HSE 8422 - Provision of a Medically Supervised Injecting Facility

24-08-2017

The HSE hereby invites suitably qualified and experienced service providers to submit tenders to provide a medically supervised injecting centre in Dublin City Centre area on a pilot basis; the pilot phase will be envisaged for an 18 month period with an evaluation at 6 months and again at 18 months. The facility will operate by means of a Licence to be granted under recent legislation. The service will provide for adults who use drugs who are on the premises of the supervised injecting facility with the permission of the licence holder, for the purposes of consuming drugs by injection only.

Service providers are requested to only submit a tender if they are confident that they have the requisite capacity, suitably qualified staff, experience and expertise within their organisation to deliver on the project as outlined in the project documentation, and in line with the project timeframe, i.e. to provide the service commencing as soon as practicable after award of contract

Please note that this competition will be managed electronically, i.e. the Invitation to Tender documentation is available to download from the etenders website, (http://www.etender.gov.ie/), and tenders must be submitted by uploading the tender electronically via the website e Post-Box.

You are advised to allow plenty of time to complete and upload your tender submission by the closing date for receipt of tenders, 12:00 Noon Monday 25th September 2017.

Please note that any queries you may have in respect of this tender competition must be submitted in writing via the Message facility on the Notice on the etenders website; no personal email correspondence will be entered into in respect of this Invitation to Tender competition.

The final date for receipt of queries in respect of this tender competition is 12:00 Noon Thursday 14th September. Responses to questions and requests for clarification will be provided in a separate document available as part of the Invitation to Tender documentation which will be updated as and when responses are provided. Tenderers are advised to ensure they access the most recent version of this document to ensure they have access to all information available in advance of submitting their tender response.

For full details please see the Invitation to Tender documentation published with the Contract Notice on the etenders website, (http://www.etenders.gov.ie/)