The Health Service Executive seeks to appoint suitably qualified employment agencies to two Panels โ Tier 1 and Tier 2 - to provide agency nurses and midwives for temporary assignment to the health sector in Ireland. It is envisaged that the maximum duration of temporary assignments will be six [6] months. The Panels will primarily be available to the HSE, Section 38 organisations, TUSLA and those organisations referred to in Appendix 1 of the Invitation to Tender Document. The following describes how evaluation for membership of each Tier will be conducted: There is a single Tender Response Document for applications. All suitably qualified employment agencies will be invited to apply to be awarded to these Panels. Membership of the Panels will be based on competency, experience and capacity. Applicants must demonstrate experience and expertise of providing services of similar scale, complexity and scope to those required under this Competition. Applicants must provide comprehensive, detailed and convincing assurances that the Tenderer will deliver to the standard required by the HSE. Tenderers will be ranked and scored according to the Award Criteria stated. The top four [4] ranked tenderers will be deemed Tier 1 Suppliers, and all others will be deemed Tier 2 Suppliers. Tenderers who do not achieve the minimum pass mark(s) under any one of the Award Criteria will be eliminated but may re-apply at a future date if/when the Panel is re-opened.
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-01-30.
The procurement was published on 2025-12-03.
Contract notice (2025-12-03) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Agency Nurses and Midwives to the HSE
Short description:
โThe Health Service Executive seeks to appoint suitably qualified employment agencies to two Panels โ Tier 1 and Tier 2 - to provide agency nurses and...โ
Short description
The Health Service Executive seeks to appoint suitably qualified employment agencies to two Panels โ Tier 1 and Tier 2 - to provide agency nurses and midwives for temporary assignment to the health sector in Ireland. It is envisaged that the maximum duration of temporary assignments will be six [6] months. The Panels will primarily be available to the HSE, Section 38 organisations, TUSLA and those organisations referred to in Appendix 1 of the Invitation to Tender Document. The following describes how evaluation for membership of each Tier will be conducted: There is a single Tender Response Document for applications. All suitably qualified employment agencies will be invited to apply to be awarded to these Panels. Membership of the Panels will be based on competency, experience and capacity. Applicants must demonstrate experience and expertise of providing services of similar scale, complexity and scope to those required under this Competition. Applicants must provide comprehensive, detailed and convincing assurances that the Tenderer will deliver to the standard required by the HSE. Tenderers will be ranked and scored according to the Award Criteria stated. The top four [4] ranked tenderers will be deemed Tier 1 Suppliers, and all others will be deemed Tier 2 Suppliers. Tenderers who do not achieve the minimum pass mark(s) under any one of the Award Criteria will be eliminated but may re-apply at a future date if/when the Panel is re-opened.
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Recruitment services๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 138 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โThe Health Service Executive seeks to appoint suitably qualified employment agencies to two Panels โ Tier 1 and Tier 2 - to provide agency nurses and...โ
Description of the procurement
The Health Service Executive seeks to appoint suitably qualified employment agencies to two Panels โ Tier 1 and Tier 2 - to provide agency nurses and midwives for temporary assignment to the health sector in Ireland. It is envisaged that the maximum duration of temporary assignments will be six [6] months. The Panels will primarily be available to the HSE, Section 38 organisations, TUSLA and those organisations referred to in Appendix 1 of the Invitation to Tender Document. The following describes how evaluation for membership of each Tier will be conducted: There is a single Tender Response Document for applications. All suitably qualified employment agencies will be invited to apply to be awarded to these Panels. Membership of the Panels will be based on competency, experience and capacity. Applicants must demonstrate experience and expertise of providing services of similar scale, complexity and scope to those required under this Competition. Applicants must provide comprehensive, detailed and convincing assurances that the Tenderer will deliver to the standard required by the HSE. Tenderers will be ranked and scored according to the Award Criteria stated. The top four [4] ranked tenderers will be deemed Tier 1 Suppliers, and all others will be deemed Tier 2 Suppliers. Tenderers who do not achieve the minimum pass mark(s) under any one of the Award Criteria will be eliminated but may re-apply at a future date if/when the Panel is re-opened.
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure โ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-30 15:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-30 15:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7122386
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Complementary information 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: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
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: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐
Source: OJS 2025/S 234-804493 (2025-12-03)