Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles for Driver and up to 6 Passengers

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

Irish Wheelchair Association IWA is Irelandโ€™s leading representative organisation and service provider for people with physical disabilities, with 20,000 members, over 2,500 employees, 57 local community centres and 2,000 volunteers. IWA has a requirement for 2 x Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAV) similar to Ford Connect or any comparable make or model that has the capacity to accommodate Driver plus 4 passengers with a wheelchair and without a wheelchair up to 6 passengers plus driver. The delivery locations may be to any of our sites across Ireland, but the current vehicle requirement is for Tipperary and Galway. IWA reserves the option, at its sole discretion and subject to funding, to purchase up to four additional vehicles based on the pricing submitted as part of this tender, within a period of 12 months from contract award. This option shall not oblige the IWA to purchase any additional vehicles. The Successful tenderer will be required to provide visual specification check and test drive of proposed Vehicles. It is IWAs intention that this contract will be awarded to a single Service Provider.

Deadline

Deadline 2026-08-07

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
2026-07-01 Contract notice
Contract notice (2026-07-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles for Driver and up to 6 Passengers
Short description:
Irish Wheelchair Association IWA is Irelandโ€™s leading representative organisation and service provider for people with physical disabilities, with 20,000 members, over 2,500 employees, 57 local community centres and 2,000 volunteers. IWA has a requirement for 2 x Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAV) similar to Ford Connect or any comparable make or model that has the capacity to accommodate Driver plus 4 passengers with a wheelchair and without a wheelchair up to 6 passengers plus driver. The delivery locations may be to any of our sites across Ireland, but the current vehicle requirement is for Tipperary and Galway. IWA reserves the option, at its sole discretion and subject to funding, to purchase up to four additional vehicles based on the pricing submitted as part of this tender, within a period of 12 months from contract award. This option shall not oblige the IWA to purchase any additional vehicles. The Successful tenderer will be required to provide visual specification check and test drive of proposed Vehicles. It is IWAs intention that this contract will be awarded to a single Service Provider.
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Type of contract: Supplies
Products/services: Motor vehicles ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 100 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Description
Internal identifier: 0
Additional products/services: Motor vehicles for the transport of fewer than 10 persons ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Place of performance: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Duration: 24 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: 2026-08-07 15:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-08-07 15:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8546421
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: 180 days
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-08-07 15:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=8546421
Electronic invoicing: Allowed
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-07-29 15:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)
National registration number: 352483
Postal address: Blackheath Drive, Clontarf, Dublin 3
Postal code: D03AW62
Postal town: Dublin 3
Region: Dublin ๐Ÿ™๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: tenderoffice@iwa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: 0877386605 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.iwa.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.iwa.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=8546421 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=8546421 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 125-455925 (2026-07-01)