Open tender Competition for the provision of Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services (24/7/365) and Medical Air Transfers of Organs and/or Organ Retrieval Teams.
Health Service Executive (HSE)
The HSE is seeking tenders for the 24/7/365 emergency air ambulance transport via fixed wing air ambulance, to transfer patients (both inpatients and at home based patients) between Ireland and other countries mainly the UK. Emergency Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services also includes the requirement to transfer organs between hospitals, usually within the country. The Emergency Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services will be based at Dublin Aiport providing emergency air ambulance transfer service 24/7/365. The principle requirements shall be for the transfer, via air ambulance, of patients from Ireland to another jurisdiction or organs and/or organ retrieval teams usually within Ireland, often in emergency situations. The entire provision of the service would be the remit of the service Provider i.e. staffing, equipment, etc.
DeadlineDeadline 2026-05-27
Who? What?- โข Aerial and related services โบ Aircraft operating services
- โข Aerial and related services โบ Aircraft-operation services
- โข Hire of aircraft with crew โบ Hire of fixed-wing aircraft with crew
- โข Miscellaneous health services โบ Ambulance services
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2026-04-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Open tender Competition for the provision of Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services (24/7/365) and Medical Air Transfers of Organs and/or Organ Retrieval Teams.
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Hire of aircraft with crew ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 26 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 84 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-05-27 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-27 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7794628
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 365 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-05-27 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7794628
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-05-20 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
National registration number:
Postal address: Oak House, Millennium Park Naas Co. Kildare
Postal code: Re
Postal town: Kildare
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement.helpdesk@hse.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 5119700 ๐
URL: https://www.hse.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.hse.ie ๐
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=7794628 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7794628 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 079-279514 (2026-04-21)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Open tender Competition for the provision of Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services (24/7/365) and Medical Air Transfers of Organs and/or Organ Retrieval Teams.
Short description:
The HSE is seeking tenders for the 24/7/365 emergency air ambulance transport via fixed wing air ambulance, to transfer patients (both inpatients and at home based patients) between Ireland and other countries mainly the UK. Emergency Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services also includes the requirement to transfer organs between hospitals, usually within the country. The Emergency Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services will be based at Dublin Aiport providing emergency air ambulance transfer service 24/7/365. The principle requirements shall be for the transfer, via air ambulance, of patients from Ireland to another jurisdiction or organs and/or organ retrieval teams usually within Ireland, often in emergency situations. The entire provision of the service would be the remit of the service Provider i.e. staffing, equipment, etc.
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Products/services: Hire of aircraft with crew ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 26 000 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
Ambulance services
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+ 3 more
Health services
๐ฆ
Place of performance: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Duration: 84 months
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-05-27 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-05-27 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7794628
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 365 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-05-27 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7794628
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-05-20 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
National registration number:
0043024G
Postal address: Oak House, Millennium Park Naas Co. Kildare
Postal code: Re
Postal town: Kildare
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement.helpdesk@hse.ie ๐ง
Phone: 01 5119700 ๐
URL: https://www.hse.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.hse.ie ๐
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=7794628 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=7794628 ๐
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 ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 079-279514 (2026-04-21)
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