Stale Pre-tender

Preliminary Market Consultation Intravenous and Irrigation Fluid Products to the HSE

Details

Buyer: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Topic: Pharmaceutical products
Published: 5 March 2026
Source: ie:e_tenders

Tender description

Due to recent changes in the market dynamics within with the portfolio of intravenous and irrigation fluid products available and supplied to Irish hospitals, the HSE has identified the need to engage with suppliers to better understand the landscape for this range of products. The HSE has determined that a structured market-sounding exercise is needed to gather information about these products from suppliers. This Request for Information serves as a preliminary exercise to collect current market data, and the HSE invites relevant suppliers to respond to market research. Due to recent changes in the market dynamics within with the portfolio of intravenous and irrigation fluid products available and supplied to Irish hospitals, the HSE has identified the need to engage with suppliers to better understand the landscape for this range of products. The HSE has determined that a structured market-sounding exercise is needed to gather information about these products from suppliers. This Request for Information serves as a preliminary exercise to collect current market data, and the HSE invites relevant suppliers to respond to market research.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published5 March 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Health Service Executive runs Ireland's public health service, and buys as a central healthcare organisation through a dedicated national procurement team. HSE is described as the State's largest public sector purchaser. HSE tenders above national thresholds are advertised on eTenders, Ireland's state procurement platform. Contracts above EU thresholds appear in the Official Journal of the European Union. HSE Procurement, the central commercial team, negotiates national framework agreements and manages large contracts. Individual hospitals, community health bodies and local HSE regions can source lower-value contracts directly. A single helpdesk handles procurement queries from suppliers.

€29.5bn was the estimated value of contracts awarded across the Irish public sector in 2025.

Over the past 5 years, most of HSE's contract awards have been in construction work, electrical equipment and lighting and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

33600000 · Pharmaceutical products
33692510 · Intravenous fluids

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@health-service-executive-hse.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@health-service-executive-hse.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@health-service-executive-hse.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@health-service-executive-hse.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@health-service-executive-hse.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@health-service-executive-hse.gov