Opening of a call for tender for the operation of a fixed outpatient standby

Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, Limbová 2, 837 52 Bratislava 37 pursuant to § 14a of Act No. 578/2004 Coll. on Health Care Providers, Health Care Workers, Health Organisations and on the Amendment of Certain Acts as amended by Act No. 257/2017 Z. z. (hereinafter referred to as "the Act')

announces the selection procedure

for the issue of a permit for the operation of 76 outpatient fixed emergency services for adults and 40 outpatient fixed emergency services for children and adolescents.

The requirements and criteria for the submission of applications for authorisation to operate outpatient emergency services for adults and of fixed outpatient emergency services for children and adolescents are laid down in § 14a of Act No. 578/2004 Coll. on Health Care Providers, Health Care Professionals, Health Care Organisations and on the Amendment of Certain Acts2 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act') and the Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic No. 349/2017 Coll. laying down details of the details of the application, the criteria for the evaluation of applications and the evaluation of applications for authorisation to operate outpatient emergency services3 (hereinafter referred to as "the Decree') An applicant for an authorisation to operate an ambulance of fixed outpatient adult standby or a fixed outpatient emergency service for children and adolescents shall also comply with the relevant conditions for authorisation under Section 12 of the Act and the application must meet the relevant requirements under Section 13 of the Act. Account number of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic as a third person to whom the funds are to be recovered pursuant to § 13 (9) (a). (a) the law is: SK25 8180 0000 0070 0015 0131.

Declaration date: 26 march 2024

Time limit for lodging an application: until 27 may 2024

Tender dates:

An invitation to tender for the authorisation of the operation of an outpatient fixed-call room for adults and an outpatient fixed-call room for children and adolescents shall be issued at each fixed-point of the outpatient fixed-call room for adults and at each fixed-point of the outpatient fixed-call room for children and adolescents separately. Applications shall be submitted separately for each declared fixed point of the fixed outpatient emergency service for adults and the fixed outpatient emergency service for children and adolescents.

Application for admission to the tender for the issue of a permit to operate outpatient emergency services for adults and an ambulance of fixed outpatient emergency services for children and adolescents shall be made in writing in the Slovak language, enclosed in an envelope in one copy according to §1 (4) of the Decree. Applications shall be certified by the signature and stamp of the tenderer.

Administrative documentary submission is, if the application for inclusion in the tender is received by mail transport or personally to the mail office of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic. In case of delivery of the request by post, the request should be served by registered mail at the address of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, Limbová 2, 837 52, when the date of submission of the request is considered to be the date of delivery of the request for postal transport marked on the cover of the application by the stamp of the postal service provider. In the case of personal delivery to the mail office of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic at Limbová2, 837 52 Bratislava 37 the date indicated on the stamp of the Slovak Ministry of Health shall be considered as the date of application. Envelope with an application to be included in the tender procedure, together with all annexes, shall be secured against possible premature opening and shall be marked as follows:

At the same time, other formal particulars must appear on the top of the envelope, such as the name of the organisation, the address of the consignor, the identification number of the legal person. For a natural person, the name, surname, title and permanent address of the natural person must be indicated on the cover of the application. The envelope shall also contain an accurate indication of the -fixed point of the ambulance of the fixed outpatient adult emergency service, or of the ambulance of the fixed outpatient emergency service for children and adolescents.

Envelopes with applications that do not contain all the data required may be excluded from the selection procedure. The tenderer shall not reimburse the tenderers for any costs associated with participating in the selection procedure.

The successful tenderer under Article 14a (12) of the Law is obliged to pay a fee of EUR 497,50 under Items No 150 (a). a) item 2 Administrative fee list of Act No. 145/1995 Coll. on administrative fees as amended by the form of E-kolku purchased at the branch of the Slovak Post. If the administrative fee is not paid, the administrative authority will not carry out the administrative act and will not issue a permit to the successful tenderer pursuant to Article 14a (12) of the Law to operate the outpatient emergency services.

The issuer reserves the right to:

1. To cancel and close the announced selection procedure without designating a successful tenderer.
   
   
2. The amendment to the invitation to tender shall be notified by the manner in which the invitation to tender is launched.
   
   
3. In the case of non-compliant applications, reject all applications and terminate the selection procedure as unsuccessful.

1Decree No 22/2018 of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic Z. z. establishing catchment areas and fixed points for outpatient fixed standby ambulances (22/2018 Z.z. - Department of Health Decree..)

2Law No 578/2004 Coll. on health care providers, health workers, health professional organisations and amendments to certain laws (578/2004 Z.z. - Health Services Act ... - SLOV-LEX)

No 349/2017 of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic Coll. laying down the details of the application, the criteria for the evaluation of applications and the evaluation of applications for authorisation for the operation of fixed outpatient emergency services (349/2017 Z.z. - Department of Health Decree..)