Children's Health Ireland (CHI)

Procurement Intelligence

Children's Health Ireland (CHI) is the national paediatric healthcare service for Ireland, bringing together the paediatric services of Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght and acting as the future operator of the new National Children’s Hospital on the St James’s campus. It is a major acute hospital authority with substantial capital and ICT responsibilities linked to the National Children’s Hospital project, including core ICT infrastructure and an Epic-based electronic health record (EHR) environment.[6][9][3] Core procurement categories include specialised **healthcare equipment and laboratory services**, large-scale **ICT and clinical systems**, **construction and engineering works** for hospital infrastructure and plant, and **facilities management** and building services such as fire doors and HVAC systems.[1][3][5][12] CHI also procures a wide range of professional services, including design team services for capital projects, and niche medical technologies such as managed laboratory services and point-of-care 3D printing ecosystems for the new children’s hospital.[1][2][5]

Strategic Context

CHI’s procurement profile is heavily shaped by the National Children’s Hospital capital and commissioning programme, for which government-approved budget sanctions now total about €2.24 billion, including €1.88 billion for construction and €360 million for integration, transition, ICT and the EHR programme.[6][14] Within this, CHI is running an extensive ICT and digital-health investment programme (Epic EHR, ambient voice recognition, environmental monitoring, specialist printing and core ICT infrastructure), alongside ongoing capital works and lifecycle replacement projects (e.g. HVAC, facilities upgrades) under the HSE capital plan (€1.33 billion for healthcare construction and equipping in 2025).[3][7][9][12][15] These programmes mean CHI’s demand for construction, facilities, ICT and clinical technology suppliers will remain strong through commissioning and transition into full operation of the new hospital.

Updated 23 August 2026