The Office of Government Procurement recently launched a new webpage that will allow businesses and organizations to offer supplies or services to support the national response to Covid-19.
This new webpage can capture all offers on a central database and can be found at gov.ie/covidsupplies
Covid supplies
Commenting on the new webpage, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, said: “Ever since the scale of the challenge of Covid-19 became clear, businesses and organisations of all sizes, from right across the country, have come forward to offer their critical support to our public services.”
“These offers of assistance have made a key contribution to our efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19 and I want to thank those behind each and every offer received. “
“This new online portal will provide one central repository for all future offers and help ensure that we can direct them as efficiently as possible across the Government system. I would urge any business or organisation that is considering offering assistance to the State, to please register your support.”
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D. said: “In our time of great need, it is encouraging to learn of the extent of goodwill from businesses and organisations who are eager to offer assistance in whatever way they can.”
“This new webpage, compiled by the Office of Government Procurement, will facilitate companies in their acts of altruism, making it easier for them to support the national response. We are experiencing a time of great global uncertainty, but we are all in this together.”
“I would encourage all those with offers of support to get in touch using the website and I thank them for doing so.”
“This new webpage can be accessed through the dedicated Covid-19 pages on gov.ie where businesses, and members of the public, can find accurate, up-to-date information and guidance on Government’s response to this challenge.”
Further information
For businesses or organisations to offer their assistance, or to donate goods or services, they will need to provide a number of details, including:
- Information concerning the goods or services they wish to supply;
- Detail on the availability of goods;
- Contact details within the business or organisation.
The public services continue to receive the vast majority of the goods and services they require through existing contractual arrangements. Anything donated or supplied as part of this fight against Covid-19 will not be considered in any future government procurement.
PPE required by frontline public services are currently the priority, but this may change as the situation develops.
