Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2025-08-13
Buyer: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Country: IE
Region: IE061
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 33100000 | 33124100 | 33124110 | 33197000 | 38000000
Estimated value: 45000000 EUR
Submission deadline: 2025-09-23
Award criteria: quality, cost

Technical requirements: The Health Service Executive (HSE) seeks Expressions of Interest as Stage 1 of a Restricted Procedure to procure a Digital Pathology (DP) Solution for National Acute Hospitals for the HSE, which must be aligned and integrated with the HSE’s National Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) - MedLIS. The scope of the contract awarded as a result of this tender competition may include, but is not limited to, the provision of hardware, software, middleware, firmware, storage, configuration, integration, hosting, data migration, implementation, implementation, implementation, commissioning, testing, training, support and maintenance and audit of an end-to-end solution. The scope is anticipated to initially include 22 Histopathology laboratories (8 HSE Centre of Excellence and 14 General Hospital Laboratory Centres), across the Irish health sector. Functionality of the solution is intended to encompass all aspects of digital pathology diagnostics including an image management system and the ability to interpret and share the pathology information at a National/European/Global level. The solution shall include a capacity for Artificial Intelligence (AI) computational pathology assistance with algorithms to help rapid and accurate diagnosis. The Digital Pathology solution is intended to deliver a high-resolution image that meets medical and laboratory diagnostic imaging compliance. The solution must comply with all compliance regulations for Medical and Laboratory Devices and related Manufacturing Industries applicable in the Republic of Ireland and the EU. Hardware is intended to include laboratory, medical environment appropriate devices and Information Management Technology devices in line with Infection Prevention and Control requirements. This is intended to include but not limited to diagnostic level monitors, whole slide imaging scanners, operational workstations and image storage with expansion capabilities. A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 5 top-scoring qualified Candidates will be shortlisted as a result of the evaluation of Expressions of Interest and invited to submit a tender in the second stage of this tender competition. Please note that interested parties must register their interest in the Contract Notice in order to submit an Expression of Interest response. For full details please see the Procurement documents available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie
The Health Service Executive (HSE) seeks Expressions of Interest as Stage 1 of a Restricted Procedure to procure a Digital Pathology (DP) Solution for National Acute Hospitals for the HSE, which must be aligned and integrated with the HSE’s National Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) - MedLIS. The scope of the contract awarded as a result of this tender competition may include, but is not limited to, the provision of hardware, software, middleware, firmware, storage, configuration, integration, hosting, data migration, implementation, implementation, implementation, commissioning, testing, training, support and maintenance and audit of an end-to-end solution. The scope is anticipated to initially include 22 Histopathology laboratories (8 HSE Centre of Excellence and 14 General Hospital Laboratory Centres), across the Irish health sector. Functionality of the solution is intended to encompass all aspects of digital pathology diagnostics including an image management system and the ability to interpret and share the pathology information at a National/European/Global level. The solution shall include a capacity for Artificial Intelligence (AI) computational pathology assistance with algorithms to help rapid and accurate diagnosis. The Digital Pathology solution is intended to deliver a high-resolution image that meets medical and laboratory diagnostic imaging compliance. The solution must comply with all compliance regulations for Medical and Laboratory Devices and related Manufacturing Industries applicable in the Republic of Ireland and the EU. Hardware is intended to include laboratory, medical environment appropriate devices and Information Management Technology devices in line with Infection Prevention and Control requirements. This is intended to include but not limited to diagnostic level monitors, whole slide imaging scanners, operational workstations and image storage with expansion capabilities. A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 5 top-scoring qualified Candidates will be shortlisted as a result of the evaluation of Expressions of Interest and invited to submit a tender in the second stage of this tender competition. Please note that interested parties must register their interest in the Contract Notice in order to submit an Expression of Interest response. For full details please see the Procurement documents available with the Contract Notice published on the eTenders website, https://www.etenders.gov.ie.