Health services

Description

This tender follows on from an initial arrangement with the private hospitals on a cost-recovery basis put in place in response to the emergency requirements for response to the Covid-19 pandemic. That arrangement was concluded by Government Decision after three months. The HSE mandated by Government through the Department of Health now intends to commence a tender process. The purpose of the process is to access private healthcare services to address the HSE priority needs in providing ongoing care arising from the enduring impact of Covid-19 on the overall public system capacity due to the need to reduce occupancy rates, ensure safe distancing, etc. This tender process is being conducted 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. The HSE intends to meet this requirement by putting in place a panel agreements with suitable panel agreement members. Service providers may also apply to join this panel agreement during its lifetime.