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AwardedIrelandServices€18,500,000

Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services (24/7/365)

Health Service Executive (HSE)(buyer)

Published
Published 25 October 2024
Deadline
Closed 2 December 2024

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Overview

The Health Service Executive (HSE) awarded a contract for 24/7/365 fixed wing air ambulance services on 10 July 2025, valued at €18.5 million. The service provider will operate from a Dublin airport base to transport patients between Ireland and other countries (primarily the UK), transfer organs between hospitals, and provide emergency retrieval operations, with full responsibility for staffing and equipment.

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  • Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services (24/7/365)

    The HSE is seeking tenders for the 24/7/365 emergency air ambulance transport via fixed wing air ambulance, to transfer patients (both inpatients and at home based patients) between Ireland and other countries mainly the UK. Emergency Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services also includes the requirement to transfer organs between hospitals, usually within the country. The Emergency Fixed Wing Air Ambulance Services will be based at an airport in Dublin providing emergency air ambulance transfer service 24/7/365. The principle requirements shall be for the transfer, via air ambulance, of patients from Ireland to another jurisdiction or organs and/or organ retrieval teams usually within Ireland, often in emergency situations. The entire provision of the service would be the remit of the service Provider i.e. staffing, equipment, etc.

Key details

Country
Ireland
Status
Awarded
Category
Services
Estimated value
€18,500,000
Procedure
Open
Published
25 October 2024
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Hire of aircraft with crewHire of fixed-wing aircraft with crewAircraft-operation servicesAircraft operating servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health servicesAmbulance services

Award outcome

Award date
10 July 2025

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Notice history

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  1. Contract Award Notice

    14 July 2025

  2. Contract Notice

    25 October 2024

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