Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2023-03-07
Buyer: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Country: IE
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85150000: Medical imaging services

Technical requirements: Authorisation Scheme for Patient Access to Community Ultrasound through General Practitioners and Ultrasound Services to Support Hospital GP Waiting Lists
National Primary Care Strategy and HSE Procurement intend to establish an authorisation scheme to secure suitable suppliers located in Ireland to meet the requirements of patients to access community ultrasound through their general practitioners, which includes the provision of ultrasound examinations in approved provider locations of a patient's choice and the ultrasound services to support hospital GP waiting lists programme (the “Scheme”).
The services will be delivered using service providers’ equipment with radiologists, and radiographer sonographers  provided by the service provider completing exams and reporting back to the referring GP – as per the Specification of Requirements document
National Primary Care Strategy and HSE Procurement intend to establish an authorisation scheme to secure suitable suppliers located in Ireland to meet the requirements of patients to access community ultrasound through their general practitioners, which includes the provision of ultrasound examinations in approved provider locations of a patient's choice and the ultrasound services to support hospital GP waiting lists programme.
Interested parties are advised that although the Scheme is being advertised on eTenders and in the Official Journal of the European Union by way of a Prior Information Notice, this is in fact a simple authorisation scheme established pursuant to Recital 4 of the Directive and accordingly is outside of the scope of the Directive.
The HSE will publish a Prior Information Notice on eTenders and in the Official Journal of the European Union every 6 months during the term of the above referenced lots, inviting parties to apply to join the scheme.
While this Scheme is outside the scope of the Directive, it is being advertised on eTenders and in the Official Journal of the European Union by way of Prior Information Notice to boost participation in the Scheme.
Interested parties are invited to review the Prior Information Notice and Scheme Application (as attached to include the accompanying appendices) for further information regarding the requirements of the Scheme.
Scheme Applicants that successfully meet the minimum requirements (as specified in Section 2 of the Scheme Application) will progress to the next stage of the Scheme (“Shortlisted Scheme Applicants”). Failure to meet any of the minimum requirements (as specified in Section 2 of the Scheme Application) will result in the Scheme Application being rejected. At the next stage of the Scheme, Shortlisted Scheme Applicants will be issued with the applicable price and Service Level Agreement.
HSE Procurement – Sourcing and Contracts.
Health Service Executive
Email: aidan.mcgovern@hse.ie Tel: 087 3666122
The closing date for the first evaluation is 14th March 2023. It is envisaged that the process will be operational for patients by the 1st April 2023.
HSE Procurement – Sourcing and Contracts.
Health Service Executive
Email: aidan.mcgovern@hse.ie Tel: 087 3666122
The closing date for the first evaluation is 14th March 2023. It is envisaged that the process will be operational for patients by the 1st April 2023.