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HSE 29829 Provision of adult respite service for Dublin and North East Regional Health Area Disability Services
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 4 November at 15:00 — 3 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: English.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
This competition is a reissue of tender HSE 28072, which was cancelled and is being re-advertised to reflect updated service requirements. The Health Services Executive, Dublin and North East Regional Health Area (RHA) Disability Services invite tender responses from suitably qualified providers for provision and operation of a registered residential respite service. The service is required to be conveniently located for IHA DNC or IHA DNCW and must provide a 5-bed house, which will meet HIQA standards and will be registered within 4 months of contract agreement. The service is required to operate 7 nights per week and will support adults aged 18 and upwards who have complex needs arising from a disability within the IHA DNC/IHA DNCW areas.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- The median procedure drew 11 bids (3,558 procedures with a bid count); 7% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 5 bids.n = 3,558
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 3 months (571 awards, most recently August 2026) — the next award is due around November 2026 by that rhythm. The last award went to United Drug Distributors Ireland Limited.n = 571
- 47% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (4,000 awards since 2013, spread over 1,779 companies). That is well above the sector norm (27%) — newcomers have a harder time here than elsewhere.n = 4,000 awards since 2013
- 8% of awards went to companies from abroad (4,000 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 3%.n = 4,000
- The award came in at a median 99% of the estimated value (47 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually about right here.n = 47
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
Who has won at this buyer so far
Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Uniphar Medtech Ltd. t/a M.E.D. Surgical | 31 | 2013–2026 |
| Hospital Services Limited | 22 | 2013–2024 |
| AECOM Ireland Limited_15958 | 22 | 2024–2026 |
| Irish Hospital Supplies Ltd | 22 | 2016–2024 |
| Accuscience Ireland Limited | 22 | 2016–2026 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually 49 or more bids came in. Many compete here — price and references decide. (Based on 482 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 30 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). A normal window for this market.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Health & social work, 28 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 1,134 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, Romania, France.
Submission language: English.
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