Provision of TAVI and Cardiac Procedures for HSE Mid West

Tender description

The Health Service Executive hereby invites suitably qualified and experienced Service Providers to submit tenders for the Provision of TAVI and Cardiac Procedures for HSE Mid-West. These services are required on an ongoing basis. However, there is no guarantee of any definite level of business. The estimated value of the tender is €3.4 million over a possible five [5] year period. The HSE intends to appoint up to four service providers. Any Contract that results from this Competition shall be for an initial period of 24 months (the “Term”). The HSE reserves the right to extend the Term for three periods of up to 12 months each on the same terms and conditions, subject to the Contracting Authority’s obligations. The Contracting Authority does not make any guarantee in relation to the volume or value of Services to be procured over the Term. The HSE therefore reserves the right, after the award of contract, to negotiate with the successful tenderer the level of services to be provided to match the available budget. For full details, please see the clinical and service specification outlined in the Specification of Requirement below. Note: Service Providers are requested to only submit a tender if they are confident that they have the requisite capacity, suitably qualified staff, experience and expertise within their organisation to deliver on the service as outlined in the project documentation and commencing as soon as practicable after award of contract. All submissions will be reviewed for compliance with the specifications as outlined in this document. This tender is primarily for the HSE Mid West. Please note that up to five [5] additional drawdowns by other Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) within the HSE will be allowed under any contracts resulting from this tender competition. Such drawdowns will be similar in scope to the services required in this competition. In the event of such drawdowns, the successful tenderer for this competition will be required to deliver the services under the same terms and conditions resulting from this competition. The HSE does not make any guarantee in relation to the volume or value of such services that may be procured from any resulting contracts. This tender process is being conducted as an Annex XIV procedure utilising an open style tender, with all terms of the competition specified in the tender documents, under Part 3 Chapter 1 of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 284 of 2016) (the “Regulations”) - Social and other specific services. The required services are listed as Annex XIV services of Directive 2014/24/EU (the “Directive”) and, accordingly, only Regulations 74-77 of the Regulations apply. Tenderers should note that if the HSE identifies a requirement for additional supplies or services, it may exercise its rights under Article 32(3) and 32(5) of Directive 2014/24/EU.