025”
Source: OJS 2025/S 114-391715 (2025-06-13)
Contract notice (2025-07-15) Object Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 50 000 000 EUR 💰
Procedure Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2025-07-30 15:00:00 📅
Changes Other additional information
“Change to Section [BT-131(d)-Lot] - The Submission Deadline for receipt of Request to Participate submissions has been extended from 3:00pm Monday, 21st...”
Change to Section [BT-131(d)-Lot] - The Submission Deadline for receipt of Request to Participate submissions has been extended from 3:00pm Monday, 21st July to 3:00pm Wednesday, 30th July 2025.
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Source: OJS 2025/S 135-468494 (2025-07-15)