Supply of Hybrid Wheelchair Accessible Minibus 2025

Contract notice (2025-11-24)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Supply of Hybrid Wheelchair Accessible Minibus 2025
Short description:
“Western Care Association seeks tenders for the supply of a new Plug-in Hybrid Electric (PHEV) 9-seater wheelchair accessible minibus.”
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation 📦
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 EUR 💰
Description
Internal identifier: WCA-MINIBUS-1
Estimated value excluding VAT: 80 000 EUR 💰
Description of the procurement:
“Western Care Association seeks tenders for the supply of a new Plug-in Hybrid Electric (PHEV) 9-seater wheelchair accessible minibus.”
Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation 📦
Additional products/services: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 📦
Motor vehicles 📦
Passenger cars 📦
Specialist vehicles 📦
Patient-transport vehicles 📦
Other passenger cars 📦
Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons 📦
Postal address: Western care association, john moore road ,castlebar, county mayo, ireland
Postcode: F23H726
Town: Castlebar
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Place of performance: West 🏙️
Duration: 1 (MONTH)
The time frame below is expressed in number of months.
Award criteria
Cost criterion (name): Price – Lowest Cost for Supply of Hybrid Wheelchair Accessible Minibus
Justification for not indicating the weighting of the award criteria:
“The weighting of the award criteria has not been indicated because the contract will be awarded on the basis of the lowest cost that meets all mandatory...”    Show more
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Scope of the procurement
Additional products/services: Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 📦
Motor vehicles 📦
Passenger cars 📦
Specialist vehicles 📦
Patient-transport vehicles 📦
Other passenger cars 📦
Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons 📦
Description
Postcode: f23h726

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure ✅
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-01-08 17:00:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-01-08 00:30:00 📅
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7055380
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 30
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-01-08 00:30:00 📅
Place:
“https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7055380”
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used ✅
Electronic payment will be used ✅
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-01-08 13:00:00 📅
The CVD legal basis to establish which category of procurement procedure applies: Vehicle purchase, lease or rent
The procurement falls within the scope of the European Parliament and Council 2009/33/EC (Clean Vehicles Directive – CVD) ✅

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Western Care Association
National registration number: 20010359
Postal address: John Moore Road
Postal code: F23H726
Postal town: Castlebar
Region: West 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: tcrowley@westerncare.com 📧
Phone: 0872889232 📞
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.westerncare.com/ 🌏
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=7055380 🌏
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7055380 🌏
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 🏙️
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie 📧
Phone: +353 1 8886000 📞
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
Department: 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 📞
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2025/S 227-781735 (2025-11-24)