Paediatric Orthopaedic Procedures for Conditions such as Spina Bifida and Scoliosis

Children's Health Ireland (CHI)

Childrenโ€™s Health Ireland (CHI) is leading on the clinical and operational transformation of acute paediatric healthcare in Ireland, and consists of hospitals at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght, with the new National Children's Hospital Ireland due to open in 2026. As part of the Scoliosis and Spina Bifida Action Plan, CHI is actively seeking to reduce the waiting time children and adolescentโ€™s resident in Ireland should wait for paediatric orthopaedic surgery for conditions such as Spina Bifida and Scoliosis. As part of this plan, CHI wishes to established a panel of qualified healthcare organisations. The capacity to treat a minimum of 10 patients by 31 December 2025 is a minimum requirement for entry onto the Panel. The treatment of paediatric scoliosis involves complex spinal surgery. CHI is only willing to entrust the treatment of CHI patients to hospitals of the highest quality in terms of the clinical team and the hospitals facilities and resources. The ability of the hospital and its clinical team to provide the highest level of care to the patient and their accompanying parent/guardian or carer is of paramount importance. Please find attached Invitation to Tender (ITT) for more information.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2025-09-05. The procurement was published on 2025-08-01.

Who? What? Where?
  • โ€ข Aฯ„ฯ„ฮนฮบฮฎ โ€บ ฮ’ฯŒฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ‚ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ‚ ฮ‘ฮธฮทฮฝฯŽฮฝ
  • โ€ข Eastern and Midland โ€บ Dublin
Procurement history
Date Document
2025-08-01 Contract notice
Contract notice (2025-08-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Paediatric Orthopaedic Procedures for Conditions such as Spina Bifida and Scoliosis
Short description:
Childrenโ€™s Health Ireland (CHI) is leading on the clinical and operational transformation of acute paediatric healthcare in Ireland, and consists of hospitals at Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght, with the new National Children's Hospital Ireland due to open in 2026. As part of the Scoliosis and Spina Bifida Action Plan, CHI is actively seeking to reduce the waiting time children and adolescentโ€™s resident in Ireland should wait for paediatric orthopaedic surgery for conditions such as Spina Bifida and Scoliosis. As part of this plan, CHI wishes to established a panel of qualified healthcare organisations. The capacity to treat a minimum of 10 patients by 31 December 2025 is a minimum requirement for entry onto the Panel. The treatment of paediatric scoliosis involves complex spinal surgery. CHI is only willing to entrust the treatment of CHI patients to hospitals of the highest quality in terms of the clinical team and the hospitals facilities and resources. The ability of the hospital and its clinical team to provide the highest level of care to the patient and their accompanying parent/guardian or carer is of paramount importance. Please find attached Invitation to Tender (ITT) for more information.
Show more
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Medical specialist services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 4 years
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: 2025-09-05 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2025-09-05 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6234098
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180 days
Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
Framework agreement with several operators โœ…
Maximum number of participants: 6
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2025-09-05 17:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=6234098
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2025-08-22 17:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Children's Health Ireland (CHI)
National registration number: 20202295
Postal address: Crumlin
Postal code: D12 N512
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: robert.keogh@olhsc.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 01 4096598 ๐Ÿ“ž
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.childrenshealthireland.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=6234098 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=6234098 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
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2025/S 147-507087 (2025-08-01)