Call for Tender for the provision of Patient Transfer Aids and Associated Equipment for the New Childrenโ€™s Hospital of Ireland, Dublin 8

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

The Contracting Authority requires the provision of a range of patient moving aids - roller board, spinal scoop and seated transfer (curved) boards, to support the safe handling and transfer of patients, at the new childrenโ€™s hospital which is currently under construction for Childrenโ€™s Health Ireland . The objective of this procurement is to secure transfer aids that facilitate safe, efficient patient handling by reducing manual lifting requirements, supporting patient independence or assisted movement, and minimising the risk of musculoskeletal injury to healthcare staff, while maintaining patient comfort, and dignity throughout transfer procedures. The equipment will be used across operating theatres, radiology, MRI, intensive care, special care areas, and general wards to reduce manual handling risks and provide patient comfort and staff safety.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-07-03. The procurement was published on 2026-06-04.

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
2026-06-04 Contract notice
2026-07-10 Contract award notice
Contract notice (2026-06-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Call for Tender for the provision of Patient Transfer Aids and Associated Equipment for the New Childrenโ€™s Hospital of Ireland, Dublin 8
Short description:
The Contracting Authority requires the provision of a range of patient moving aids - roller board, spinal scoop and seated transfer (curved) boards, to support the safe handling and transfer of patients, at the new childrenโ€™s hospital which is currently under construction for Childrenโ€™s Health Ireland . The objective of this procurement is to secure transfer aids that facilitate safe, efficient patient handling by reducing manual lifting requirements, supporting patient independence or assisted movement, and minimising the risk of musculoskeletal injury to healthcare staff, while maintaining patient comfort, and dignity throughout transfer procedures. The equipment will be used across operating theatres, radiology, MRI, intensive care, special care areas, and general wards to reduce manual handling risks and provide patient comfort and staff safety.
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Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Medical equipments ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 194 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) โœ…
Additional products/services: Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Reduce, re-use, repair
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: The transition to a circular economy
Green Procurement Criteria: Other Green Public Procurement criteria
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 12 months
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: 2026-07-03 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-07-03 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8323074
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: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-07-03 12:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8323074
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โœ…
Electronic payment will be used โœ…
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-06-24 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
National registration number: 2283
Postal address: Block A, Herberton, St James Walk, Rialto Dublin 8 Dublin Ireland
Postal code: D08 HP97
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Contact point: procurement@nph.ie
E-mail: procurement@nph.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 556 4500 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.newchildrenshospital.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.newchildrenshospital.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=8323074 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8323074 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 2026/S 108-388426 (2026-06-04)
Contract award notice (2026-07-10)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 0 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Quantity: 109
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Clinical Suitability, Durability, Hygiene and Innovation, Delivery, Training of solution provided.
Quality criterion (weighting): 400
Price โœ…
Price (weighting): 600

Procedure
Weight type: Weight (points, exact)

Award of contract
Information on non-award
No tenders or requests to participate were received or all were rejected
The reason why a winner was not chosen: All tenders, requests to participate or projects were withdrawn or found inadmissible
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Information about tenders
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
National registration number: 13479
Phone: 01 5564527 ๐Ÿ“ž
Source: OJS 2026/S 133-484490 (2026-07-10)