VsZP Appeals to Constitutional Court Regarding Ambulance Tender from 2019

Bratislava, 18 February (TASR) - State-run health-insurance company VsZP has approached the Constitutional Court regarding the so-called ambulance tender from 2019, VsZP spokesperson Danka Capakova has informed TASR. VsZP has filed a constitutional complaint against the actions and decisions of the Public Procurement Office (UVO) and the UVO Council. "According to VsZP's legal opinion, both contested decisions interfere with its rights, obligations and interests protected by law. In its constitutional complaint, it argued in detail concerning the reasons," said Capakova. VsZP insists that both UVO and the UVO Council erred in both procedural and substantive matters when making decisions. "Since their decisions aren't subject to judicial review, the health-insurance company can't use any other remedy, and so it's turned to the Constitutional Court with a complaint, proposing that both decisions should be annulled," said the spokesperson. In December 2025, the UVO Council rejected VsZP's appeal in proceedings concerning the 2019 tender for operating ambulances of the emergency medical service (EMS). The tender concerned the issuing of permits to operate ambulances at 328 EMS stations. The UVO Council also rejected an appeal by the Health-care Supervisory Office (UDZS). At that time, both UDZS and VsZP announced that they were planning to appeal to the Constitutional Court. ko/df