Provision of Sourcing of Short-term and Temporary Locum General Practitioners (GPs) for the Health Sector in Ireland.

Health Service Executive (HSE)

The Health Service Executive seeks to appoint suitably qualified employment agencies to source short-term locum General Practitioners (GPs) for General Medical Services (GMS) GPs working in rural Ireland. The purpose of this tender is to support access to locum cover for up to 250 GMS General Practitioners (GPs) in rural and remote areas, who are in receipt of the Rural Practice allowance. GPs in rural and remote areas must be able to access reliable locum cover to allow them take leave knowing that their patients will continue to receive high-quality care in their absence. This scheme, developed under the terms of the 2023 GP Agreement, addresses a critical need for rural GPs who often face significant challenges in securing cover for periods of planned leave. It is envisaged that most leave requests will be for 1 to 2 week leave periods. The maximum leave duration that will be requested is a block of 5 weeks in total. Under this scheme, eligible GPs in receipt of rural practice support will have access to a streamlined locum sourcing service. The service is currently provided by one employment agency under a non-compliant pilot programme set up by the National Contracts Office. This tender process is being conducted as an open-style tender under Annex XIV of Procurement directives 2014/24/EU. The required services are listed as Annex XIV services, and accordingly, only Articles 74 to 77 of Directive 2014/24/EC applies to the award of any contract(s) that arise from this process. As such, there is considerable flexibility in conducting the tender process and this is required given the specialist nature of the services required and the very limited market. Tenderers will be ranked and scored according to the Award Criteria stated. The four top ranked tenderers will be offered a contract. The estimated cost is โ‚ฌ100k + VAT per year. The contract is for an initial 36-month period. At the end of this period the HSE can assess if the services being delivered are satisfactory or if the requirements of the scheme changes. There are 2 x 12-month optional extensions. The current focus is ensuring that a contract is in place in early 2027

Deadline

Deadline 2026-11-16

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Procurement history
Date Document
2026-10-08 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-10-08)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of Sourcing of Short-term and Temporary Locum General Practitioners (GPs) for the Health Sector in Ireland.
Short description:
The Health Service Executive seeks to appoint suitably qualified employment agencies to source short-term locum General Practitioners (GPs) for General Medical Services (GMS) GPs working in rural Ireland. The purpose of this tender is to support access to locum cover for up to 250 GMS General Practitioners (GPs) in rural and remote areas, who are in receipt of the Rural Practice allowance. GPs in rural and remote areas must be able to access reliable locum cover to allow them take leave knowing that their patients will continue to receive high-quality care in their absence. This scheme, developed under the terms of the 2023 GP Agreement, addresses a critical need for rural GPs who often face significant challenges in securing cover for periods of planned leave. It is envisaged that most leave requests will be for 1 to 2 week leave periods. The maximum leave duration that will be requested is a block of 5 weeks in total. Under this scheme, eligible GPs in receipt of rural practice support will have access to a streamlined locum sourcing service. The service is currently provided by one employment agency under a non-compliant pilot programme set up by the National Contracts Office. This tender process is being conducted as an open-style tender under Annex XIV of Procurement directives 2014/24/EU. The required services are listed as Annex XIV services, and accordingly, only Articles 74 to 77 of Directive 2014/24/EC applies to the award of any contract(s) that arise from this process. As such, there is considerable flexibility in conducting the tender process and this is required given the specialist nature of the services required and the very limited market. Tenderers will be ranked and scored according to the Award Criteria stated. The four top ranked tenderers will be offered a contract. The estimated cost is โ‚ฌ100k + VAT per year. The contract is for an initial 36-month period. At the end of this period the HSE can assess if the services being delivered are satisfactory or if the requirements of the scheme changes. There are 2 x 12-month optional extensions. The current focus is ensuring that a contract is in place in early 2027
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Recruitment services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 615 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Quantity: 4 hour
This procurement is also suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) โœ…
Additional products/services:
Aim of strategic procurement: Reduction of environmental impacts
Environmental and or sustainable initiatives they propose to adopt in the provision of the required service.
Approach to reducing environmental impacts: Climate change mitigation
Green Procurement Criteria: National Green Public Procurement criteria
Town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 60 months
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001
Description
Town: Ireland

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Legal basis: Other
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-11-16 15:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
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
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-10-28 12:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Postal address: Oak House, Millennium Park Naas Co. Kildare
Postal code: Re
Postal town: Kildare
Region: Mid-East ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: procurement.helpdesk@hse.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
URL: https://www.hse.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.hse.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Buyer contracting type: The buyer is a contracting entity
Main activity
Health
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=9255611 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9255611 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
Source: OJS 2026/S 197-702952 (2026-10-08)
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